Have you ever wondered why some people call the game football and others soccer, or why some call it a field and others a pitch? Football is known as “soccer” primarily in countries that have their own versions of football – namely the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland. While the terms “soccer field” and “pitch”…
Saturday, December 9, 2023Record: 5-2 The Junior Varsity Basketball team defeated St. Joesph in the Hornet JV Tournament. The final score of the game was 65-51 in favor of the Dons. The win not only improved Acalanes to 5-2 on the year, but the Dons also captured third place in the Hornet tournament. Going into the season, Coach Eric Thomas…
Friday December 8th, the Acalanes Varsity Women’s soccer team welcomed the Oakland Tech Bulldogs to our home pitch. The Dons wasted no time, with Leila Hamidi immediately advancing the ball from midfield to Livi Foster, sending a clean cross to Ella Thomason who had a nice shot on goal. More attempts quickly followed with Avery Ives, then Taylor Mikalis, with…
The Dons were slow out of the gates again going down 12-1 before their first field goals with under a minute left as Ryder Malm found Gavin Dodge for three and Gavin put in a wild baseline shot as time expired to make the score 15-6 Dougherty after one. The Dons were 2/10 from the field with 4 turnovers. The…