The 3-6 Dons (ranked 98th in the MaxPreps SF Metro rankings) took up arms against the Concord Minutemen (2-9, ranked 209th) in a Diablo League Friday night matchup. This was a nice break from finals and all the last minute holiday craziness on the streets and in stores. It took less than a minute for the Dons to jump all…
Las Lomas means “The Hills” in Spanish. Last year, when my son played the other type of football against Las Lomas, I connected the translation to reality shows. Although tempting to just cut and paste that introduction since I am pretty sure none of you would have read that article, a top notch journalist like myself, who just found out…
The Frosh soccer boys completed a busy couple weeks with De La Salle on Dec 14th and Northgate on Dec 16th. The Dons had an exciting match against De La Salle, taking them to the final minute of play before relinquishing the match 0-2. The boys tied 0-0 against Northgate, while again controlling the match, just unable to find the…
Following a couple of wins in their first two league games, the Dons boys soccer club travelled to De La Salle on Saturday for a morning match against Sequoia High from Redwood City in the DLS Soccer Showcase. After a back-and-forth 1st half that did not produce a goal, the Dons once again opened the scoring about 10 minutes into the 2nd…
The freshman Dons win their second game in a row outscoring the Rodriguez Mustangs 68-35. Before we get started we’d like to welcome Finn Rivera to the team after traveling with Varsity Football to Southern California where they won the Division 3AA State Championship against Birmingham. Congrats again Varsity Dons!! Finn contributed 11 points in his debut basketball game, great…
The Acalanes Frosh/Soph team is on a 5-game win streak, with a 3-2 victory over Clayton Valley on a surprisingly sunny Saturday afternoon. The Dons controlled the game from the start with slick passing and lots of 1-2’s. Any early chances for the Ugly Eagles were shut down by keeper Lily Cervenka (#1) and solid play out the back from…
Saturday the girls played in the Recognize Game Classic at Merritt College. The opponent was a highly regarded Caruthers team from the Fresno area. Thanks to intense full court pressure the Lady Dons jumped all over Caruthers early setting the tone for the game. It was 23 to 9 after 1. The lead stretched to 18 at the half and…
The Dons (3-5) came into this contest ranked 101st in the MaxPreps San Francisco Metro Rankings (out of 253 teams) while the Valley Christian Warriors (3-1) were 51st. The Warriors scored 80 points or more in three of their prior games so it was going to be imperative the Dons could keep the score much lower to have a good…
Saturday, December 16, 2023Record: 7-2 “He’s a stud.” Yelled the Rodriguez’s coach to his players. “I told you we must guard him. He is a stud.” The stud, the opposing coach was referring to, was Lorenzo Cangini. Lorenzo, who scored a season high 22 points, led the Dons to an easy victory. The Dons crushed Rodriguez by the score of…
Once again, the Dons dominated in their game against the Berean HS Eagles. The Eagles started out strong with the first shot on goal which went wide. Acalanes quickly fought back with Stella Hamilton gaining control and following up with a shot on goal that also went just wide. Acalanes continued to pound the Eagles’ goalie with great shots from…
