The day was perfect for tennis, warm but not hot and no wind. The rain is coming Friday and Saturday, so we were fortunate to get this contest in and stay on schedule with our league matches. In league play, Acalanes is now 2-2 and 5-3 overall. We have played some good tennis up to this point, but my gut…
The Acalanes Girls JV Lacrosse team improved their record this week to 9 wins and 0 losses after defeating Campolindo 8 to 3 and Bishop O’Dowd 16 to 2. Both Campo and O’Dowd scored two goals in the last two minutes of their games when the Dons stopped pressing otherwise neither game would have been that close. Both games were…
The Dons traveled to Oakland on Wednesday night for their match up against Bishop O’Dowd. The team was slow to get started on attack, with Lucca DeBiasse scoring the only goal for the Dons in the first quarter. They headed into the second quarter down 3-1. Thankfully, things started to pick up on offense and the dons got some scoring…
On a pleasant Wednesday afternoon the Dons graced the Falcon’s track in Walnut Creek and came away with an overwhelming Boy’s victory (79.5-56.5) and a near miss for the Girls, losing by 8 points after conceding 36 points pre-meet not running in 4 events due to a few injuries and some pacing to stay healthy for upcoming major invitationals and…
The Varsity Baseball team notched another win on Wednesday on a warm Spring afternoon in Lafayette. The boys improved their record to 8-0 with a runaway victory over the Piedmont Highlanders in front of another lively home crowd. The student turnout has been outstanding! The Dons offense kicked in after Piedmont tied the game at 1-1 in the top of…
The Dons showed a lot of spunk and good deal of improvement on Wednesday night against the always tough University H.S. program. Ian Saftner set the tone for the Dons from the get-go and had a commanding game at faceoff all night winning 13 of 19 draws. Crisp passes and good ball movement along with some aggressive defense had the…
At Boundary Oaks in Walnut Creek, the Dons secured today’s win, scoring 203 versus Las Lomas’s 216. Scoring for Acalanes: GuoAn Wang (37) Jake Elerts (40) Jackson Jones (40) Chase Regan (41) Gus McKinney (45). Luke Gregovich (51) Their next match is at Contra Costa CC against Campolindo on Monday 3/25
Yesterday at Rossmoor’s Stanley Dollar course the Dons scored 218 to Miramonte’s 238. While scores were higher the Dons got the job done. Players scoring for Acalanes were: Maddox Malm (42) Grant Gebhardt (43) Rocco Stassi (43) Brody Greenfield (44) Cole Gwaltney (46) Owen Curley (47) The next match is at Moraga CC against Campolindo on Wednesday 3/27
The Varsity Softball team defeated Berean Christian in a Tuesday home contest 5-3 in a close game that featured some timely hitting with some solid pitching and defense. The score was 2-2 heading into the bottom of the 5th inning when to Dons exploded for 3 big runs to take control of the game to go 2-0 in league…
Gavin Beers picked up the win Tuesday evening at James Logan, pitching deftly out of loaded bases in the first inning, and two on in the second, coasting the rest of the way through six innings of work, repeatedly sending Colts hitters staggering and teetering back to the dugout. However, a few hours prior, such a story seemed impossible, as…