Thursday, December 5, 2024 Record: 2-0 “We are a great team.” Claimed Evan Palmer, Number 35. The Junior Varsity Boys Basketball team showcased their greatness in the opening game of the John Rhodes Tournament. They dominated the San Marin Mustangs by a score of 64-21. As the season starts to unfold, the young Dons sit at 2-0. JV Coach Eric…
The Dons kicked off their season opener with a 2-0 win over Pinole Valley. The team’s energy and aggression was apparent from the very start as Acalanes scored their first goal less than 15 seconds into the match when a high press forced possession to an isolated PV defender. Ben Pecci streaked in from his left wing position blocking the…
In a frosty season opener against the Dougherty Valley Wildcats, the Acalanes Dons battled to a 1-1 draw last night. Braving low 40s temps, the Wildcats pounced first, taking the lead in the first half. But the Dons weren’t about to freeze under pressure – Coen Gilson delivered a “Coen-cise” equalizer 10 minutes into the second half, igniting the sidelines. …
The Lady Dons start another season with high hopes after not having one senior on the roster last season. The girls have won 3 league titles in a row, going undefeated in league play the last 2 seasons. In fact, Acalanes Girls Basketball has won 5 out of the last 6 league titles, with the only outlier being the covid…
Wednesday December 12th marked the much anticipated opening of the Acalanes Women’s soccer season with the Varsity Dons facing Windsor at home. Our opponents came out strong, but right from the start keeper Sara Tarnai fended off a goal attempt, backed by ready defense from Edie Berzansky, Sisi Houston, Cassidy Smith, and Tori Hiatt. An impressive header by Berzansky cleared out a Windsor challenge. Downfield, Nicole Nguyen made a solid…
Welcome to the 2024-25 JV Girls Soccer Season! Optimism abounds for this team as many of the players are returning from last year’s 12-7 team, and the JV girls program actually hasn’t had a losing season since 2017-2018. Against that backdrop, the team hosted the Windsor Jaguars on Wednesday in a rematch from last season that must have felt like…
The frosh Dons tipped off against the Las Lomas Knights on Saturday in their first regular season High School basketball game. Coach Richards started with a 4-guard lineup of Cash Woehrle, Pengyu Chen, Nick Zagorov, and Brandon Blatteis, along with Zubin Krishnan as the lone big. Las Lomas had a height advantage at a few spots, but the Dons had…
Last Friday Coach Paul Curtis kicked off the Boys Soccer Season with annual Alumni game. Over 40 alumni showed up to take on the current Varsity team. The old men held their own!
There’s something about this time of year that lowers the vibrational energy. Possibly the odd manipulation of time so that it gets dark by 5PM and always feels much later than it is or the almost freezing temperatures or arrival of wet weather. But before you know it here comes high school basketball and the holidays to amp things up…
Saturday, November 30, 2024Record: 1-0 The Junior Varsity Boys’ Basketball team had a dominating performance in their home opener. The young Dons soundly defeated their opponent 76 to 29. With the win, the JV team sits at 1-0 for the season. Going into the season, JV Coach Eric Thomas felt that his current team was extremely deep and just as…
