The Lady Dons kick-off 2025 at home tonight against Maria Carrillo at 5pm. On Friday the girls face the #3 ranked team from state of Oregon, South Medford, at the Sabrina Ionescu Showcase (SI20) at De La Salle High School at 8pm. South Medford is loaded with D1 talent, it should be a great match-up.
Below is an article which appeared in SportStars Magazine.
Acalanes High continued the most impressive start in girls basketball program history Saturday in the NCAA Premier Division final at the So Cal Holiday Prep Classic by securing a 72-57 victory in an all-North Coast Section showdown against San Ramon Valley at Canyon Hills High in San Diego.
With Piedmont and Eureka St. Bernard’s both suffering losses in holiday tournaments earlier in the week, the Dons (11-0) enter the new year as the section’s only remaining unbeaten girls basketball team.
KK Lacanlale, a senior, earned division MVP honors for Acalanes, which opened the championship on a 24-4 run and San Ramon Valley (8-2) never recovered.
Lacanlale accumulated 48 points, 14 rebounds, 10 assists and seven steals in three tournament contests.
Lacanlale had 14 points and Ariana Hallstrom added 13 points Thursday in a 61-40 victory against Paramount, with the Dons producing a 63-37 semifinal triumph Friday against San Juan Hills.
Fellow seniors Dulci Vail, a Cal Poly commit, and the Cal State San Bernardino-bound Hallstrom were all-tournament selections for Acalanes, which prevailed in its first meeting with San Ramon Valley in more than five years. Vail had 40 points, 15 rebounds, 11 steals and five blocks in the tournament for the Dons, with Hallstrom adding 39 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and five steals.
Dulci Vail, left, with KK Lacanlale and Ariana Hallstrom for Acalanes | Photo courtesy of Acalanes
The return of Sophie Chinn also provided a significant boost to an already deep Acalanes lineup in San Diego, with the senior guard returning from being sidelined the past 10 months following a knee injury to accumulate 32 points, 17 rebounds and 10 steals in three tournament games.