The defending DAL Champion Dons started the season with a back-and-forth battle against the Division 1 Dougherty Valley Wildcats on Thursday. Both teams came out hitting! The two squads combined to score 9 runs in the 1st inning, with the Wildcats holding onto a 5-4 lead after a 30-minute first frame. Senior centerfielder and leadoff hitter Emme Young led the…
The 2025 Track and Field season began with many outstanding performances as your Dons tracksters hosted San Ramon Valley, Concord, and throwers from Pittsburg and Las Lomas. Congratulations to all of our newcomers who competed for the first time, and welcome to track and field! An extra special congratulations to Haley Chelemedos, who set a new school record, and…
This Saturday evening, February 22, the ACA Women’s Varsity Soccer team faced the #1 seed Carondelet Cougars on their home pitch in Walnut Creek for the Quarterfinal match of the NCS playoffs. This highly anticipated match drew quite the crowd of DONS supporters to show up and stick around, not letting the unanticipated rain dampen their Acalanes spirit! The Cougars came out fighting,…
In perfect weather conditions at Freedom High School in Oakley, the Acalanes Dons Rugby Club delivered a dominant performance, securing a commanding 67-12 victory over Liberty High School. The Dons were relentless from the start, combining sharp attacking play with solid defense. Junior flanker Bryce Birdsong (#7) returned to his natural position after two games at center and made an…
Last Saturday morning was the final girls frosh soccer game against Campolindo and the ladies did not disappoint. To be honest, nothing would be more fitting than to throw up a touchdown on the cross-town rivals, Campolindo, to end the year. And a touchdown is exactly what they did, beating the Cougars 7-0 at their place. And these goals were…
It was a BEAUTIFUL afternoon on Wednesday – sunny and warm – just perfect weather for a swim meet! The Acalanes Swim Team held their time trials after school. This is the meet where swimmers can swim up to five races to get base times for entries into the competitive meets starting in March. Coach Brett and Coach RJ were…
Win or go home. High stakes moving forward for this DONS team. On Tuesday night, it was likely their last home game of the season unless they a higher seed upsets a lower seed in the current NCS bracket or they can advance to state. More importantly, they had to defend homecourt first to even keep the season alive. Archie…
The Dons secured a 4-2 victory in the first round NCS games. Acalanes capitalized on an early opportunity when Jonny Roth drew a foul approximately 35 yards from goal. Simon Appel delivered a perfectly weighted lob into the box with Ben Pecci’s deft header sailing over the Redwood keeper, giving the Dons a 1-0 lead, just three minutes into the…
This Wednesday evening, February 19, the ACA Women’s Varsity Soccer team traveled to downtown Walnut Creek to face their rivals AND League Co-Champions, the Las Lomas Knights, in the first round of NCS playoffs. It should be noted that when Acalanes faced this team last month, we were at quite a disadvantage with many players out due to a variety of respiratory…
After defeating Campolindo 7-0 in the morning, the Frosh Acalanes girls were still hungry for more goals. Svea Staino led the furious with a deep outside the box goal on an assist from Avery Titus. Allie Schofield was slicing and dicing Northgate’s defensive backs throughout the whole game and delivering beautiful crosses to her teammates in front of the goal. …