Being down our #3 singles player on the trip, Shah, due to a rolled ankle, ended up being a key reason why we struggled on day two. We knew it was going to be tough, so the plan was to field the best team we could and rotate our lower varsity players into the matches. This tennis tournament experience is…
The Varsity men’s lacrosse team took the field on a chilly Friday night in Oakland to take on the Dragons of Bishop O’Dowd. With the Dons undefeated on the season, this was rumored to be the toughest test so far, especially given O’Dowd’s recent upset of Campolindo 13-12. The Dons looked good early on. Ian Sanftner won the first…
Welcome to week #2 of Varsity Girls Lacrosse! Through the first two weeks, the team has had perhaps one of the most difficult opening schedules in school history. Their first four opponents included a 4-0 Amador Valley team ranked #37 in California last year, a 2-0 San Marin team ranked #15, a 2-1 Monte Vista team ranked #27, and most…
The California Tennis Classic is held every year in Fresno. Due to rain, it has been canceled two out of the last three years. This year, 72 teams from across California entered the tournament. Because Acalanes is missing its #1, #3 and #5 players, we are playing in the division two bracket of the tournament. After day one, it feels…
Tuesday night the JV Ladies hosted the team from Danville, Monte Vista. Almost every player on MV were Club Lax Players. Did that stop these hustling JV Dons no way! They outran, out-passed, out-defensed, out-maneuvered and out scored MV 12-3. Our Players were hungry, and boy did they EAT! They won their third game of the year and that makes…
It was a cool afternoon at Heaston Aquatic Center – and then got downright cold once the sun went down! Let’s just say that swim team is VERY MUCH looking forward to the time change this weekend! An extra hour of sun will make all the difference to our swimmers! The meet started off with Acalanes winning three of the…
The Varsity Softball team put on another offensive show on Tuesday led by sophomore third baseman Santana Tamaya. Santana had another solid game at third along with 2 hits, 3 runs scored, a walk and 5 huge RBI’s, including 4 from a towering grand slam in the bottom of the 3rd inning that put the game out of reach. The…
The 2-0 Men’s varsity lacrosse team took to their home field Wednesday night to face the Fighting Irish of Sacred Heart Prep. The first few minutes showed great defense on both sides until Sacred Heart jumped on top to score first. Dons attacker Griffin Rotundo then scored his first of three first half goals to tie the game at 1.…
After two very tough back-to-back matches against Branson and Head Royce, the team took on Heritage today. Though the Patriots don’t possess the same kind of firepower, they are a formidable team who just lost 4-5 to Northgate. Acalanes had to stay focused to pull out the win, as we were a little short staffed due to players dealing with…
Acalanes Boys Golf started last week with an extremely close match against Athenian. Unfortunately, the Dons were on the losing side of the scorecard with the final score of 190-192. Low scores for the Dons were Naveen Ahuja (So) with a 34 on a par 25 and Krish Veluthakkal (Fr) with a 37. Bouncing back from last week’s loss, the…