The Dons took to their home field Friday night against Miramonte in the annual Matt Lynn game. Matt was a former Acalanes lacrosse player and JV coach who died in 2009 after a 4 1/2-year battle with brain cancer. In honor of Matt, his family has generously set up scholarships for boys and girls lacrosse players. When Matt was a…
League play is heating up, and your Acalanes Dons are right in the thick of it — battling hard, winning big, and writing one heck of a story. So far, the Dons have split their league matchups — first with Benicia and most recently against Alhambra. There’s something about that Benicia home field that’s got us shaking our heads. Maybe…
Tonight is the Booster Bash — the biggest night of the year for our 847 student-athletes. We show up like we did for Bethal Imasuen — who never played football until this year, stepped onto the field and crushed it, earning his future at Boise State and chasing a brand-new dream. That’s the spirit of Acalanes! We were there! …
The last two meets of the season took place on 4/16 and 4/21. The Dons faced El Cerrito and Clayton Valley last Wednesday, and hosted Las Lomas on Monday, 4/21 for AHS Senior Night. On 4/16: Jay Shoenhair shaved almost a second off his 200 Free time! Audrey Tugade, Jonathan Judson and Graham Moroney improved their 50 Free times in…
The Acalanes boys really needed a win today for several reasons. The last two matches against Campo and Miramonte were tough losses, we wanted to go into post season with a positive vibe, and what better way for our seniors to end their high school league careers. I try to find some humor in each match, but todays was going…
The Boys track team handily beat the Cougars 83-51 Wednesday, at the last home meet of the year, and while the girls team came up short, the 4×100 relay team of Sophie Chinn, Haley Chelemedos, Cameron Thornton and Isabelle Agnost won vs. the #1 seeded DAL Campo team and broke the 50-second barrier in the 4×100 at 49.80 seconds, a…
The varsity Dons got in a slugfest with another league rival on Tuesday in the rugged DAL, upper division. The girls knocked out an impressive 18 hits on their way to a dramatic road win that pushed their overall record to 9-4. Sophomore left fielder Vanessa Choi, senior first baseman Esa Orman, sophomore third baseman Santana Tamayo, junior pitcher Maya Shoenhair and…
It was a sunny Tuesday afternoon in Berkeley and the Dons came ready to play! In the first few minutes of play, Julia Lyons ran from defense, passed to Samantha Swift, who scored a quick goal. Soon after, another great assist from Allie Schofield to Cate Mercier for another goal! Cate Mercier was able to score another one after Berkeley…
The Acalanes Girls Varsity Lacrosse team delivered a commanding performance Tuesday night, defeating the Berkeley Yellow Jackets 19-8 in a well-rounded team effort. Offensively, the Dons were firing on all cylinders. Meaghan Churchill and Catalina Liu each netted 4 goals, leading the scoring charge. Grace Colaco and Campbell Evans added 3 goals apiece, while Reese Imrie tallied 2. Christina Hageboeck…
The Dons faced their crosstown rival Campolindo Cougars on Tuesday evening at Acalanes. The game began with a moment of silence for Dons’ student-athlete Amin Noroozi, who tragically passed away last week. At the start of the game the Dons showed some rust with Campolindo’s defense applying significant pressure in the first and second quarters. This disrupted many passes and…