It was a big night. Your acalanes Dons, with a 4-0 league record, take Diablo-Foothill Football league honors. On Senior Night no less. Hats off to our 16 seniors: Sam Philips, Grant Condy, Jackson Boselli, Tyler Winkles, AJ Del Santo, Finley Rivera, Luke Dafferner, Nolan Potts, Camden Sinha, Oliver MacLeod, Sid Giridhar, Cash Ricker, Matthew Lee, Logan Houston, Hayden Sawle & Danny Dunne. Trust me, you will be missed.

Tyler Winkles was his usual excellent self, throwing for 290 yards and 4 touchdowns while averaging 11.2 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 57 yards on only 5 carries. Winkles has been consistently good when it comes to passing touchdowns: he’s passed for 2+ every time he’s taken the field this season. But not to let Winkles have all the passing fun, Finley Rivera threw a 21 yard touchdown pass to his QB. Fun role reversal on Senior Night! Winkles spread the ball around very effectively, connecting with seven different receivers: Grant Condy, Jackson Boselli, Justin Davis, Finely Rivera, Finn Aiken, Jouquin Bordi and Pedro Sakaguti. TDs also distributed broadly, Condy, Boselli, Davis and Bordi each with one recieving TD.

Another productive night for the run game as well. Justin Davis was key, gaining 119 total yards and two touchdowns (one on the ground, one in the air). Pedro Sakaguti had a very nice yield of 48 yards on 4 carries. Jouquin Bordi was his usual workhorse self with eight carries.

On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Acalanes’ defense and their three sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Dax Vail and Luke Dafferner, who racked up all three sacks between them.

Acalanes back field also didn’t go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The team can thank two different players for their defensive prowess: Grant Condy and Max Volpian, who each picked up one interception apiece.

Top tackler on the night was Dax Vail with 13 tackles. Impressive tackling totals for: Sam Philips, Luke Dafferner, Kyle Sanftner, Danny Dunne, Brandon Simmons and Sean Tandler, who combined for 25 tackles.

Kicker Jonny Rubin was once again perfect, five for five on point after attempts.

Acalanes’ victory bumped their overall record up to 9-1. Playoffs kick off this Friday @ the Pittsburgh Pirates. Go DONS!