The Varsity Baseball team stayed smokin’ hot on Thursday with a 2-1, 10th inning walk-off win over the Vintage Crushers in Lafayette. This was the second consecutive 2-1 victory for the boys. It pushed their early season record to 5-0. Senior lefty hurler Henry Souza started on the mound for the Dons and threw 4 scoreless innings to get the…
They say that the hallmark of a good team is being able to win even when you don’t play your best game. On Wednesday, the Varsity Girls Lacrosse team travelled to Piedmont to take on Highlanders and did exactly that, ekeing out a 10-9 win on a golden goal in overtime despite being outshot 24-13 and committing 16 turnovers. The…
Boys Varsity Golf kicked off their season yesterday with a narrow victory against Las Lomas at Contra Costa CC. Final score 206-209 and remember in golf you want the low score… With an all senior lineup, Jake Elerts shot 39 with 3 birdies in 9 holes. Guoan Wang had the second best Dons score posting a 41. Coach Randy Jones…
The red hot Acalanes Dons took on the Petaluma Trojans in Sonoma County on Monday and came away with a 2-1 victory to improve their undefeated record to 4-0. Junior Jake Colaco took the hill and pitched an outstanding game to fuel the boys. Solid pitching, defense and timely hitting has been the early season recipe for success with the…
It was a picture perfect night as the Girls Varsity Lacrosse team took on the Granada Matadors. Actually it was cold, windy, and raining, and yet a strong contingent of fans still made the trek down to Livermore to watch the team fight through the elements. Acknowledging the weather, the announcer played Singin’ in the Rain, made famous in the…
The Varsity Baseball team headed to Danville on Wednesday to take on the San Ramon Valley High School Wolves. West Coast Preps has the Wolves ranked as the #3 team in the Bay Area after they beat the Benicia Panthers 13-1 in their season opener. The stage was set for a stout early season test for the feisty Dons at…
The Varsity Baseball team started their season in style with a come from behind 4-2 win in Martinez on Thursday and an impressive 10-5 W at home on Friday under sunny skies. The Dons first game was against the Alhambra Bulldogs. Lefty Henry Souza took the mound for the boys in blue and the 2024 campaign was officially underway. The…
The JV baseball team celebrated their home opener against the Alhambra Bulldogs JV squad and the disappearance of the rain and cloud icons from their weather apps on Thursday, February 22 with an 8-5 win. Austin McManamon made his debut on the mound for the Dons and looked like he might be the bell cow of the pitching staff this…
Lacrosse is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins dating back to indigenous people as early as the 12th century. By the 17th century, a version of the sport was well-established and documented in the territory of present-day Canada. In this version, each team consisted of 100-1,000 players, the field was several miles long, and games lasted…
On Tuesday, the JV girls soccer team hosted Northgate for their season finale and were able to secure a 2-1 victory, pushing their season record to 12-8 (Note to Ted Lasso, there were no ties). The game got off to an inauspicious beginning as the Broncos scored a few minutes into the game as they were able to sneak behind…