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…
We all knew this was going to be an uphill battle as the Dons travelled Tuesday to Clayton Valley for their second game in as many nights against juggernaut Clayton Valley- the defending NCS D2 Champions, 20-7, top 20 SF Metro Area Ugly Eagles who beat us by 20+ earlier in the year. But there was HOPE. We played great…
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…
The Dons moved on to the “win or go home” phase of the season looking for redemption Monday night of an early season loss at Las Lomas which was a very close game up until a few minutes left. It wasn’t quite the sellout I expected but still a well attended game that did not disappoint in terms of playoff…
One of the exciting things about going to a sporting event, at any level, is you never know what you might see. Sometimes you get lucky and something magical might happen right before your eyes that you will remember for a lifetime. Friday night was the Regular Season Finale and Senior Night for the Dons who hosted Mt. Diablo (2-21,…
One of the exciting things about going to a sporting event, at any level, is you never know what you might see. Sometimes you get lucky and something magical might happen right before your eyes that you will remember for a lifetime. Friday night was the Regular Season Finale and Senior Night for the Dons who hosted Mt. Diablo (2-21,…
The last time I wrote about an Acalanes team playing a Redwood team was last year’s JV football matchup. Not surprisingly, the theme for the article was trees. Although it would be “tree”-mendously easy to repeat the theme or get “sap”-py as the season is coming to a close, I think I will just jump right into the game. Redwood,…
On yet another rainy winter night (what is this Groundhog Day?), the Dons travelled crosstown to face the Northgate Broncos (15-9, 6-4) in a must win game for the Dons to preserve a chance of getting an NCS berth, more on that later. Dons opened the scoring with a Cameron Hood corner three and were down 7-6 midway through the…
The JV Girls soccer team cruised to 8-0 victory over the Ygnacio Valley Wolves on Thursday. This one was never in question, which led to the girls passing the ball around most of the game. After getting some comments about using ChatGPT for the last article, I tried to go back to the well and queried “soccer not allowed to…
Former ACA Coach Sol Henik and the College Park Falcons (10-13, 4-5 in League) came into town Monday night for an interleague battle in the final week of the regular season. After two emotional losses in a row, the Dons got off to a sluggish 9-2 start in the first few minutes. Gavin Dodge had a couple early buckets, then…