The Varsity Boys took their show on the road for the second year in a row to The Holiday Classic in Torrey Pines. First round was a tough matchup against a very hot and much higher ranked Santa Fe Christian team. I’ll be working overtime the next four days so take it easy on me if the reporting just isn’t…
The 3-6 Dons (ranked 98th in the MaxPreps SF Metro rankings) took up arms against the Concord Minutemen (2-9, ranked 209th) in a Diablo League Friday night matchup. This was a nice break from finals and all the last minute holiday craziness on the streets and in stores. It took less than a minute for the Dons to jump all…
Las Lomas means “The Hills” in Spanish. Last year, when my son played the other type of football against Las Lomas, I connected the translation to reality shows. Although tempting to just cut and paste that introduction since I am pretty sure none of you would have read that article, a top notch journalist like myself, who just found out…
The Dons (3-5) came into this contest ranked 101st in the MaxPreps San Francisco Metro Rankings (out of 253 teams) while the Valley Christian Warriors (3-1) were 51st. The Warriors scored 80 points or more in three of their prior games so it was going to be imperative the Dons could keep the score much lower to have a good…
Have you ever wondered about the history of the soccer ball? Probably not, but I am going to tell you anyway. [editor’s note: if you are easily grossed out, please skip to the next paragraph] In ancient times, soccer was basically played with anything players could find and kick around. For example, the English army was famous for taking the…
The Dons came into this one with a 3-4 record while not much was known about Las Lomas who came in just 1-1 due to some very relaxed preseason scheduling. The Dons have actually not won in this building since January 8, 2010 – a thirteen year drought! We are still banged up with some key players out and have…
It is thought that women have been playing soccer for as long as the game has existed as they were painted in frescoes playing a similar game called tsu chu dating as far back as the Han Dynasty. In the UK, the “first golden age” of women’s soccer occurred in the early 20th century with some matches pulling in 50,000…
The 9th Annual Chris Huber Classic was a resounding success culminating in a very exciting Championship game against Monte Vista and Woodcreek from Roseville. The game was tied 51 all with under a minute left but the Mustangs prevailed 56-52, winning this one at the free throw line late. Host Acalanes fell to Dougherty in the Third Place game. Piedmont…
The boys headed to Southern California last Friday to take on the Birmingham Patriots in the Division 3AA State Championship on Saturday and won 35-22 in a contested, epic battle! As the sign says, they were there to win, and they did! This team accomplished what no team in the long history of Acalanes High School has ever accomplished in…
Have you ever wondered why some people call the game football and others soccer, or why some call it a field and others a pitch? Football is known as “soccer” primarily in countries that have their own versions of football – namely the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland. While the terms “soccer field” and “pitch”…
