The 2026 flag football season kicked off Thursday night for the Dons with an away game against Piedmont High School. Piedmont, a small enclave nestled in the Oakland hills, provided a picturesque setting for the first game of the year. The Highlanders were coming off a 5-13 campaign in 2025 and the schedule makers did them no favors by scheduling…
This fall marks the 4th season of girls flag football at Acalanes High School. Over the past four years, coaches Mike Ivankovich and Joe Escobar, have developed the program from a scrappy group of a dozen or so girls who captured the first ever Diablo Athletic League title, into a full fledged, varsity and junior varsity program, with almost 50…
The defending 2025 DAL Champions aren’t slowing down. While summer is a break from school, it’s one of the busiest times of the year for Acalanes Football. Players are in the weight room, training together, and preparing for the 2026 season, which kicks off in August. Acalanes Football is more than one team. It’s one program with Freshman, JV, and…
If you’ve attended an Acalanes sporting event over the school year, chances are you’ve seen our new Principal Colin Malcolm in action. Maybe he was doing push-ups on the sidelines to match the Dons’ points during a football game. Maybe he was cheering courtside at a girls basketball game. Maybe he was following every pitch and at-bat on GameChanger. One…
I wanted to give a special shout-out to all of the Acalanes Student athletes across 29 sports who made all league this school year. 4 were selected MVP (Tyler Winkles and Deonte Littlejohn in Football in offense and defense respectively, Grant Condy in Boys Lacrosse, and Ella Del Rosario in Girls Water Polo), 39 were selected first team, 39 were…
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The Acalanes Dons Softball opened its NCS playoff run in impressive fashion Friday night, defeating the Montgomery Vikings 8-4 at home in the quarterfinals. After earning the No. 2 seed and a first-round bye, the Dons came out aggressive at the plate and delivered a complete team performance to advance to the semifinals. Acalanes wasted no time getting on the…
The Acalanes Dons Softball had four players recognized for their outstanding seasons with Diablo Athletic League All-League honors. Sophomore June Natal earned First Team All-League honors after an impressive season for the Dons. Natal led the team in league play with a .482 batting average while serving as a steady force at shortstop and batting third in the lineup. Whether…
Day one of the Meet of Champions was warm and windy, and our Acalanes athletes gave it their all on Friday. While some saw their track season end in the preliminaries, we had several outstanding performances from athletes advancing to the MOC Championship Finals today (Saturday 5/12) at Dublin High School. Deonte Littlejohn took 3rd place in Shot Put with…
Last Saturday, the Dons tracksters showed up to win at the NCS Tri Valley Championship. The top six in each event move on to the NCS Meet of Champions, as do athletes meeting the NCS performance standard. In a highly competitive NCS meet, 17 Acalanes athletes qualified to move on to this weekend’s Meet of Champions, held Friday and Saturday…