Acalanes vs. Campolindo, Oct 31 The set-up was perfect. Last game of the season. Cross town rivals. Halloween eve. Did not turn out to be that scary, for the Dons, who came away with a big win of 50-10. Coach Hansen sent out his entire offensive line (Sean Tandler (55) Kyle Sanftner (56), Matei Bolata (60), Grady Branagh…
Acalanes vs. Clayton Valley Charter, Oct 17 Our freshman Dons prevailed in their match-up with CVC, putting on a defensive clinic, out scoring the Ugly Eagles 20-3. The Dons “D” showed up, specifically in the red zone. CVC had a successful initial drive, getting the ball to the half yard line, and D-line (Kyle Sanftner (56), Sean Tandler…
Acalanes at Miramonte, Oct 10 Our Dons made the long drive to Miramonte, and came up with another “W”, out scoring the Mats 30-16. The playbook this week looked very similar to last week, and another great team effort. Treysen Roberts (11), had another standout game, perfecting the wildcat formation. Roberts (11) had 12 carries and two receptions,…
Acalanes vs. Benicia, Oct 3 I spoke too soon, when I noted the laundry list of Dons on the injured reserve last week; the list unfortunately got longer. But just like last week, the rest of the team rose to the occasion and delivered a 36 to 26 victory over Benicia. Treysen Roberts (11) had his best show…
Acalanes vs. Amador, Sept 26 In the battle of the Don’s, our Don’s unfortunately came up short, with a final score of 6 to 19. I will say our IR is getting pretty full these days, but I will also point out the “next man up” is stepping up. Hats off to Dax Vail who had nine carries and helped…
Acalanes @ College Park, Sept 19 The Dons had a strong showing at College Park, posting a final score of 46 to 7. As opposed to last week’s game, this was an offense show. The offense was on today. Props to the offensive line for amazing protection and lane creation. Quarterback Colton Whalen-Schlosser (9) had a season best…
Acalanes vs. Cal High Sept 12th Our Dons hosted the Cal High Grizzlies for a narrow loss of 12 to 13. As you can see from the score it was a defensive duel. Given all that “D”, let’s start there. Our Dons put a lot of pressure on the QB. Joaquin Bordi (22) had the only recorded sack,…
Acalanes vs. Dublin Aug 5th What a difference a week makes! Not sure if it was just those good “first home game vibes” or the Varsity Tunnel or perhaps a great week of game prep, but some good football was played. For the four people that read my column last week, I did note that we had many near misses…
August 28, 2024 It was a beautiful evening in Marin County, perfect for our very first high school football game. We squared off against the San Marin Mustangs. And if there was a theme it would have been: “this ain’t flag football boys”. For most of the freshman Dons, this was indeed their first tackle football game; but they hung…
The Acalanes freshman football squad took care of business against their cross town rivals and beat Campolindo 44-7 to finish their season 10-0! The word around town for years has been that this class of athletes is special… and these players surely showed the entire town that the rumors were in fact true. The fans packed the stands every week…