“One step at a time, one punch at a time, one round at a time”, Rocky Balboa, Creed‘ It was a heavyweight fight last Friday night, when the Acalanes JV Dons met the Campolindo JV Cougars at Campolindo’s home field. For most of the players it was a chance for redemption after a rough outing last year on the same…
JV WIN over Campo: 15 to 14 Varsity defeated 13 to 28 Sports briefing and game highlights will be released over the weekend through Sports Boosters Frosh play today at home at 1 pm against Campo… Let’s Go Dons! OPEN LINK TO WATCH FROSH GAME HERE: https://sportscopelive.com/teams/?team=gZfNW1eWXAPdl9ETY%2BSDqQ%3D%3D The Don fans still limited to household family members only. Parents and siblings…
It was a Talladega Talla-DON-a Night on Saturday! “If you’re not first, you’re last”, and the JV Dons certainly came in first on Saturday afternoon, leaving skid marks past the Knights of Las Lomas, 42-0. Technically that’s two weeks of doughnuts served up by the Dons D, since last week’s Monte Vista TD came on a fumble return. The Don’s…
Saturday was hard hitting smashmouth old school football versus a big and aggressive Monte Vista Mustang team from the ultra-competitive EBAL. Ultimately though, the Dons emerged victorious with a convincing 28-7 win. With plenty of big hits on both sides, the story of the game was the Don’s dominating defense effectively pitching a shut-out, with the Mustangs only score coming…
Are You Ready for Some JV Football? A Saturday paaaaarty! Yes, sir, Acalanes is here… ready to get the good time started! We got Granada on the field and we’re crankin’ up the heat, all the rowdy Dons are back and can’t be beat! It’s been a long ten months of masks, distancing and no pads, but thanks to the…
It is a GREAT Day to be a Don. The Dons have stuck it out and now they are ready to bring it on. Dons football players and coaches have made it clear that obstacles and challenges from the past months and whatever issues there will be in the future don’t matter. They are focused on finally getting a delayed…
But the countdown has begun… No Friday night lights? No chants, no cheers, no superstitions? No standing up for the kick-off and no high fives after every touchdown? No team meals. No checking the weather on Monday to prepare for whatever climates we will sit in come on Friday. No Dons shirts, no Acalanes Football hats. No looking for parking…
Before games, in the stretching line, Coach Young would walk down and hug every single player telling them that they would do great and that he loved them. This would really make a connection between the player and Coach Young. Players know Coach Young was going out of his way to let us know he believed in us: #4 Evan…
It is hard to loose any Sporting Event when the other team is prevented from scoring. The JV Don’s Defense got it done again! If you were to just look at the statistics for this game one would be lead to believe that Campolindo had a chance of winning… they had 175 total yards of offense compared to Acalanes having…
The JV Dons defeated host Alhambra, by the score of 38-25. Ball security was an issue for the Dons. The offense was led by Brady Huchingson, Graham Oh, Joe Evans, Nico Cortessis and Jackson Dumas-Aris. Logan Hope had his best game of the year on defense. Oh had numerous tackles from his linebacker position, safety Thomas Schrader had an interception…
