What a week it was last week where our girls were on the road twice for 3 contests. After a strong showing at the Campo jamboree, the girls dropped a home game before taking a W at Moreau Catholic. Tonight we’re in Marin at Archie Williams and even though it’s 112 degrees in the gym on a Friday night away…
The JV Girls Water Polo team headed to Campo for a fun weekend of tournament games last Friday and Saturday! Placed in the C group, their first game was against Valley Christian from San Jose on Friday afternoon. The Dons don-inated from start to finish – ending up winning 15-1! Multiple goals from sophomore Santana Tamayo and junior Amayel Guiro,…
The Acalanes Invitational started at 10 am on Friday morning with 24 teams from all around the Bay Area. The Lady Dons were excited to start the tournament with a lunchtime game at 1 pm. The bell rang and the students grabbed Jamba Juice smoothies and filled the bleachers to watch Acalanes play Amador Valley. Game #1 Amador Valley High…
University of Alabama won its first 2 preseason games by a combined score of 105-16 against competitors mostly unknown, and from whom they learned very little about themselves and their program. The Dons, on the other hand, faced some of the stiffest competition in the area in its three preseason games against Alameda, Heritage, and Las Lomas and even…
Our frosh volleyball kicked off a preseason week with strong enthusiasm! Despite an initial loss on Tuesday to Monte Vista in two tight sets, the team showed remarkable resilience by maintaining a tie score for much of the second set. They then went on to achieve a W versus Archie Williams on Friday evening in a nail-biting point for point…
JV Girls Volleyball had three hard fought victories to kick off pre-season play.
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…
Following the last girls varsity tennis article, I was deluged with angry comments that I broke with my usual “creative” writing style from last year to just report what happened. Ok, I realize that only a couple people actually read these articles, so it would be hard to consider that a “deluge”, but trust me, they were upset. So I…
Boys JV Water Polo started the season STRONG in last week’s games! On Wednesday, August 28, Acalanes won 14-11 versus Castro Valley in this exciting season’s first game. Seasoned Juniors Owen Hulst and Ethan Zolboo scored a whopping 4 goals EACH, while Sophomore Thomas Butler was right behind them with 3 of his own. Incoming Freshmen, Gavin Lee and Max Musch, each…
The 2024 Acalanes Alumni Game The Lady Dons have been working hard to prepare for the upcoming water polo season. All the fun started on Saturday, August 17th, with the annual Acalanes…