Absolutely, it was a scorching day on the gridiron as the Dons clashed with their rivals in Walnut Creek. The sun blazed down, but the heat couldn’t deter these fierce competitors. The Dons traveled to take on the Berean Christian Eagles in the first game and Alhambra Bulldogs in the second game. In the first game against the Eagles, Ella…
Tennis court nets are 42” high at the posts and 36” high in the center. They can be made from polyethylene, polyester, nylon, or steel mesh. Although net posts are typically outside the alley in the “doubles” position, professional courts can also be set up with the posts in the “singles” position inside the alley. Now for some fun facts…
The Lady Don golfers recored a split decision in Monday’s match at Contra Costa Country Club, winning vs. Campo and falling short vs. Miramonte. Our golfers were led by juniors Haley Chelemedos, Campbell Evans and Hana Chelemedos who all recorded rounds in the 40s, with Haley Chelemedos recording her 4th and 5th matching winning low scores and beating Miramonte’s previously…
Looking to bounce back after a tough road loss to Miramonte last week, the Lady Dons wanted to come out strong to get back to their winning ways on Tuesday night. They definitely did come out strong in set 1, wanting to make a statement. Although their season long serving issue still reared its ugly head in the first set…
As I sat down to write this article, I was thinking that I was running out of content having talked about the history of tennis, scoring, the US Open, rackets, balls, and so forth. Although I came up with a few other ideas that could show up in future articles, I thought I would dedicate this one to female athletes for…
Acalanes faced a strong Miramonte team on Tuesday, but the girls did win 3 lines of singles (Evelyn Lee, Ash Dawkins and Lauren Anderson) and 2 lines of doubles (Rachel Feldman and Addy Jeffery, Audrey Parkin and Sabrina Koo). We will get them next time!
We had a big win against Las Lomas winning all of the doubles and 5 out of 6 singles. The Las Lomas team had very strong singles players which our girls battled and prevailed against. Congratulations to Evelyn Lee, Hetty Lofting, Kate Widmann, Molly Jones and Zoe Stafford.
Both Dublin and Acalanes took the field last Thursday with 5-0 records. One thing was certain…one team was going to walk away with their first loss of the season! Acalanes anticipated a tough game from this Dublin powerhouse. Early in the first quarter Dublin took the lead 8-0 over Acalanes, but their lead didn’t last long. Acalanes quickly scored a…
#13 Tommy Terhar ran for 149 yards on 9 carries. The Dons JV Football Team, winners of two in a row, hit the road once again to face the Vallejo High School Redhawks for the last preseason game of the season. #10 Illias Kaplanes-Jones receives the opening kickoff and makes a nice return up the left side to set up…
On a chilly Friday the Dons took on the Vallejo Red Hawks in V Town. Despite the chill in the air the boys stayed red hot for the second game in a row. The defense recorded another shutout as the team rolled to a 50-0 W. The combined score over the past two games is Dons 106 Opponents 0! The defense has been…
