Acalanes Women’s Varsity Volleyball: Dons take NCS Round 1, heading to Quarterfinals this Saturday!! This past Tuesday evening, 10/25, Acalanes hosted the first round of the Division 3 NCS Volleyball Championships. Long story short, the Dons, ranked 6th in NCS Division 3, played on point, beating 11th-ranked Moreau Catholic from Hayward handily in 3 sets: 25-19, 25-22, & 25-16! This…
October 26 A chill was in the air Wednesday night as the JV Lady Dons suffered an unfortunate loss to Campo to end their season. The final score was Acalanes 3 – Campolindo 17. Kate Roberts, Adrianna Berloui, and Veronica White scored goals for Acalanes. Roberts, Berloui, Olivia Whipple, and Elise Budke all had steals. Senior Goalkeeper Hanna Mirzai made…
Acalanes Women’s Varsity Volleyball: Senior Dons slay the Mats at home in their final game of the season! This past Thursday evening, October 20, not only marked the last league game of the 2022-23 volleyball season, but also Senior Night to celebrate our 9 GRADUATING VOLLEYBALL DONS! After recognizing our visiting Miramonte seniors with flowers, our seniors were presented with…
Ridin’ High, Ridin’ High, Ridin’ High, after a rough week where the Dons fell just short of victory, they wasted no time getting a bit of revenge on a Benicia High team that had beaten them at home just last year, with a 48-7 win at Benicia. All in all the defense held the Panthers to only 84 yards while…
Two days of water polo for the girls team at the very competitive NorCal Girls Water Polo tournament in the Palo Alto area. Dons finished 5th beating out Scared Heart in their final game 10-6. Tournament started off strong with a win over Gunn High School 19-1 but then had a tough loss to Davis 6-9. Saturday morning girls fought…
A White Elephant gift exchange is a holiday tradition where participants vie to walk away with the best present by either picking a wrapped gift or taking a previous participant’s unwrapped gift. The game between the Acalanes and Benicia JV football teams seemed to follow a similar format given the number of gifts exchanged in the form of penalties, fumbles,…
On a hot October evening, with the temperature a sweltering 86 degrees at kickoff, the Acalanes Dons freshmen football team welcome the Matadors of Granada to Acalanes Stadium. Handshakes are exchanged, a coin is tossed, and the Matadors defer the ball to the second half, giving the Dons the first crack at putting points on the board. #22 Illias Kaplanes-Jones…
Acalanes Ladies Varsity Volleyball: Dons take on the Knights at Las Lomas This past Tuesday night, 10/18, the Dons played Las Lomas on their home turf, also celebrating the Knights’ Senior Night!The Knights were so thoughtful to honor our 9 graduating seniors with a bouquet for each player tied with blue and white ribbon! Love the camaraderie and sportsmanship of our…
The Acalanes Girls Varsity Team ended their regular season play at home Tuesday with a loss to Miramonte. The Dons solo match won was by Senior and Captain Analese (Ari) Ruczynski in a thrilling three setter. After going down 1-6, she flipped the script against her opponent and won the second set 6-1. That took it to a narrow 12-10…
The JV Girls Tennis team wrapped up a successful season on Tuesday against Miramonte winning the top 6 matches of the day. After beating Northgate last week with some amazing singles and doubles play, Tuesday was a day of all doubles matches and the Dons came out strong once again. At Line 1, Tea Smith and Georgia Wilson took the…