Please join us in the gym this Thursday, October 20th, at 6 pm for a short Senior Night presentation honoring the players of the Class of 2023. Stay to cheer on Varsity against MIRAMONTE @ 6:30 pm. The last league game of the season! Let’s Go Think Pink! A HUGE thank you to all who contributed to a successful Think…
The Dons traveled to Soquel to compete in the 2022 JV NorCal Invitational on October 14 – 15. With some players out due to sickness, the depleted team finished in 8th place. The team started the tournament looking strong. They won their first game against St. Francis. The final score was Acalanes 6 – St. Francis – 3. They lost…
Can’t say enough about the senior Lady Don Golfers! Outstanding golfers, outstanding representatives of Acalanes High School, and finished their varsity season with best record at Acalanes in 20 years. Nice to go on top! Honored at the DAL Championships were seniors Makena Chelemedos (4 year varsity golfer, 4 year all-league honors), Kendal Geddes (4 year varsity golfer, 4 year…
Capping a stellar 9-1 season, the Lady Don’s took on a tough golf course and stiff competition to finish in second place by a mere 11 strokes to earn an almost certain birth to the North Coast Section Championships. As usual, all of the Lady Dons contributed and the day was especially noteworthy as the DAL Tournament was dedicated to…
It stinks. No other way to look at it. It stinks to high heaven. Losing a game to a rival when there were chances to win never feels good. The Dons fell to their cross-town rivals last Friday night, 24-27 after a last-minute drive ended with their fourth turnover of the game. That’s right, four gifts that the Dons gave…
This past Thursday evening, October 13, the Varsity Dons had a rematch against the Broncos, who had beaten them in 3 sets at Northgate 2 weeks ago. Acalanes came out strong on offense, with Hageboeck, Olin, Jones, Walton, & Paul racking up countless kills, thanks to lofty sets by Korzeniowska. Jones, Korzeniowska, & Mason set the bar high on service, while…
A pun is a joke exploiting the possible different meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings, such as when a kid says “I need some new jeans” and the parent responds “Why? You don’t like the great genes I gave you?” So why the theme of puns on a…
The Girls Varsity Tennis Team Knocked out the Las Lomas Knights on Thursday with a 5-4 win. The Dons doubles teams led the action with a three match sweep. Partners Emily Berkowitz and Kailyn Broad prevailed 6-3, 6-2, while the line two pair of Lucy O’Brien and Marcela Wisniewska won with 6-4, 6-3 sets. Olivia Dawkins and Piper Duff teamed…
The Lady Dons celebrated 9 Seniors at their final regular season home game of the year and routed the Knights of Las Lomas 15-3. 8 scorers piled on 15 points, led by the teams top two scorers, Ella Del Rosario (5 goals) and Brooklyn Plomp (3 goals). Seniors Sara Archer (2 goals), Sarah Potter and Alexa Carter chipped in with goals…