The Acalanes’ offense is scary. Scary fast, scary tough, scary good. The Acalanes Defense is scary. Scary for any offense that has to face them on a chilly pre-Hallows Eve Friday night. Even though there were early worries for the Dons, who fell behind a couple of times, ultimately the Dons were too difficult for the Matadors to cage, and…
The Acalanes Dons JV football team had not lost to the Miramonte Matadors since November 4, 2016. Nearly 6 years later, with a first down on the Mats 34-yard line, a 28-15 lead, and 3 minutes and 27 seconds left in the game, the Dons were probably confident that they would be able to keep the winning streak going. In…
The Dons had a spooktaular game on Thursday against the College Park Falcons. It was a harrowing fright for the Falcons when the Dons scored within the first few seconds of the game. The Dons were fangtastic on offense and defense and by Halftime the nail was in the coffin for the Falcons. But take note, even though the victory…
In the final DAL game of the season, the Lady Dons traveled to Moraga for a cross town showdown vs. bitter rival Campolindo Cougars. Coming into the game, the 18-5 Dons and the 15-8 Cougs were tied for second place in the DAL and vying to lock down a higher seed in the upcoming playoffs. Under the evening lights and on…
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,…