The Acalanes JV football team was planning to play one quarter against the Oakland Varsity team on Friday. If that had been the case, the team would have only played one full game and a total of 50 minutes of football over 50,400 total minutes from the end of the Bishop O’Dowd game on September 2 until kickoff against Las…
The Acalanes men’s water polo team hosted the defending North Coast champion Miramonte at the ‘Beast’ Thursday night. The first half was an absolute battle and the crowd was the loudest it has been in years! The waves of players Miramonte threw at the Don’s in the end was just too much! Shout out to Harrison ( the wall) Labrosse…
9/29 The JV team played hard but suffered a tough loss against Miramonte. The final score was Acalanes 1 – Miramonte 12. Jenny Haugner scored the only goal for Acalanes. Goalkeeper Hanna Mirzai kept very busy making 10 amazing blocks. The previous evening the Bundy family generously opened their home for a team pasta feed. The JV team next plays…
Girls Water Polo The undefeated and Nationally ranked powerhouse, Miramonte Matadors visited the Heaston Aquatic Center for the first game of two DAL matches this season. The Mats have rolled through every team they’ve played this year with an average margin of victory of 7 goals. Featuring a talented roster full of D1 recruits, the Dons had the toughest test…
With the big game looming Thursday vs Miramonte, the senior laden team led a focused attack against Berkeley High Wednesday at the ‘Beast’! The Dons kept the pedal to the metal until time expired coming out on top 20-9! Special shout out for senior Tommy Gallagher doing some good work setting hole! Also, Andrew Sappal hit Austin Bishop with a…
JV Girls Tennis is off to a great start this season! We had a large number of girls try out and have a strong roster of 26 Freshman, Sophomores and Juniors making up the team this year. At this week’s match against Miramonte, the team had a great performance winning the top 2 Lines of singles and top 4 Lines…
Acalanes JV Water Polo brought the crowd screaming to their feet Wednesday night in an exciting victory against Berkeley High who ultimately went down in defeat to the Dons 6-5. The final period was especially electrifying as both teams used every tactic at their disposal to try and bring home the win. Turnovers, steals, passes, incredible teamwork, and strategy ruled…
Varsity Volleyball at Northgate: Dons vs. Broncos! This past Tuesday evening, 9/27, Acalanes met the Broncos on their home court at Northgate.The Dons started off strong in the first set, but it became clear right away that the Broncos were ready for a fight! Thanks to reliable sets by Korzeniowska and Seelenbacher, Hageboeck & Olin led in kills, with help at the…
2 Matches 2 Wins Following Monday’s victory over Northgate at Contra Costa Country Club, the Lady Dons knew that their second match of the week against the Broncos would be tough. True to form, the Dons came to play and recorded their second win of the week over the Broncs by the thinnest possible margin 230-231. Haley Chelemedos led the…
Coming off an energetic Wall Street dress-up day for Homecoming Week, the Girls Varsity Tennis Team was ready to do business with the Miramonte Mats on Tuesday afternoon. All of the matches were hard fought contests and several of them delivered upside, but unfortunately at the end of the day it was a bear market with the team going down…