The Don’s opened the 2022 DFAL league game on the road against the legendary coach Skip Mann and the Las Lomas Knights. The Dons fell behind early but seniors Austin Bishop, Christian Gotterup, Andrew Sappal, and Miguel Strittmatter led a ferocious charge that came up just a bit short! Final score: 12-10 Goals:Austin Bishop – 3Christian Gotterup – 3Andrew Sappal…
The Girls Varsity Tennis Team fought hard against Northgate on Tuesday and prevailed with a 5-4 win. Line 1 singles player Ari Ruczynski rolled over her opponent, 6-1, 6-1. Martha Burns at Line 2 singles hung on to win 6-4, 1-6, 10-5. Aamena Shipchandler had a tight 7-5, 7-5 win at Line 3, while Cate Condy (Line 4) smashed her…
CAMPO IN TOWN THIS THURSDAY (9/22). LET’S PACK THE HOUSE. GRAB YOUR FRIENDS AND COME CHEER ON THE DONS! Frosh – 4 JV- 5 Varsity- 6:30 Theme: Power Outage! Wear Black. Neon face paint will be provided Dons Debut League volleyball battle in Benicia: Acalanes punishes the Panthers x 3, Frosh, JV, & Varsity! Tuesday afternoon, 9/20, All 3 Dons…
The Boys and Girls Cross Country competed at the Farmer Invitational on September 17th. The course is the site for the NCS Championships for later in the season so both squads were eager to gain crucial familiarity with the course. The Varsity Boys were led by Junior Logan Farzan once again. Farzan completed the 3-mile course in 15:47, this time…
Trees have featured prominently in sports. There are college football tree-themed programs such as THE Ohio State Buckeyes, the state tree of Ohio. There are official mascots such as the Copper Mountain College Fighting Cacti and a notable unofficial mascot, the Stanford Tree. There are athletes including Tree Rollins, the 7’1” center who played 18 seasons in the NBA, Robert…
The Dons rolled into Stockton’s Lincoln High School around 7:15am Saturday morning, ready to do battle with what would prove to be a very competitive field. Coach Roman Seguerre and Allen Go were each getting their daughters settled in at college so varsity Coach Haley Walsh was behind the wheel, assisted by Acalanes varsity players Mika Bocobo, Hannah Hageboeck and Kaitlyn…
It wasn’t the prettiest game… let’s face it, it was downright ugly, but Acalanes emerged from the contest with a win and an unblemished 4-0 record. After the heart-pounding, hard-hitting, high-flying action of the Sheldon road trip, coaches were worried about a letdown, and that’s exactly what happened on Saturday night in Lafayette. Whether it was the excitement of the…
The Lady Dons scheduled for a double header on Saturday. Game #1 was a decisive victory over Santa Cruz 11-3. Led by high scorers Ella Del Rosario, Brooklyn Plomp and Sara Archer, the Dons led from the opening sprint and never looked back. The anticipated game of the week was up next against the Soquel Knights. The Dons looked energized and burst…
This weekend the boys varsity water polo team played in the St. Francis Invitational at Palo Alto High School. GAME 1 – Archbishop Mitty was a fight in the second half since they were down. Unfortunately, they were not able to come back from the loss in the first half and ended with a score of 8-10. Goals: Andrew Sappal (3), Christian…
September 17, 2022 Acalanes rolled over San Ramon Valley with Siena La Rotonda (cap #10) going on a tear in the third quarter scoring 3 of the team’s 9 goals. Other goals included 2 each by Jenny Haugner and Olivia Whipple and 1 each by Kate Roberts and Alexis Sappal. Aca’s stellar defense didn’t allow SRV to take many shots,…
