A Football Season is a long journey filled with challenges. In order to make it to the Summit, the ultimate goal, a team must face many difficult trials along the way. The Acalanes Dons faced a formidable slope last Friday night, having to travel two hours to Sacramento in record heat to face a much larger D1 school that had…
The boys and girls cross country started their season at the Ed Sias invitational at Hidden Valley Park in Martinez, California. The meet served as a rustbuster to get back into racing shape and see the gains everyone has made through a summer of training. The varsity girls squad got out to a fantastic start to the season finishing 5th…
Thursday, September 8th was a big game for the Acalanes Freshman Don’s football team. It was their debut home game, and on top of that the triple digit heat forced a night game, which meant the freshman got to play under the lights; an honor normally reserved for varsity teams. But the Varsity Dons were happy to share their field and…
Dons Girls’ Volleyball Smokes out the Berkeley High Yellow Jackets! Varsity Volleyball battled heat and the Berkeley High Yellow Jackets to victory Thursday night. Our Dons started out blazing in the first set and kept a steady lead against the Yellow Jackets thanks to strategic kills by Katelyn Olin, Hanna Hageboeck, MaeLin Mason, Sofie Foster and Maya Paul. The Yellow…
The JV/B squad of Hayley Takeshima (10), Jordan Huskins (9), Taylor Baker (9), Osanna Deng (12), Grace Wolpert (9) and Samya Johnson (11) faced off against the Cougars on Wednesday and played proudly through some high temperatures and serious terrain at Moraga Country Club. The team played well and while they beat the heat, they were unable to beat the Cougars.…
Acalanes vs Pittsburg Varsity Volleyball On a very warm Tuesday evening, September 6, the Dons travelled east to face the Pittsburg Pirates. Play was close from the start, but Acalanes pulled away early with contributions from the entire court! Multiple kills from Maylin Mason, Apple Walton, Sofie Foster, Katelyn Olin, and Monica Dikova led the offense; defense just as strong, led…
College Park ran into a resolute Acalanes squad Tuesday night at ‘The Beast’! Andrew Sappal and Austin Bishop led the charge leading beautiful counter attacks together to get the party started for the Dons! Harrison Labrosse displayed once again why he is one of the best goalies in the country! Goals:Andrew Sappal – 6Austin Bishop – 5Miguel Strittmatter – 2Thomas…
102 degrees, walking the hills and valleys of Orinda Country Club for three hours carrying 30 pounds of golf clubs doesn’t necessarily sound like a ton of fun, but the Lady Dons were up to challenge and almost overcame defending champions Miramonte, narrowly losing 246-251. The Dons were delighted to have Emmi Cronin (see above) join for her first match…
The Lady Dons traveled to Marin County for their 1st road game of the season, and turned in another stellar performance against the Redwood Giants of Larkspur. The 1st Qtr was somewhat competitive led by a trio of Senior goal scorers (Sara Potter, Alexa Carter & Maizie O’Hare) and a nifty goal by Jr. Wendy Heffelfinger for a 4-2 first quarter lead. …
The Dons traveled to play Menlo School over Labor Day weekend. While the Dons had a strong showing the first half they weren’t able to keep the pace and Menlo dominated till the end. Christian Gotterup – 3 goalsAndrew Sappal – 2 goalsTommy Gallagher – 2 goalsAustin Bishop – 1 goalAlexander Kurimai – 1 goalHarrison Labrosse – 11 saves Acalanes…