Being perfect is not about that scoreboard out there, it’s not about winning. It’s about you, and your relationship to your family, yourself, and your friends. Being perfect is about being able to look your friends in the eye, and know that you didn’t let them down because you told them the truth. And that truth is that you did…
The Lady Dons capped a wonderful season with a fantastic showing at the League Championship on Friday, securing a 3rd place finish and positioning themselves well for an at-large birth to the North Coast Section playoffs. Incredibly, the Don’s finished with three players shooting in the 80’s…Makena Chelemedos 83, Haley Chelemedos 85 and Kendal Geddes 89. After the championship, Makena…
Dons win 5-4 vs. the Las Lomas Knights. It doesn’t get any closer. In Singles, Kit Scheirer (#3 singles) UNLEASHED and pulled off another slick win, AGAIN, in the 3rd set tiebreaker. If I had dime for every time they won in the third, I’d probably have a dollar. For their performance on the day, Kit earned the DONS PLAYER OF THE MATCH on the singles side!…
MAD PROPS go out to the VARSITY GIRLS TENNIS TEAM! This ACA squad adds a 4th straight shutout to their current winning streak! The Dons win 9-0 vs the College Park Falcons! In singles, Ari Ruczynski and Martha Burns held strong at the number 1 and 2 spots. Kit Scheirer had a battle royal at the 3 spot, edging out a great win…
The Dons extended their winning streak to six matches by defeating the visiting Northgate Broncos on Tuesday, October 12. In the first game, the Dons shot out to an early lead—it was 15-7 at one point—and went on to win 25-20. Seniors Emma Johnson and Bela Yanakieva and junior Ryann Jones, Katelyn Olin and Maya Paul, among others, registered kills. In the second game, the Broncos…
The Dons Varsity Boys Water Polo experienced their busiest week of the season with six matches in four days in three different cities. The week began with a league match against Miramonte. Kyle Rosenblatt scored two goals and Harrison Labrosse stopped 15 shots on goal but the Mats came out on top with a 9-4 win. The following day the…
On Tuesday evening the JV Women’s Volleyball team had a tough first set against Northgate but the team did great. The girls battled back and forth until at 17-18, Opposite Hitter, Chloe Lockwood changed the momentum with a beyond the base line, one handed save to psych up the girls. Outside Hitter Sofie Foster brought the Dons to 24-21 with a…
FEAR THE BLUE ON THE COURT On Thursday, October 7, the Acalanes Girls Varsity volleyball team traveled to Las Lomas High School to face the Knights. In game one, senior Bela Yanakieva got the Dons started off with a kill, and junior Mara Korzeniowska rattled off three aces to put the Dons up early 5-0. Junior Hanna Hageboeck delivered a…
The Dons travelled to Miramonte last week to face-off against the Matadors for the first time this year. Dons win 8-1! In Singles, a lot of the players had to adjust to the slower court surface because of the Matadors’ new courts. It took a little time for most, but eventually everyone found their timing and started to put some wins…
Freshman Women’s Volleyball team got off to a sluggish start against the Las Lomas Knights on Thursday, October 7th. After a long set of back and forth trading points, the Dons were able to pull out the win 27-25 thanks to the starting line up of Fiona Roux, Emma Seelenbacher, Grace Gallacher, Lily McKinney, Addie Ames, and Emme Cain. The…
