Last week it was Pittsburg & Tonight The Lady Dons are ready to ‘bump, set, spike & DONinate’ the Las Lomas Knights at home at 6pm Last Thursday, in their final non-conference game before league play begins, the Acalanes Girls Varsity volleyball team hosted Pittsburg High School. In the first game, junior Hanna Hageboeck started the Dons’ scoring with a…
This Saturday, the Freshman Volleyball Team participated in the Stockton Classic Invitational, finishing an impressive 6th out of 16 – the highest rank of any of the participating public school teams. They started out the morning breezily winning their first set 2-0. In round two, their skills were no match for the tournament’s dominant team, and they lost 0-2. In…
The Acalanes JV made the long trip to Seaside to take on the Marina High School Mariners on Saturday. Marina is a newer high school that has only one football team. They are loaded with juniors and seniors and were also undefeated, before Saturday. As usual, the coaches had the boys ready to play. The scoring started early when quarterback Jake Boselli threw a 50 yard…
It was definitely our game to win. We beat ourselves. The Varsity Football team lost a gut wrenching game on Friday night on their home field to the Damonte Ranch Mustangs, who were visiting all the way from Reno Nevada. The contest went back and forth all night, and it seemed that whomever had the ball last would end…
The Acalanes cross-country team continued their season at De La Salle’s Nike Invitational on Saturday. The Dons runners competed against 35 schools on two and three-mile courses at Newhall Park in Concord. Super sophomore Olivia Williams (pictured above crossing the finish line) stole the show by winning the Varsity Girls division with a dominant run of 17:35 over the three-mile…
The Acalanes Freshmen played their hearts out against a bigger, stronger California High team, but came up just short on the scoreboard losing 16-14. It was an exciting game from start to finish and the young Dons have a lot to be proud of! Acalanes’ dynamic offense moved the ball up and down the field throughout the first half but…
Last Saturday the Acalanes Girls Volleyball team traveled to Sonoma Valley High School for a one day tourney with 20 teams. The day began with a flag and commemorative ceremony with a large contingent of first responders in attendance to honor 9/11/ In the first game against the host Sonoma Valley High School, junior Katelyn Olin killed an overpass to…
Led by juniors Makena Chelemedos and Kendal Geddes 40 over 9 holes, and Haley Chelemedos 42, the varsity golf team defeated Las Lomas in a great team win, 222-248, to record their first league victory of the season. Hana Chelemedos contributed with a 48 and Juliette Becker and Sophi MacKay recorded personal bests by 7 and 4 strokes respectively. Incredible…
The first set started off with a bomb kill by middle hitter Tea Smith who followed it up with 3 serves in a row. At 9-5 outside hitter Sophie Walker hit a monster kill that lead to the serving streak of the night with setter Eva McGrath serving for 10 points in a row. 1st set down 25-8.The pirates were…
Freshman Girls Volleyball dominated in their pre-season game against Pittsburg, winning in two consecutive sets. In the first set, libero Fiona Roux and hitters Mimi Maycock, Emme Cain, Addy Ames and Addie McShane helped the Dons keep a wide lead. Both Grace Gallacher and Megan Churchill tipped the ball over the net to gain advantage. Most impressive was the Dons’ serving, with aces from Liza Gulberg, LilyMcKinney and Emma Seelenbacher. Emma had an amazing 13 consecutive serves including 8…
