We’re looking for a student take on the video coordination role for the varsity team this fall. Duties will include helping set up the in-game Sportscope cameras and making sure that the coaches have access to the in game video on the sideline, as well as helping with Hudl live streaming and other video formats including uploading video to the…
The Junior Varsity Dons scored a razor-thin victory against the much-improved Las Lomas Knights on Thursday, splitting the sets at 25-21 and 22-25. The one-point edge was much tighter than the 32-point drubbing the Dons delivered to the Knights when the teams met on May 5. Thursday’s game held the crowd in suspense with many cheers and oohs, with both…
Last night, your Dons returned home to take on the Las Lomas Knights in their last match of this abbreviated 2021 campaign. It was Senior Night, which of course had been postponed once already, and the eleven senior Dons showed their Acalanes Blue and White with pride, poise and class. As a bonus, there was an invitation-only, or pretty much,…
On Tuesday May 25th, at the Acalanes Freshman Lady Dons’ “End of Season” Banquet, Coach Roman quipped: “This team…has swagger… And swag…is a good thing to have.” The following day, the Lady Dons swaggered into the Foothill Middle School gym where they would face a Northgate Bronco team that looked eerily similar to themselves: cool, confident, intimidating, graceful, hard-hitting, tenacious,…
The JV Women’s Volleyball team fought head-to-head with the Miramonte Matadors on Wednesday night, May 26, with each team winning one set (25-14, 18-25). The Dons claimed victory by scoring four more points overall, beating the Mats on their home turf in Orinda. The Dons remain tied with Campolindo for first place in the league with one match remaining in…
Your Dons traveled to Orinda for their last road match of the season on Wednesday. The Matadome was rocking on Senior Night for the Mats. The Dons were looking for a little bit of revenge after dropping one to Miramonte in the opening week of the season. Here we go. In set one, Katelyn Olin helped create the tone with…
Tuesday the Dons travelled out to Northgate for a makeup game against the Broncos. The Broncos got out to a 2 point lead but Elena Needs got it back with a line kill, Annika Olson got a kill off the tape and then Annika and Katelyn Olin teamed up for a roof to get the lead back 4-2. A Bronco…
The Dons Varsity Water Polo squad played their last two games of the season on Friday and Saturday in the end of season tournament. Friday afternoon the Dons squared off against Campo for the third time this year. They got off to a strong start and were up 2-1 after the first quarter. Down 4-6 at the half and by…
It was a heartbreak of a final game for the Lady Dons as they fell just short against a strong Miramonte team. After winning a scrappy semi-final late on Friday evening against Davis High School the Dons returned to the pool on Saturday afternoon for the third matchup of the season with the well drilled and talented Miramonte Matadors. The…
On Thursday, May 20, the JV Women’s Volleyball team split sets with the Campolindo Cougars 15-25, 25-18 but barely lost on overall points in a near repeat of their season-opener where they beat Campolindo. Even though the Dons played the Cougs on their home court in Moraga, the Acalanes parents brought on enough noise in the stands to simulate the…
