The JV Don’s Football team was in action on Friday vs the Knights of Las Lomas. The 10 min car ride from Acalanes to the home team’s stadium in Walnut Creek took longer than it did for the Don’s to put away the Knights! Mason Zirkel took the opening kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown to start the game, and…
With key players out for the Dons, it was great to see other players step up and assume an expanded role. EITAN ROMICK filled in for KEEGAN GODDARD at running back and was spectacular. ROMICK ran effectively both between the tackles and outside on the option pitch for a total of 209 yards rushing. Wow! Awesome to see the offensive…
On Thursday 10/7, the JV Girls battled The Knights at Las Lomas and despite a raucous home crowd, the Dons demonstrated their grit and won in 2 sets: 25-19 and 25-22! Great team effort all around! Fear the BLUE!
Dons let’s show up in large numbers on Friday night at Las Lomas as your #16 ranked Dons take on #17 Las Lomas in a league battle of top 20 teams in the Bay Area.
Led by Hana and Makena Chelemedos’s 45s at Contra Costa Country Club, and strong performances by Haley Chelemedos, Kendal Geddes, Emmi Cronin and Juliet Becker, the Lady Don golfers out clubbed the Cougars Monday afternoon, winning 232-260, to complete a home-and-away sweep of the Moragans. The friendly competition was both spirited and fun for both teams…next up Las Lomas for…
The Dons Varsity Boys Water Polo team had a busy week with two tightly contested matches against San Ramon Valley and Campo. Against San Ramon Valley, Andrew Sappal led the Dons with 4 goals and 3 assists, Kyle Rosenblatt contributed 3 goals and 2 assists, and Christian Gotterup (pictured above) added 2 goals and 3 assists. The first quarter started…
After a tough late-game loss to Damonte Ranch, the Dons Football team came out of their BYE week with purpose and the whole ACA community behind them. The team was fired up and ready to go, facing the Castlemont Knights from the OAL league with the stands packed to capacity and the homecoming crowd whipped into a frenzy. After a…
The JV Don’s continued to roll this week shutting out Castlemont High School with the score of 56 to 0. What a great way to cap off a amazing Homecoming Week! Everyone was wondering if the opposing team was even going to show up at first – Game time was scheduled for a 4:30 start, but because of a transportation…
The slant pass from quarterback DAVID GONZALES to wide receiver JB FROLICH has been a good play for the Dons this year. Against Heritage it was a great play as Acalanes rolled to a 26-0 halftime lead and beat Heritage by a final score of 38-26. GONZALES repeatedly found FROLICH on the slant in the first quarter and two times…
On behalf of Acalanes Football, we thank the extraordinary excitement and enthusiasm from all the Don fans for the Homecoming game and week, including the Acalanes Pep Band, Cheerleaders and especially Mrs. Walton, school administration leaders, 17 class officers, 6 ASB Officers and 80 leadership students and many parent volunteers for an incrediBLUE week! This year’s homecoming was like no…
