The world promptly changed from the way we do school, sports, work and living. 2020 and 2021 has taught us that we cannot always be in control and that we must be willing to adapt. One thing we can control is our attitude and how we choose to approach life. An optimistic attitude was critical and necessary for 2020 and…
Miramonte may have thought the Acalanes JV Dons only brought 14 players to their clash last Saturday afternoon at Miramonte, but what they didn’t know is that the Dons brought more soldiers to the field that day. Down eight starters because of a school district close contact ruling, the Dons banded together and beat the odds to prevail over a…
The Acalanes Women’s Volleyball Team will be hosting tryouts for the 2020-2021 season on Monday April 12th and Tuesday April 13th. Frosh tryouts will be from 5:00-6:30 pm in the small gym, and upperclassmen tryouts will be from 6:30-8:00 in the main gym. Players interested in trying out should fill out this google form: https://forms.gle/JPtb3tADNMzFGRgQA. Interested players will need to upload a completed…
Saturday, April 10 the Acalanes Dons welcome the Matadors to our field. JV will kick off at 4pm and Varsity at 7pm Games can be watched live at : Sportscope Live Our undefeated Freshman Dons will play the Amador Valley Dons away at 1pm
The Acalanes Freshman team travelled to Martinez to take on The Alhambra Bulldogs for the 2nd time this season and for their second win as well. This team was supposed to play Vacaville earlier in the season, but due to a Covid situation they had to cancel, and fortunately for us, Alhambra was able to fill in. In the 2…
The Acalanes Dons Varsity Football Team traveled to Benicia to take on the Panthers last Friday night – If you have never been to Benicia it is worth the drive – quaint little town right on the narrow Carquinez Strait that connects into the San Francisco Bay -The Football stadium, with it’s brand new field, sits up on a hill…
It took a while for the Dons to wake up last Friday in Benicia, and while several players were on real vacations during Easter Break, the Dons who were supposed to be playing football started off the game in vacation mode as well. Here’s the sequence of event for the first five plays. 1). Dons Kick-off goes out of bounds…
Their School. Their Field…Our Wins! Congratulations to our undefeated JV Dons with bringing home a WIN against the Benicia Panthers, 30 to 6. And to Our Varsity Dons for keeping hot on a cold, cold night in Benicia for a WIN, 27 -21. Game Highlights to follow in Sports Boosters later in a game recap reports. Freshman Dons travel to…
“One step at a time, one punch at a time, one round at a time”, Rocky Balboa, Creed‘ It was a heavyweight fight last Friday night, when the Acalanes JV Dons met the Campolindo JV Cougars at Campolindo’s home field. For most of the players it was a chance for redemption after a rough outing last year on the same…
The Acalanes Varsity Football Team put up a good fight on Friday night to the end. Campolindo got the better of the Dons with a 13 to 28 lost. Losing is part of the game. Athletes do not like losing. Who does?! The Dons have been tested and will be forced to grow…and they will be better. Game RecapThings started…
