No joke. 20 years. It’s been 20 freakin’ YEARS since our women beat the Campo cougars in a varsity contest. In 2004 Ushers, “Yeah!’ was the top song, Lord of the Rings, Return of the King won the Oscar, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, Tom Brady and the Patriots won the Super Bowl and Facebook launched to students…
Girls Frosh Volleyball hosted rival Campolindo on Thursday for a tough HOCO matchup. Despite a strong showing, the Dons suffered a loss in two tight sets. Set 1 ended 26 to 24 as Campolindo squeezed out a win after a continuous back and forth set. In Set 2, ACA jumped to an early 6-0 lead, but the Cougars clawed their…
Acalanes @ College Park, Sept 19 The Dons had a strong showing at College Park, posting a final score of 46 to 7. As opposed to last week’s game, this was an offense show. The offense was on today. Props to the offensive line for amazing protection and lane creation. Quarterback Colton Whalen-Schlosser (9) had a season best…
The Girl’s Flag Football team shined Wednesday night, winning over a veteran Alhambra team 13-6 and a determined Concord team 20-13. The win over Alhambra saw sophomore Avery Dement fire up for 8 tackles, 2 interceptions, a touchdown reception and an extra point. Not to be outshined by her teammate, sophomore Ines Coyne tallied 5 tackles and scored a…
Playing without senior first-team all league golfers Haley Chelemedos and Campbell Evans, the cougars thought they’d have a relaxing win on their home golf course. Are you kidding?? These are the Lady Don Golfers and they came to play! Led by senior Hana Chelemedos, and closely followed by the excellent play of her teammates battling on every hole, the match…
Welcome to Homecoming Weekend! On Thursday, the Girls Varsity Tennis team hosted the team that starts with a “C” from Moraga. Not only had the Cougars played way more matches than the Dons in this young season, but they also came into the contest sporting an impressive 14-2 record, with most of the wins coming in blowout fashion. Despite the…
On the day when the senior banners went up, the Girls Varsity Tennis team hosted cross town rival Miramonte. The Matadors came into the contest sporting a 9-2 record on the season, having won exactly 75% of their matches on the season (51 wins vs. 17 losses). And here is another fun stat. The Dons and Mats had combined to…
The JV Girls Tennis team faced Miramonte Tuesday afternoon in their first league match and continued the strong play they have shown so far this season! Overall, the match ended up tied at 6-6, but the Dons had the edge, taking 2 of the 4 singles matches and the first three lines of doubles matches. In singles, our lineup was…
The Acalanes JV boys improved to 3-0 after holding off St. Ignatius for a 20-19 victory Friday night. The game came down to the final play, as Acalanes stuffed S.I. at the goal line. Acalanes defense set the tone with an early interception by #6 Andrew Iams. The defense quickly followed with a pick 6 on the next series…
The Men’s Varsity Water Polo team made waves with an incredible trio of home games last week. A packed house saw the Dons dominate on Tuesday and Thursday. On Friday, the exhausted boys battled hard, but gave up their lone loss of the week. On Tuesday, Sept 10, the Dons clashed with the Encinal High School Jets, who they’d previously…