Acalanes Wrestling team had their 3rd dual of the season Wednesday The 17Th at Mt. Diablo high. The young Dons once again had 7 first year underclassman in their Varsity line up. The Dons fought hard splitting the actual wrestling matches 6-6 but forfeiting 2 weight classes gave the Red Devils the 42-30 win in the dual. The Dons had…
Friday night it was Campo who came to Lafayette for a league match-up. Despite playing short handed it was all Dons from start until finish. The final score ended up being 74 to 21 with an anti-climatic running clock 4th quarter. Natalie Frechman led the way in scoring with 21 points, KK Lacanlale added 19 points to go along with…
January 22, 2024With their victory over Campolindo, the JV Basketball team moved into first place. The current league standings are as follows: DAL STANDINGS School Record Standing Comments Acalanes 6-0 1st 6 Remaining League Games Las Lomas 6-1 2nd Lost to Acalanes (68-53) Northgate 5-2 3rd Play Acalanes on 1/31/24 Campolindo 4-2 4th Lost to Acalanes (55-36) Miramonte 4-2 5th…
Friday night was everything you could ever want a high school basketball game to be. A storied crosstown rivalry. An almost sell out crowd with two rowdy student bodies engaged in back and forth chanting throughout. Double digit ties and lead changes with no team ever up by more than 5 points. Two teams leaving it all on the floor…
Friday, January 19, 2024Record: 16-3 The JV Hoopsters along with Coach Thomas and their fans celebrated their 16th victory of the season. And this milestone was sweet!! The visiting Dons defeated their archrivals Campolindo by a score of 55 to 36. Not only did the Dons improve to 16-3 for the season, but the young hoopsters are 6-0 in league…
Playing catch-up here from Wednesday night the girls hosted Alhambra who came in with a record of 10-8. It didn’t take long for Lady Dons to assert themselves behind intense full court pressure. At the half it was 51 to 4 Dons. The final ended up being 78 to 12. Ariana Hallstrom was the high scorer with 20, Dulci Vail…
There were goals aplenty on a wet Acalanes field Tuesday night as the College Park Falcons flew in to take on the Dons in an action-packed league match. The Acalanes squad put on quite an offensive display as five different players scored goals! The goalfest started just three minutes into the match when Dons midfielder Colin Sohn corralled a ball in…
The Dons faced off against College Park in another rainy and slippery match this week on Tuesday. The girls battled the entire first half of the game with a few chances at goals, but not a ton of shots were taken by either team. The Dons’ offense really came to life at the start of the second half. Nicole Nguyen…
The Dons (6-12) rolled into Martinez on Wednesday night to try to get back in the win column against the Alhambra Bulldogs (9-9). In recent years this hasn’t been much of a battle, but second year Coach Ric Shepard has done a good job turning things around for the ‘Dogs and this one was intense until the last seconds. A…
The freshman Don’s are having fun this season! They recorded another league victory beating the Alhambra Bulldogs on Wednesday night. Acalanes got off to a fast start with a flurry of 3’s by Anthony Heglie, Kaya Wingate and Shea Stahl. Oliver MacLeod pulled down multiple rebounds and Sam Phillips played great defense. The Dons took the first quarter 15-2 and…