The boys headed to Southern California last Friday to take on the Birmingham Patriots in the Division 3AA State Championship on Saturday and won 35-22 in a contested, epic battle! As the sign says, they were there to win, and they did! This team accomplished what no team in the long history of Acalanes High School has ever accomplished in…
JV Boys Soccer played their first home game Thursday night against Archie Williams. The Dons had their work cut out for them with no subs or starting goalie. Eli Foster stepped in as goalie first half and Bryan Lurie second half, both with some amazing saves. Aidan Parnell and Elliott Van Ornum were stellar on defense while Luke Wilson and Jeremy Lara…
Have you ever wondered why some people call the game football and others soccer, or why some call it a field and others a pitch? Football is known as “soccer” primarily in countries that have their own versions of football – namely the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland. While the terms “soccer field” and “pitch”…
Saturday, December 9, 2023Record: 5-2 The Junior Varsity Basketball team defeated St. Joesph in the Hornet JV Tournament. The final score of the game was 65-51 in favor of the Dons. The win not only improved Acalanes to 5-2 on the year, but the Dons also captured third place in the Hornet tournament. Going into the season, Coach Eric Thomas…
Friday December 8th, the Acalanes Varsity Women’s soccer team welcomed the Oakland Tech Bulldogs to our home pitch. The Dons wasted no time, with Leila Hamidi immediately advancing the ball from midfield to Livi Foster, sending a clean cross to Ella Thomason who had a nice shot on goal. More attempts quickly followed with Avery Ives, then Taylor Mikalis, with…
The Dons were slow out of the gates again going down 12-1 before their first field goals with under a minute left as Ryder Malm found Gavin Dodge for three and Gavin put in a wild baseline shot as time expired to make the score 15-6 Dougherty after one. The Dons were 2/10 from the field with 4 turnovers. The…
Friday, December 8, 2023Record: 4-2 The Junior Varsity Basketball team lost to Moreau Catholic in semifinalist round of the Hornet JV Tournament. The final score of the game was 70-64 in favor of Moreau. The Dons received another big game by point guard Chase Bahou. Chase led his team with 22 points. AJ Hastings also had a nice game with…
It was another slow start for the Dons, reminiscent of the 16-1 hole we dug ourselves against St. Ignatius but this one went a little deeper as it was 26-6 Mustangs after one. They came out and punched us in the mouth with intense man to man defense and not allowing any second chances. They were on fire going 11/15…
The Dons Varsity boys soccer team finally got on their home turf with two matches this week. On Tuesday night, the San Ramon Valley Wolves were on the field for only a few minutes before Acalanes’ midfielder Colin Sohn was upended just outside the penalty area then subsequently hammered the direct kick into the upper left corner of the goal.…