It was all smiles and pageantry on senior night as the Acalanes seniors and their parents took center stage in celebrating our 12 seniors: Addie Bailey, Alexa Malinovsky, Camryn Salazar, Catherine Judson, Chloe Quintella, Emma Hunt, Emmi Cronin, Gianna Intagliata, Jacque Peacock, Kendal Geddes, Tatum Zuber, and Taylor Carlin. With a Senior starting lineup against the Miramonte Matadors, injured Emma…
Frosh girls continued their winning streak against Miramonte on Saturday with an early morning 2-0 victory. The first goal of the game came off of a corner kick by team captain #3 Stella Pacheco. The ball rolled right past two confused defenders and into the back of the net, ending the first half with Acalanes in the lead 1-0. Our…
They say it’s hard to beat a team 3 times in a row, I guess the season’s third matchup against College Park this weekend was an example of that. The Dons fell for the first time this season to College Park 48-41. The loss is uncharacteristic for the Frosh Dons as they weren’t able to establish a rhythm to their game. They shot…
The JV Dons (7-8, 3-3 league) looked to get back on the winning track after a tough loss to Campolindo against College Park (6-14) in a Saturday night special in Lafayette. Starters were Freshmen Gavin Dodge and Josh Elerts, along with Maddox Malm, Drew McKenzie and JB Frolich. First quarter was a see saw battle with the Elerts Brothers doing most…
College Park came into the Chris Huber Memorial Gym looking for a little redemption after Acalanes beat them in Pleasant Hill, but the Dons clearly had a plan to execute plays on the offense and dominate the boards and shut down shooting on the defense. The first period was textbook, the Dons coaching staff was laser focused while the players…
Dons kept the energy high last night. Impressive saves by keeper Dylan Olson with the help from defenders Eitan Romick, Jonny Roth, Zach Appel, Simon Appel and Ben Lacayo. Ben Pecci brought in 2 goals with one assist from Eli Roth. Colby Ebner played outstanding with limitless energy and fight giving him “Man of the Match. Dons are in it…
This past Thursday evening 1/26, Acalanes welcomed Alhambra High School Bulldogs to our home pitch. From the kickoff, the Dons dominated possession, with an out of the gate drive down field to goal by Dani Green within 1 minute of the start! Our offense was relentless, with consistent ball movement downfield by Elodie Jensen, an attempt on goal by Addie McShane, then goal #2…
Miramonte gave the JV Boys soccer team all they could handle for 62 minutes of match play, but Acalanes scored 2 late 2nd half goals to put away the Matadors 2-0 in Orinda. The Dons almost let Miramonte get on the scoresheet early as a Matador midfielder found their right wing on an inside run straight at goal but Jackson Hink…
The JV Men’s Dons started fast against the Northgate Broncos, controlling play with short quick passes moving the ball around the pitch at will. Northgate was able to counter by getting a number of free kicks 25-30 yards out but the Acalanes D and keeper Jackson Hink were up to the task. The Dons sped up play and suddenly long…
Acalanes girls varsity soccer won its second league game of the week, beating Alhambra 2-0. Despite lots of pressure by Acalanes and most of the action taking place in the Alhambra side of the field, the score at halftime was 0-0. That changed five minutes into the second half when senior Addie Bailey punched in a goal with her left…
