After a tough loss on an unusually hot Tuesday afternoon at Benicia, the Dons were back at Ken Souza field for a rematch against the formidable Panthers team. With the weather being a lot cooler, the Dons were looking to get their hitting mojo back, and with Jack Giorgianni starting, an ace on a pitching staff full of aces, all…
Our Acalanes Track & Field Dons will take to the track and field this Saturday, May 7th, as Campolindo High School hosts the 2022 DAL FINALS! This is an all-day event, 9a-3p, so, wear BLUE, bring your sunscreen and hat and padded Booster bleacher chair and come out and support the athletes this Saturday! Buy tickets here: https://gofan.co/app/events/609416?schoolId=CA22846 Tri-Valley and…
Disclaimer: If you are not a fan of Star Wars, baseball, or articles that oftentimes lack any factual accuracy whatsoever, please save yourself some time by not reading any further. On a day known as Star Wars Day, “May the 4th be with you”, the Acalanes Freshman put up a good fight, but ultimately fell by a score of 5-2…
Boys’ Lacrosse followed up their 2nd place DAL finish with a resounding 13-2 win over the University Red Devils in the first round of NCS Div 2 playoffs. Dylan Olson (5 goals) and Owen Estee (2 goals) lead the offensive effort with an additional 8 players contributing to the win. Ben Foox continued his excellent play at the face-off “X” and…
The Varsity Dons took on the Benicia Panthers on an unusually warm day at Ken Souza field on Tuesday. The Dons handed the ball to Benjy Braunstein (sr) and when a good hitting Panthers team loaded the bases with one out in the 1st inning, the game was beginning to look ominous. However, Benjy settled down and got their 5th…
While the JV Baseball Dons played quite a few games this Spring in chilly conditions, the Tuesday afternoon road game in Benicia was the first where the weather was legitimately hot. Perhaps it was the heat, or perhaps it was complacency after a long string of wins, but Dons came out flat and just couldn’t get the offense fired up. …
Saturday was an eventful day that began when a number of Mt. Tamalpais families drove to Acalanes thinking they were playing a game on the road, only to learn they were playing at home. The Dons would have preferred that the Mt. Tamalpais pitcher not return, as he celebrated his birthday by tossing a complete game gem giving up only…
The Dons secured the victory over the Cougars, pretty quickly thanks to eight runs in the first inning. Scarlett Popplardo, Esa Orman, Tess Gundacker, Sophia Alvarado, Emme Young, and Emmi Cronin all moved runners across the plate with RBIs in the inning. The first inning Dons scored a whopping 8 runs, followed by 4 runs in the second inning, 2…
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Acalanes competed in the DAL championship meet April 28 and April 30. The aqua Dons produced many personal best times along with some top ten times in individual events in Acalanes team history. Those top ten times are as follows: Sadie Suppiger – 100 Free & 100 Back Audrey Cox – 500 Free Heidi Heffelfinger – 500 Free Lila Waechter…