The Don’s celebrated their first day of Spring Break with an all-day tournament at De La Salle High School. It was a fantastic day of team bonding, skill building and FUN with each player “bringing it” in all 4 games. A huge thank you to Coach Lee for making this team possible and for encouraging these young players to take…
The JV Baseball Dons are enjoying a great season. The team is deep, and has benefited from consistently great pitching and defense, and had some solid offensive performance earlier in the season. More recently, Dons’ bats cooled off some, but they are still finding ways to win ballgames, although admittedly they’ve been relying on good baseball fortunes a bit much…
Elevate your skillset and take your game to the next level! The Dons Basketball Camp provides top-level instruction on every aspect of the game including shooting, attacking, ball handling, defense, and in-game strategy. Hosted by Acalanes Boys Varsity Basketball Coach, Bill Powers, his coaching staff, and current Acalanes players, participants will engage in daily competitions that incorporate skill development, team…
The Acalanes Freshman baseball team swept their doubleheader versus cross-town rival Miramonte High School, winning game 1 by a score of 8-2 and game 2 by a score of 11-1. In game 1, the offense started out slow as Miramonte quickly mowed down the first 6 Acalanes hitters, 4 by strikeout. All that changed in the top of the 3rd…
The Acalanes athletic community is fortunate to have Bill Fraser coaching and mentoring so many of our student-athletes. Bill’s extensive volunteer work across the community for many years led the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce to recently honor him as Co-Citizen of the Year. As the city’s official proclamation declared, “Bill Fraser, through his coaching, creates community on and off the…
The Dons Varsity Baseball team has been infected with the Complete-Game-Bug. Unlike most viruses, this is one you want to catch. Prior to last Tuesday, Dons pitchers have only gone the distance once in the past 5 years (Benjy Braunstein (sr) did last year). On Wednesday, Benjy threw the Dons’ 3rd complete game in their last 4 games, and his…
The Dons watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in an 8-3 loss to Las Lomas on Thursday. The Knights scored on a double in the first inning, a error in the first inning, and a error in the second inning. Hailey Stripling started the game for Lady Dons. The righthander lasted seven innings, allowing 11 hits and…
The Lady Dons headed to College Park on Thursday night and walked away with a 12-3 win in an important league game. The defense shut down the Vikings, goalie Addie Martin led the way with 11 saves. #15 Megan Churchill got the Don’s on the board early and with Junior Haley Rurka directing the offense the Dons never looked back. …
