This Saturday, February 26, we began our 2022 season by hosting Clayton Valley Charter and Concord High School for a scrimmage. With incredible efforts across the board, dozens of PR’s, multiple top 3 finishes and section leading marks, and not one but two record board performances, your Acalanes Dons dominated the meet from start to finish! We’ll get back to…
The Lady Dons captured the NCS D2 Championship title last night at Acalanes over Northgate with the score of 57 to 37. Freshman Sophie Chinn with an absolute offensive explosion in the first half with 20 points (Dons 28-Broncos 10 at halftime) and finished the game with a total of 31 points. Details of game highlights to follow and more…
The boy’s tennis team is off to a solid start defeating a very worthy adversary in Bishop O’Dowd. This is the team’s first official practice match of the season, and eight of nine lines won. Seven of those wins were in straight sets. The team is only in its second week of practice and just picked up four soccer players…
There is nothing more exciting than a Championship Game. The Acalanes community is proud of our Girls in Blue. This excitement will be exploding at 2pm on SLAYday in Ross, CA when the Dons will face the Bulls of The Branson School. We do not play-WE SLAY! The BlueCrew will be rolling to Marin County to cheer on our Lady…
Dons Split Opening Week, Go 1-1 On what turned into an Icy Tuesday afternoon at Acalanes, the Spring campaign got off to a cold start. The Dons hosted a very tough squad from Marin Catholic who boasted a number of D1 commits. The bright spots were Dante Montgomery’s solid start as he held the visitors scoreless for 3 innings (pictured below),…
On Tuesday, Dons powered hard through an intense NCS Semi-final against Marin Academy. The boys played so hard and so well, truly showing the Dons spirit. They lost 0-1 in the last 60 seconds of the game which made the loss even tougher to swallow. But they should be incredibly proud of their ability to hold down the number one…
The Lady Dons outlasted a solid and well coached Alameda squad by a score of 53 to 42 to advance to the NCS D2 Title game. After a back-and-forth 1st quarter which ended with Alameda in the lead, the Lady Dons exploded in the 2nd quarter behind relentless full court pressure. The half time lead was 12, but Alameda quickly…
After a successful trip to Marin County, the JV Baseball Dons had the first regular season home game against Saint Pat’s. As baseball games go, this one was the exact opposite of a nail-biter. The Dons were simply a much stronger team, and dominated on both sides of the ball. The Dons sent 9 batters to the plate in the…
The Dons hosted Archie Williams Wednesday evening for the NCS semifinal match. Going into the game, the Dons knew that Archie Williams would put up a good fight, but the Dons were determined to win. With each move that the Falcons made, the Dons had the answer. The first 28 minutes of the game remained scoreless, but with each minute…
After a few scrimmages, the JV baseball team kicked off the regular season with a trip across the bay to face Marin Catholic. The game was well attended from both sides, with visitors not deterred by the cold and blustery conditions, and the Dons provided the fireworks to keep the crowd well entertained. The game was off to a sloppy…