Last Tuesday, the Acalanes Dons Softball celebrated Senior Night honoring team leaders Maya Shoenhair and Lauren Foster. Surrounded by teammates, coaches, family, and fans, the two seniors were recognized for their dedication, leadership, and contributions to the program. Despite a challenging league season impacted by injuries and illness, the Dons continued to battle and found plenty of bright spots…
The Acalanes JV Baseball Team concluded their season on a high note, defeating the Clayton Valley Charter Ugly Eagles JV team 8-2 on May 12 at home, then beating them 3-0 two days later at Clayton Valley. Acalanes JV Dons 8, Clayton Valley Charter 2 The JV Dons took advantage of some sloppy defense from the Ugly Eagles in the…
It’s been a busy and successful season for boys golf, culminating in the first DAL title in 21 years! The Dons kept it exciting as they won the 18-hole league tournament at Paradise Valley in Vacaville last week by 1 stroke with a final team score of 381. Durham Vail (Jr) and Rocco Stassi (Jr) led the Dons, both with…
This afternoon, the #11 seeded Dons Squad headed to Northgate to take on the #6 seeded Broncos. The boys knew that the only way to extend the season a little longer was to win today. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. We did have our chances though and we made them earn the win. After doing a little studying of the UTR…
The weather was hot and the track was hotter at Day 2 of the DAL Championships as our Acalanes Tracksters showed up ready to win. Boys varsity finished 2nd and girls varsity finished 4th overall in the league. Congratulations to all participants for making it to the top of the league and to those athletes moving on to the…
The last boys’ varsity tennis event for the divisions 1 and 2 singles and doubles competition concluded on Saturday. This, of course, was the North Coast Section (NCS) Championships. Acalanes sent the only DAL-Foothills league representative, Sze Ting Chen, who was unanimously voted by the tournament head coaches to be the #1 singles seed. The event took place at Marin…
The Dons were back for Day 2 of NCS – the finals! The Girls 200 Medley Relay finished 7th overall in a State Consideration time – great job Malin S, Anna M, Tess V and Anika R! The Boys team finished 12th, improving their #10 AHS All-Time time! Congrats to Braden D, Jayden H, Cruz T and Gunnar G! Ella…
The Dons showed up in force on Friday at the Miwok Aquatic Center at the College of Marin for the NCS Prelims. Top 16 finishers qualify for the finals on Saturday, May 9. The Girls 200 Medley Relay team of Malin S, Anna M, Tess V and Anika R were ON FIRE finishing 7th overall in a 1:46.90 – a…
On Tuesday, the Girls Varsity Lacrosse team traveled north to take on the San Marin Mustangs in the first round of the D1 NCS tournament. Unfortunately the 9th seeded Dons fell 17-11 to the 8th seeded Mustangs, following suit with all the other lower seeds that lost in their first round road games. Although draws for the game were 18-12…
After steamrolling Campo and Miramonte earlier in the week, the incredible Acalanes JV Women’s Lacrosse Team had one final mission left: complete the nearly impossible with a PERFECT UNDEFEATED SEASON. And they did it in spectacular fashion, overwhelming Las Lomas 16-3 in a game that honestly was never even that close. With the victory, the Dons finished an astonishing 17-0…