On Monday, the Dons wrapped up their 2023 season at the NCS Championship Tournament at Foxtail GC in Rohnert Park. An early start and 6+ hour round made for a very long day of golf. Despite this, our team managed to post a few solid rounds in the mid 80s as they competed against a field stacked with college commits.…
Come out and cheer on the Dons graduating class of 2023. Bring your pom poms, posters and cow bells and celebrate the Seniors as they make their way down Mt Diablo Blvd.
The weather was perfect last Thursday in Walnut Creek as the Varsity Baseball team concluded their upand down season with a rousing victory. The boys in blue completed a two game sweep of theNorthgate Broncos to conclude the campaign with two wins and give their outstanding senior class awarm send off. Coach Connor Hornsby threaded the needle perfectly so all…
Happy Monday. I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend celebrating our Tri-Valley competing athletes on the Track & Field, our kiddos on the dance floor at City Hall in SF for Prom 2023 and breakfast in bed for our amazing Mama’s for Mother’s Day Sunday. Today, we celebrate our SEASON and our Athletes and Coaches in the PAC at 3.15p.…
Acalanes Softball put up nine runs in the second on its way to a 12-1 victory over Concord High School on Thursday in their last regular season game of the season. The victory secured a second place finish in league standings with a 12-8 record (5-3 in league play). Esa Orman, Emmi Cronin, Avery Robb, Lauren Foster, and Emme Young…
Tomorrow, our qualified Track & Field DONS athletes travel to Foothill HIgh School in Pleasanton for the North Coast Section Tri-Valley Championships. This Meet determines who advances to the Meet of Champions on Friday/Saturday May 19th and 20th at Dublin High School. If you are in the neighborhood and have nothing to do before your hair appointment for Prom, buy…
The quarterfinals contest between #5 Acalanes and #4 Washington took place at the Fremont Tennis Center. It was a beautiful day for tennis and our supporters were out in numbers. All seven matches went on at the same time and it didn’t take long to realize we were competing against a very strong squad. As you can see in the…
With the possible exception of doing my laundry, there is nothing I like less than writing an end of season Acalanes Boosters article, particularly for baseball. Why? Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda summed it up best when he said “The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends”. In fact, the sadness ranks right up there…
It was Senior Day on May 8th for the Acalanes Softball Dons and everyone came out to celebrate the four outstanding Seniors, who have made a huge impact on the Acalanes community and incredible influence on the softball program. The four seniors are Sophia Alvarado, Emmi Cronin and Co-Captains Tess Gundacker and Hailey Stripling. An early lead helped the Dons…
The first half began in a balanced way with both teams possessing well, seeing Offensive and Defensive action. As the half progressed, Acalanes seemed to gain momentum, driven by goals #2 and #3 from Zach Appel, plus Cooper Olson and Marshall Anderson. The second half kicked-off with Acalanes up 5-3 and seem to pick up where the first half ended.…
