The varsity boys’ team is now 2-0 after an impressive and decisive victory over Heritage. All nine matches were won in straight sets. The boys continue to prepare very well for the regular season which kicks off on March 10 when we play Northgate at home. 12 of the 18 varsity players will travel to Fresno on Thursday to participate…
The Acalanes Girls Soccer Team headed to San Francisco on Tuesday to take on University High School in the first round of the CIF NorCal Soccer Championship – Division III. The game started off with University having the momentum and really testing the defense. The Dons remained calm and figured out how to work the ball up the field and…
reported from: Cal-Hi Sports Central Contra Costa County is where we land in search of the Northern California Girls Basketball Player of the Week-Sophie Chinn (Acalanes, Lafayette) And for one of the few times this season, our honoree is a freshman, but not a lot of freshmen have done what Chinn did in the biggest game of the season for…
When you win a game in the final 17 seconds of regulation time, every play that led to that moment counted. After nearly an hour of spirited lacrosse, the Dons varsity girls lacrosse team united to beat the Northgate Broncos 11-10 with a winning goal by Maya Wang. It was a team effort, with 8 players contributing to the scoreboard: Haley…
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Acalanes Girls Basketball ranked #1 as champions of the Diablo League and recently #1 NCS-D2 champions, which are big accomplishments! However, on Sunday the Dons were informed they will be bumped up to the D-1 level for the CIF State Championship playoffs. This is a big honor, because this identifies Acalanes as a ‘BIG DEAL’ on the court. Moving up…
The Acalanes Freshman Baseball team split the games in their doubleheader versus Berkeley, suffering their first loss of the season 7-2 in the first game before rebounding to win the second game 15-3. Austin Wampler led the team with 3 hits, including a double and triple, and 4 RBIs for the day. Jake Megibow got the start in game 1, pitching 3 innings and giving up just 2 earned runs with 6 Ks. In the bottom of the 1st, Acalanes was able to tie the game 1-1 by scratching a run…
The Lady Dons won the NCS D2 Title Friday night in front of an amazing and spirited home crowd by a score of 57 to 37. The girls dominated from the start with full court pressure and pace Northgate couldn’t handle. The lead was 17 to 3 at the end of 1st quarter and 28 to 10 at the half. …
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…
