Acalanes Girls Soccer tallied their third win of the season in a league match at Benicia High School Tuesday night. The Dons never trailed in the 2-0 shutout win over the Panthers. Junior Addie Bailey put the first goal in the net off of an impressive assist by freshman Nicole Nguyen in her Acalanes soccer debut with 22 minutes left…
Both the Girl’s and Boy’s basketball teams played in Holiday Tournaments over the break. Here are a few links showing video highlights of some of their games. Girl’s Basketball vs Terra Linda Girl’s Basketball vs Eureka Girl’s Basketball vs Casa Grande Boy’s Basketball vs El Cerrito Boy’s Basketball vs Branson Boy’s Basketball vs Redwood
The Lady Dons team start 2022 with a 10-2 record and are coming off winning the Ivory Bracket of the West Coast Jamboree. The girls defeated a very good Carlsbad team in the Championship Game of the tournament. Tonight opens league play on the road versus Miramonte at 7pm. The Matadors have not lost to a league opponent since February…
All right Dons Fans! Your Freshmen Team Reporter Drew here with Head Coach Eric Thomas. Appreciate you sitting down with me Coach, and hopefully this won’t be too hot of a seat for you. Q&A format so I’ll jump into some questions here. Q: First, I’m interested in hearing more about your personal story. How did you end up here…
Acalanes faced Amador Valley in the “battle of the Dons” for the second time in a week on Thursday, this time in the consolation finals of the Dougherty Valley Holiday Tournament. In what should surprise nobody, it was another tight game that looked like it was headed to overtime– just like the first matchup and 3 other games this year.…
It wasn’t the prettiest game but the Dons took care of business against Irvington taking Third Place in the Silver Division of the eight team field at the Dougherty Valley Holiday Tournament. The referees made their quota and then some calling 28 total fouls and totally disrupting any flow to the game especially in the second half. The Dons were…
The home crowd was fired up for what would turn out to be a nail bitter with Acalanes going into a shootout against the mighty Redwood Giants taking the game all the way to the final buzzer. With both teams coming off tough losses, the Dons to Branson who ultimately won the tournament, and Redwood losing to Saint Ignatius, who…
The Lady Dons defeated Carlsbad 69 to 46 to win the West Coast Jamboree at Granada High School Thursday night. Despite the large margin of victory, the game was actually much closer throughout. Carlsbad was led by all San Diego Selection (last season) Madison Huhn who happened to go for 40 points with 10 three pointers in their semifinal win. …
The Lady Dons beat Eureka 51 to 37 in the 2nd round of the West Coast Jamboree. The girls trailed throughout much of the first half, as Eureka had 3 girls 6’0 plus. It took some time to adjust the size and physicality the opponent had. However, the Lady Dons relentless full court pressure began to take its toll in…
On Wednesday the Dons faced off in the semifinals of the Chris Huber Classic against the Branson Bulls, with another good crowd in the house. It was a slow start with the teams trading missed 3 pointers the first few possessions before Jack Bayless opened the scoring with a slashing layup, and Theo hit a deep 3 to make it…
