After a two-year hiatus, the Dons cross-country team opened their season with a great day at the Lowell Invitational in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on Saturday. The event featured over 70 high schools from all over the Bay Area and beyond in a huge day-long meet along scenic trails in the west end of the park. Everyone brought their…
Varsity Dons 56 Balboa Buccaneers 0 JV Dons 52 Balboa Buccaneers 0 A big thank you to the Acalanes Pep Band for adding a level of excitement to the game Friday night and contributing to the high-energy atmosphere of high school football. You made a big difference! From blasting the Fight Song-Let’s Go Dons! when Acalanes made touchdowns, the band…
Play started today for the Lady Dons, hosting the AGWP Invitational. 16 teams are vying for the championship with games split between Campolindo HS and Acalanes. Our Lady Dons started today with a game against Rio Americano HS (Sacramento), and were thrilled to play at home, at lunch, with the support of the student body in the stands! Thanks for…
The Acalanes Lady Dons are jumpstarting the season this week, hosting the Acalanes Girls Water Polo Invitational at Acalanes HS and at Campolindo HS. In Acalanes first action of the season, we will be hosting 16 varsity and junior varsity teams at both locations. We are very excited to have all of the teams back in the water, and look…
Girls Varsity Tennis has gotten off to a valiant start with their non league pre season matches in the past two weeks. Veteran coach Drew Diefenbach has reached out to several new schools to get challenging matches on tap for his relatively young Varsity lineup. ( Three 2021 graduated seniors have left open opportunities for younger players in the current…
Acalanes ASB and Class leaders are sponsoring… .…“Ride the Blue Wave” night (beach theme). We are asking everyone to wear blue and beach-y! Student tailgate before the Varsity Football game in the quad…followed by The Acalanes Pep Band and DJ to get the student section & all fans pumped during time outs and down time. Good vibrations will be happening!…
After the exciting OT win over Rancho Cotate on Friday night, the Varsity Football Dons move up to #15 in the Bay Area News Group Top 25!
After a relatively pain-free victory over Sierra of Manteca, on Friday night the Dons received a rude early awakening, courtesy of Rancho Cotate. It all happened seemingly in the blink of an eye, as the Cougars completed four straight passes on their opening drive, the last one a 46-yard TD bomb for a 7-0 lead. After the Dons went 4…
The Freshman Dons played great defense against Rancho Cotate and picked up their first win of the season. Final score was an impressive 46-7. A number of defensive players burst on the scene with outstanding performances. JONAH RIVERA at defensive line was a force to be reckoned with. He stopped the run, he sacked the quarterback, he forced a fumble…
It’s a Great Day to be a Don! All three football teams beat the Rancho Cotate Cougars for a Win-Win-Win! Varsity: Dons 42 Cougars 41 (overtime) JV: Dons 41 Cougars 0 Frosh: Dons 46 Cougars 7 Game highlights will be posted on Monday Next Game: Friday, September 10 (HOME) Acalanes vs Balboa It’s COWA-DON-GA! Beach Night next Friday! Ride the…
