Riding a 5-game winning streak, Dons continued their homestand by hosting Miramonte on a rare chilly mid-May day. Game 1 In what can only be perceived as a compliment to the Dons Frosh, Miramonte brought a couple of sophomores from their JV team to pitch against them in game 1 of the doubleheader. The Dons were slow to get the…
On Friday afternoon the Lady Dons made the long trip across the Richmond Bridge to San Anselmo and the high school formerly known as 1327. It was a cold evening but the Dons started quickly with Alana McCartney winning the sprint to start the game. The Dons attack failed to click on their first couple of possessions but at the…
In a Saturday matinee at College Park, the Dons boys’ basketball team shook off a slow start to take down the Falcons 74-47. It looked early like the Falcons might control the tempo, as they held the Dons to just 2 points in the first four minutes and took an early five-point lead. A steal at mid-court by senior Scott…
The JV Dons took Friday’s game in dramatic fashion, with a 5-4 walk-off victory over Campolindo. Dons win two games out of the three game series this week over the Cougars. In the Friday match-up, Campolindo got on the scoreboard in the first, second, and third innings. Giving the Dons the edge to fight back. Acalanes then answered when Ellis Burger…
The Junior Varsity Dons notched their 6th straight victory on Thursday, corralling the visiting Northgate High School Broncos 25-10 and 25-15. Dons serving dominated the game, as the team recorded a total of 16 aces. The two teams started the first set evenly, sharing kills and errors to a 4-4 tie before the Dons began to pull away on kills…
Acalanes overcame a slow first quarter start, turning an 8-0 deficit into a a 29-16 halftime lead, and running away with a 51-29 win over College Park Wednesday in Lafayette. Logan Farzan got the Dons started by exploding for 8 points to lead the first quarter comeback, in his breakout game of the season. Calvin Kotarba contributed multiple steals and…
The JV Dons nabbed the lead late in the game in a 4-2 victory over Campolindo on Thursday. The game was tied at two with Acalanes batting in the top of the sixth when Nikko Woodson homered on a 0-1 count, scoring two runs. ‘Hard hit’ is not even the right phrase…blasted, crushed, boomed it (is that even a phrase?), whacked the…
The second match up of the year occurred Thursday evening in Walnut Creek between the Acalanes Dons and Northgate Broncos. The Dons were poised to execute their game plan which included inserting Bennett Dodge at center who was not present during the first meeting. Bennett won the tip, regained possession and passed to a cutting Eli Brent for two points over the…
The lady Broncos stepped onto our home court for the second time this season, with expectations of arepeat win; after having previously handed our Dons their only loss thus far this season. However, ourgirls had something else in mind. The anticipation was quickly squelched as the Dons got out to an earlylead on a Mika Bocobo 7-0 serving run, right…
Three quarters of intense play wasn’t enough Thursday nights as the Los Lomas Knights shut down the Dons boys basketball team in the final stanza to earn a 59-51 victory. A competitive and quick paced first quarter saw the Dons knotted 18-18. In the second, each team upped the defensive effort, with the Knights holding a slight offensive edge and…
