Acalanes girls varsity soccer team played Northgate, Thursday, May 13th at 7:30pm. The Dons prevailed with a final score of 3-1. Senior Emily Keeler started the scoring with a great shot in the first half. Junior Lauren Yee scored a beautiful goal from a free kick. The Broncos’ only goal came from a questionable penalty kick. Senior Maddy Rogers scored…
Your Dons headed up to Martinez to take on Alhambra High on Wednesday night, and despite scoring more points than the Bulldogs, dropped two sets out of three. The Dons were a little short-handed for the match, with a few regulars missing due to injury or conflicts. In set one, the Dons found themselves in a 20-20 tie thanks to…
Lady Dons took on Alhambra in a hot Acalanes gym. Sophomore Emily Du got off to a great start with a quick six points and finished with 11 points. Alhambra kept fighting and tied up the game 24-24 at half time. The Dons slowly pulled away in the second half as Senior Grace Gebhardt scored 26 points. Acalanes won 51-38. …
In their last home game of the season, the Dons Varsity Boys Water Polo team fell to Campolindo, 9-15. The Dons had it tied at 3-3, and were down by only one after one quarter, but were outscored by 3 in each of the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Senior Jay Mills led all scorers in the game with 6 goals,…
In a game they controlled from the tip, the Dons Boys Basketball team beat College Park 79-45 at home on Wednesday night. The first half was a three-palooza for the Dons, who nailed ten 3-point shots in the half to take a 44-24 lead. Senior Graham Smith hit four, while junior Noah Bloch and freshman Marcus Robinson nailed two apiece.…
Wednesday saw the Lady Dons return to action at the Heaston Aquatic Center in a DAL matchup with fierce rivals the Cougars of Campolindo. The Dons had won earlier in the season at Campolindo and were expecting another tough game. Campolindo won the sprint to start the game but their first attack was easily stifled by the Dons and in…
The Acalanes Junior Varsity Women’s Volleyball team finished the first half of the 2020-21 Season on Wednesday night, May 12, with a win against the Alhambra Bulldogs in two sets 25-15, 25-21 at Alhambra’s home turf in Martinez. The Lady Dons are undefeated thus far with five wins and five more matches left in the season. From the start, the…
The Don’s were back at home Wednesday evening facing the College Park Falcons in a game that was not for the faint of heart. Acalanes started with Zubin Acuna, Dominic Sarica, Nathan Bennett, Koleton Fenton and Ethan Torres on the floor. Acuna quickly took over the scoring making 5 of the 9 points scored in the quarter. Koleton won the…
Acalanes Freshmen basketball lost 37-33 on Wednesday to Oakland Tech, which leaned on strong inside play to wear out the Dons. Jordan Brown and Calvin Kotarba combined for 21 points from the floor in a losing effort. Trevor Carillo, Liam O’Keeffe, Cooper Edelman, and Liam Krackeler also scored for Acalanes.
With star shortstop Davis Diaz (sr) out with a hamstring injury, the Dons shuffled up their defense for the first of three games this week against Campo. Sam Heyman (sr) took the hill and was brilliant over four innings, giving up 3 hits and 0 earned runs while striking out 4. Unfortunately, the defense wasn’t there to back him up…
