Cross Country Completes Camp #2 with Time Trials at Newhall Park Cross Country (5K & 2 miles) time trial update: Props to all of our cross country runners showing up on last Saturday (Nov 14) at Newhall Park. Congrats to David Barron for remaining Group 2 Champ; shout out to huge PRs: Ethan Chow, Logan Farzan, Lucas Chow, Jack Dunne, Ben Kokel,…
Hello Dons! Apologies…the link is now live. See below! Athletic Clearances will be offered on Monday, Nov. 16th from 6-8pm. Due to Covid protocols, we are allowed to offer this service by appointment only on a first-come, first-served basis for approximately 40 student/athletes. Check-in for this event will be in front of the Performing Arts Center (PAC). Here is a…
Hello Dons! Over the past several years, Boosters has offered our student/athletes the opportunity to have a physical done by one of our volunteer physicians in order to be cleared to participate in sports. BACME (Boosters Athletic Clearance Medical Examination) usually takes place in late July, but with the pandemic, everything has been pushed back. The official start date for our athletes…
Props to all of our cross country runners for getting up early on last Saturday (Oct 10) morning and showing up at Newhall Park for the second of three unofficial time trials. We had a great turnout! Congrats to Ethan Chow and Corina McTigue for huge Personal Records. Great job to Dominic Basaldua, Josh Evans, Ian Ho and Elle Casselman…
But the countdown has begun… No Friday night lights? No chants, no cheers, no superstitions? No standing up for the kick-off and no high fives after every touchdown? No team meals. No checking the weather on Monday to prepare for whatever climates we will sit in come on Friday. No Dons shirts, no Acalanes Football hats. No looking for parking…
#1 FOOTBALL FANS: COM-MOM-ITTED TO THE DONS Don Moms eat, drink, think live for Acalanes football. When Friday night rolls around Don Moms are prepping for the game: Dons swag ready to go, resting up for cheering, eating a good meal for energy and fired up to hit the stands. Moms are a crucial part of any high school football. We…
And you thought coaching high school football was all about Xs and Os, blocking, tackling and making sure these kids begin to learn something about what it means to be young men . That’s all true. But Coach Bill Hansen wants the Freshmen players to remember something about the year besides the final scores, the big plays…and that is friendships…
Before games, in the stretching line, Coach Young would walk down and hug every single player telling them that they would do great and that he loved them. This would really make a connection between the player and Coach Young. Players know Coach Young was going out of his way to let us know he believed in us: #4 Evan…
In 2017 when Coach Burnsed joined the Dons family, AHS quarterback Robby Rowell (now a quarterback for the California Bears) stated, “Coach Burnsed is a legend around Lamorinda”. When you have over 40 years of coaching football, you have a coach with knowledge, a level-headed approach and experience. Our Acalanes varsity coach has all that and more. Throw in other adjectives like…
HELLO SUMMER FOOTBALL! What a year it’s been. Surely not one that any of us had planned for or expected. As we slowly move towards reopening and getting back to some sort of new normal, it’s important to focus as much as possible on positive experiences for our young men. The Acalanes coaches, Andy (Touchdown Club) and Jane (Sports Booster)…
