The Dons had a strong second half performance during Saturday’s home non-conference game against Piedmont, but it wasn’t enough to catch up to the Highlanders, who took a 16-point lead by halftime and ended beating the Dons 81-61. After a slow start by both teams, Jackson Aris-Dumas opened with a 3-pointer to start the scoring. A nice defensive move by…
The Dons came out fired up and confident on Friday night against cross-town rival, Campolindo. During the first half, the Dons had several shots on goal and held possession to keep the Cougars at bay. The Dons definitely outplayed their opponent and had the edge. At the half, the score was even at 0-0. To begin the second half, the…
Last-minute heroics sent the Cougars packing in a thriller Friday night. The girls started the game on the front foot with an early beautiful shot from distance into the upper corner from Camryn Salazar. The Cougars quickly answered back making it level at 1 – 1. The defense and midfield took over for much of the game keeping…
Acalanes 65 Clayton Valley 56 The girls opened league play at home versus the team most think will be the toughest league opponent this season, Clayton Valley. After trailing the majority of the first half and going into halftime down 3, the Lady Dons exploded in the 3rd quarter. It was the girls’ best quarter of the season, as they…
Clayton Valley Ugly Eagles 48, Acalanes Dons 39 After trailing Clayton Valley by as much as 15 points the Dons rallied in the fourth quarter and got within 7 points of Clayton Valley. Despite outscoring them in the fourth quarter (12 points vs. 8), it was not enough to catch the Ugly Eagles, but did make for an exciting game. …
The Dons’ first away league game ended in disappointment, as Clayton Valley’s shooting accuracy from the 3-point line overwhelmed our Dons. The Ugly Eagles nailed a total of 15 3-pointers, helping them rack up 78 points to the Dons’ 48. The Dons were able to match the Ugly Eagles point for point the first quarter. The Dons posted two 3-pointers…
The Clayton Valley Eagles team colors are red, white and blue. The Freshman Dons team colors are now blue, white and ‘rad’. Why not?! The Frosh team is a loyal, hardworking, cohesive, talented, fun, winning crew. Yes! they are ‘rad’ . The Statue of Liberty is 111 feet, 6 inches. Bennett Dodge is not that tall, but he takes the liberty at each game…
It’s a BLUE-tiful feeling to be a Don! Come out and support your Dons! Friday, Jan 10 at Clayton Valley– 4pm Freshman –530pm JV –7pm Varsity Saturday, Jan 11 at HOME against the Piedmont Highlanders –3pm Freshman–430pm JV –6pm Varsity Dons Show Up! Thank you!
The Varsity Girls Soccer team traveled to Concord on Wednesday night to face off against winless Mt. Diablo for their second league game. Several of our JV players were able to play as Mt. Diablo does not have a JV team, and this enabled some Varsity players to rest and heal in order to prepare for Friday’s highly anticipated game…
Opening their season’s league play at home on Tuesday evening, the Acalanes JV Boys basketball team was overwhelmed by Miramonte High School from virtually start to finish and ultimately came away with a disappointing 70 to 52 loss. After hanging relatively close throughout the first quarter, Acalanes eventually went into the halftime break down by 11, 37 -28. Unfortunately for the…