In Tuesdays action on the tennis courts, Acalanes hosted the College Park Falcons and dominated with an 8-1 overall win. An encouraging home crowd was treated to many great matches. Thank you to all who came to cheer on the Dons! In singles play at Line 1, Sophomore Aamena Shipchandler handled her opponent in two sets 6-2, 6-0. Junior Piper…
How do they keep on doing this? Looking to give the Aca fans another heart attack with their ability to snatch a victory out of the jaws of defeat, the Lady Dons continued their winning ways with a hard-fought 5 set victory over the visiting Northgate Broncos on Tuesday night. In set one, #9 Piper Coy came out with guns…
Acalanes v. Northgate The Northgate Broncos found their way to the Acalanes Don’s Gymnasium for their matchup with the Dons, hot off of their impressive showing in the Sonoma tournament last Saturday. Game 1. A tale of epic rallies! Sydney Graves opened up with 3 straight serve points against the Broncos aided by some soft touches from Valeria Toledo at…
The Dons JV Football Team once again takes the home field with hopes of getting their first win of the 2023 season against the fellow Dons of Amador Valley. #10 Illias Kaplanes-Jones and #2 Matthew Schwarz set up to receive the opening kickoff for Acalanes. Amador Valley opens the game with a squib kick up the middle and Acalanes sets…
The Lady Don’s added a second win in one week over Las Lomas, scoring a match victory with a season low 238 vs. the Knights 258. Four Lady Don’s scored in the 40’s, Juniors Hana Chelemedos and Campbell Evans, Freshman Miracle Gu and Junior Haley Chelemedos posted a team and season low score of 40. Next up Campo at Moraga…
The boys in blue performed valiantly on Friday night in Lafayette against another powerhouse team, the Amador Valley Dons. The stands were full on both sides on a warm September evening. The Acalanes Dons took the opening kickoff and marched down the field with a methodical drive that concluded with a touchdown pass from quarterback Sully Bailey to wide receiver Henry…
On Friday, the Girls Varsity Tennis team travelled to Union City for a 12 team tournament at James Logan High School. The team had a challenging match in the morning against San Ramon Valley, who appeared to be the strongest team in the field, but bounced back in the afternoon against Berkeley. Olivia Dawkins, Lauren Foster, Hanna Wisnewski, and Liv…
The Acalanes Dons took their show on the road to defeat the Amador Valley Dons 36-20 on their home turf. The Acalanes Dons played a lights out first half and headed into halftime leading Amador Valley 26-6. A huge shout out to the offensive linemen Cash Ricker, Matthew Lee, Henry Werner, Oliver Macleod and Austin McManamon (and others!), for giving…
The Lady Don golfers accomplished a rare feat, winning all six of their matches against Las Lomas and winning the match 252-267 at Boundary Oaks golf course. Led by the junior trio of Campbell Evans, Haley and Hana Chelemedos, the Lady Don’s got off to a great start and kept going until it was over for the Knights with wins…
Last week was a big week for the Lady Dons! On Tuesday, August 29th, they hosted the Redwood High School Giants. For the Varsity team, Lady Dons sprinter Ella Del Rosario easily won the sprint and put the Dons on the scoreboard in the first two minutes of the game. Senior Brooklyn Plomp quickly added two more goals, followed by…