The Acalanes Women’s Water Polo team continues their 7-game winning streak with wins against Archbiship Mitty last Wednesday and Soquel on Saturday. The Lady Dons are looking great at we enter October with a #3 ranking in the country and a 10-2 record. The Dons got right to work by winning the spring and getting first on the scoreboard but…
Acalanes @ Mt. Diablo, Sept 26 The JV Dons logged their second league win, with a victory over Mt. Diablo, a final score of 29 to 7, on September 26th. Holding the Red Devils to only seven points, was courtesy of this stellar Don’s defense. Matei Bolata (62), had an outstanding showing, and was your top tackler on the night…
September 24th was cold, windy and wet! Under the ACA canopy, our Dons prepared to take on the hill ridden League course. As Spectators lost their umbrellas and hats to the wet wind, ACA runners were not deterred. They championed their way with not surprisingly strong finishes by our Varsity leads Harry Zimmerman and Nevis Murphy. Our JV boys battled…
After a Thursday night two-set win over Northgate, the JV Dons hosted seven teams for the annual Acalanes JV Invitational Tournament on Saturday. Head Royce:Oakland’s Head Royce was the warm-up act. Up 17-5 in the first set, parents’ attention wandered to the mystery of one dad’s missing bleacher seat. Was it swiped by an opposing player? Even worse, did someone…
Thunder and lightning rolled across the Bay Area on Wednesday night as the Acalanes Dons hosted the Mount Diablo Red Devils at Acalanes stadium. They say lightning never strikes the same place twice. Well, lightning struck the field at Acalanes three times on Wednesday night in the form of a trio of Pick 6s by the Dons stellar defense. Mount…
The Acalanes Dons finished their preseason undefeated after a commanding 56-0 victory over the Mt. Diablo Red Devils on Friday night. With an offense firing on all cylinders and a defense that shut down every Mt. Diablo threat, the Dons completed their preseason with a perfect 5–0 record, sending a strong message to the league play ahead of the…
On Thursday the JV girls tennis team headed deep into Walnut Creek for a match at Northgate High School. Earlier in the week the weather won out and the girls had to postpone a match due to high temps and a practice due to wet courts. So by Thursday they were all ready to get back to it. Our singles…
The Varsity Girls Tennis team continued their homestand Thursday afternoon, taking on Northgate High School. Despite Northgate coming into the contest with an 8-2 record, the Dons played really well and were narrowly defeated 5-4. On the singles side, Elisabetta Sokolova lost 6-4, 6-4 at Line 1, Aamena Shipchandler lost 6-2, 6-2 at Line 2, and Grace Colaco and Emily…
The Acalanes Girls Golf Team captured first place at the Silverado Invitational on Tuesday afternoon, September 24th, at the beautiful Silverado Resort & Spa in Napa. Competing against eight strong Bay Area teams, the Lady Dons posted an impressive team score of 37—just one over par—on a championship-level course that recently hosted a PGA Tour event, won by Scottie Scheffler,…
Cheerleaders, coaches, parents, and other friends and family members all stepped up last weekend to represent Acalanes Cheer at the Art & Wine. This is a fundraiser for our team and it took all of us to make it a GREAT weekend of sun, stunts and FUN! Go Dons!