The girls host the defending Open Division Champs, Cardinal Newman, tonight at 7pm at home. Newman currently stands at 25-3 on the season and has won 18 in a row. In fact, they have not lost a game yet in 2025. CalHiSports has Newman currently ranked #20 in the state https://www.calhisports.com/2025/02/24/new-girls-bb-state-top-30-rankings-7/ . They are led by D-1 commit Kate Schat…
The Boys Basketball Program gathered at the Creekside Commons on Sunday afternoon to celebrate successful seasons amongst all three teams. The Varsity squad told stories about their journey over the past 4 years with Coach Powers and their manifestation of winning their first league title since 2007. There were over 140 in attendance and it was a beautifully orchestrated event,…
The 2025 boys’ tennis spring season officially kicked off on February 10 when we started tryouts. 48 boys signed up and a week later, the coaching staff had 18 selected for varsity and 19 for JV. To say the varsity squad looks solid would be an understatement. We picked up a new #1 player in Sze Ting Chen, who transferred…
All Good Things Must Come to an End…Varsity Boys Hoops Falls to Redwood in Final Minutes NCS Round 2
Your #7 seed DONS (22-6) travelled to Redwood Friday night to face the #2 seeded Giants (20-6) in a NCS D1 Round Two matchup. The Giants feature one of the top players in Northern California in #2 Semetri (TT) Carr who will be attending Cal in the Fall. The DONS won the tip and quickly got on the board after…
The defending DAL Champion Dons started the season with a back-and-forth battle against the Division 1 Dougherty Valley Wildcats on Thursday. Both teams came out hitting! The two squads combined to score 9 runs in the 1st inning, with the Wildcats holding onto a 5-4 lead after a 30-minute first frame. Senior centerfielder and leadoff hitter Emme Young led the…
The 2025 Track and Field season began with many outstanding performances as your Dons tracksters hosted San Ramon Valley, Concord, and throwers from Pittsburg and Las Lomas. Congratulations to all of our newcomers who competed for the first time, and welcome to track and field! An extra special congratulations to Haley Chelemedos, who set a new school record, and…
This Saturday evening, February 22, the ACA Women’s Varsity Soccer team faced the #1 seed Carondelet Cougars on their home pitch in Walnut Creek for the Quarterfinal match of the NCS playoffs. This highly anticipated match drew quite the crowd of DONS supporters to show up and stick around, not letting the unanticipated rain dampen their Acalanes spirit! The Cougars came out fighting,…
In perfect weather conditions at Freedom High School in Oakley, the Acalanes Dons Rugby Club delivered a dominant performance, securing a commanding 67-12 victory over Liberty High School. The Dons were relentless from the start, combining sharp attacking play with solid defense. Junior flanker Bryce Birdsong (#7) returned to his natural position after two games at center and made an…
Last Saturday morning was the final girls frosh soccer game against Campolindo and the ladies did not disappoint. To be honest, nothing would be more fitting than to throw up a touchdown on the cross-town rivals, Campolindo, to end the year. And a touchdown is exactly what they did, beating the Cougars 7-0 at their place. And these goals were…
It was a BEAUTIFUL afternoon on Wednesday – sunny and warm – just perfect weather for a swim meet! The Acalanes Swim Team held their time trials after school. This is the meet where swimmers can swim up to five races to get base times for entries into the competitive meets starting in March. Coach Brett and Coach RJ were…