The Varsity Dons dropped a frustrating game on Thursday to the Alhambra Bulldogs on Thursday at home. The loss dropped their record to 9-5. The girls ran into a tough pitcher and were only able to scratch out four hits and two runs in a 10-2 loss. Senior center fielder Emme Young, sophomore left fielder Vanessa Choi, freshman catcher June…
Acalanes Boys Golf was at it again last week as the Varsity team competed in the annual 2025 Silverstein Transbay Tournament at Rossmoor Country Club. The Dons came in 3rd out of 21 Bay Area high schools with an overall team score of 382, which was 15 shots better than last year. Players competing for the Dons were Krish Veluthakkal…
Acalanes student club Families4Families (F4F) held a food drive with the Lacrosse program (Girls and Boys, Junior Varsity and Varsity). Lacrosse players and families collected enough food to feed 15 families groceries for a week.
The Acalanes Dons came out strong in Tuesday night’s rivalry matchup, leading for most of the game before a late Miramonte surge edged them out 14–13 in a hard-fought thriller. The Dons set the tone early in the first quarter. Reese Imrie opened the scoring off a clean assist from Meghan Churchill, who followed up moments later with her signature…
The Dons took to their home field Friday night against Miramonte in the annual Matt Lynn game. Matt was a former Acalanes lacrosse player and JV coach who died in 2009 after a 4 1/2-year battle with brain cancer. In honor of Matt, his family has generously set up scholarships for boys and girls lacrosse players. When Matt was a…
League play is heating up, and your Acalanes Dons are right in the thick of it — battling hard, winning big, and writing one heck of a story. So far, the Dons have split their league matchups — first with Benicia and most recently against Alhambra. There’s something about that Benicia home field that’s got us shaking our heads. Maybe…
The last two meets of the season took place on 4/16 and 4/21. The Dons faced El Cerrito and Clayton Valley last Wednesday, and hosted Las Lomas on Monday, 4/21 for AHS Senior Night. On 4/16: Jay Shoenhair shaved almost a second off his 200 Free time! Audrey Tugade, Jonathan Judson and Graham Moroney improved their 50 Free times in…
The Acalanes boys really needed a win today for several reasons. The last two matches against Campo and Miramonte were tough losses, we wanted to go into post season with a positive vibe, and what better way for our seniors to end their high school league careers. I try to find some humor in each match, but todays was going…
The Boys track team handily beat the Cougars 83-51 Wednesday, at the last home meet of the year, and while the girls team came up short, the 4×100 relay team of Sophie Chinn, Haley Chelemedos, Cameron Thornton and Isabelle Agnost won vs. the #1 seeded DAL Campo team and broke the 50-second barrier in the 4×100 at 49.80 seconds, a…
The varsity Dons got in a slugfest with another league rival on Tuesday in the rugged DAL, upper division. The girls knocked out an impressive 18 hits on their way to a dramatic road win that pushed their overall record to 9-4. Sophomore left fielder Vanessa Choi, senior first baseman Esa Orman, sophomore third baseman Santana Tamayo, junior pitcher Maya Shoenhair and…