Lacrosse is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins dating back to indigenous people as early as the 12th century. By the 17th century, a version of the sport was well-established and documented in the territory of present-day Canada. In this version, each team consisted of 100-1,000 players, the field was several miles long, and games lasted…
Acalanes Wrestling wrapped up the 2023-2024 season this past weekend with 5 wrestlers competing at NCS. The boys were at James Logan High School Friday morning with Sophomore and first year Adam Caicedo, Junior Ian Sanftner and Captain Dylan Potter. Unfortunately, Dylan suffered an injury and had to be pulled early from his last high school career tournament. He finished…
The Dons fired up the season with a thrilling comeback game against Serra High School in a night of steady rain. The Padres started out the first quarter with 4 unanswered goals but this did not rattle the Don’s confidence. Sophomore Jan Korzeniowski scored the first goal of the season in the first quarter followed up with a…
This past Friday night the Acalanes Women’s Soccer Team traveled to Petaluma to take on the Casa Grande High School Gauchos. We knew this second round NCS match would be tough, not only because we were facing the #1 seed among the Division 3 teams, but due to various illnesses and injuries, we played this game with our shortest roster…
In the first annual Trial of Miles, kicking off the track and field session for our distance runners, Acalanes girls and boys teams shined against visitors from Piedmont and Archie Williams. Sophomore Nevis Murphy started the year right for the Lady Dons with a victory and personal best in the 1600 meters with a winning time of 5:15.16 and was…
After cruising to 4-0 victory in their opening NCS playoff match, the Dons took a 2 1/2 hour bus ride up to Ukiah on Friday for a rematch of last year’s controversial exit from the playoffs. The Acalanes squad took the field with great confidence as the coaching staff surprised them with the same jerseys that 12 years ago helped…
Acalanes Wrestling was at Mt. Diablo High School Saturday for the DAL Championship fighting for spot at NCS on the Varsity Boys side. All three teams were wrestling on Saturday with the Dons bringing 19 wrestlers in total. One the Varsity Boys side we had three get through to NCS next Friday and Saturday at James Logan High School. Junior…
It was a gorgeous (and warm) afternoon on Thursday, 2/15 as the Acalanes swim team gathered after school to establish their base times for the season! Swimmers “raced” in ten different events: the 200 Free, 100 IM (JV), 200 IM, 50 Free, 50 Fly (JV), 100 Fly, 100 Free, 500 Free, 100 Back and 100 Breast. The mood was lively…
The Dons played an awesome game in their NCS opener versus Benicia on Tuesday evening. From the outset, the team displayed exceptional coordination with seamless passes and dynamic movement up the field. Things really heated up with a beautiful run up the field by Reese Tierney and Ella Thomason, but a Panther defender stopped it. However, Megan Yee’s precision corner…
Seems like we just finished the spring 2023 season. How fast the time goes. The Dons lost eight seniors last year, but this year we have picked up some improved players from our junior varsity farm as well as a talented new incoming freshman. We have a lot to look forward to this year. We also have a new assistant…