The Dons opened the NCS playoffs at home on Tuesday night as the 5th seed in Division III and faced off against the Piner High Prospectors from Santa Rosa. The positivity from the Dons home crowd spilled onto the field as the boys collected two first-half goals for the first time in many matches. Colby Ebner got the Dons rolling with a…
After going undefeated in League for the 2nd year in a row the girls were the #1 seed in the DAL Tourney. With wins against Campolindo and Northgate, the Lady Dons faced #2 seed Miramonte in the title game. The game started with both teams scoring and was close for the first few minutes. However, our girls began to assert…
Thursday, February 8, the Acalanes Women’s Varsity traveled to Mt. Diablo High School to take on the Red Devils. Not only was this their last league game of the season, but it was also Mt Diablo’s Seniors’ Night, where our Senior Dons were kindly recognized with red roses alongside the Senior Red Devils during halftime. From the start the Dons’…
The boys in blue matched up against formidable Northgate and Mt. Diablo teams last week to conclude their regular season. The Dons traveled to Walnut Creek on Tuesday night and again controlled the ball much of the game but were challenged to find the back of the net. The match featured plenty of jostling and pushing between the two squads. The Northgate medical team…
Congratulations to Junior Varsity Soccer team! Last game goals agains Northgate were scored by Gabi Solera (assist Santi Vignoles) and Jeremy Lara (assist Luke Wilson). Shoutout to Shiraz Kamran, Aidan Parnell, and Harry Zimmerman for their stellar defense as well as goal keeper Theo Horwath! A special thank you to Coach Eric Rogstad for all of his outstanding support and…
Friday, February 9, 2024Final Record: 22-4 The Acalanes Basketball program will celebrate their season with a banquet tonight. It is a wonderful time for the JV team and Coach Thomas to reflect on their incredible accomplishments. Prior to the season, Coach Eric Thomas outlined several goals for his squad. The first of these goals was to be a 20-win team.…
The Dons celebrated Senior Night by shutting down Northgate in a 4-0 heart-pounder on Tuesday, 2/6! The game kicked off with all six of our seniors on the field. The first 10 minutes of the game were beautifully played, with the Dons moving the ball up the field with crisp passes and impressive formation. There was a nice attack by…
We all knew this was going to be an uphill battle as the Dons travelled Tuesday to Clayton Valley for their second game in as many nights against juggernaut Clayton Valley- the defending NCS D2 Champions, 20-7, top 20 SF Metro Area Ugly Eagles who beat us by 20+ earlier in the year. But there was HOPE. We played great…
On Tuesday, the JV girls soccer team hosted Northgate for their season finale and were able to secure a 2-1 victory, pushing their season record to 12-8 (Note to Ted Lasso, there were no ties). The game got off to an inauspicious beginning as the Broncos scored a few minutes into the game as they were able to sneak behind…
The Dons moved on to the “win or go home” phase of the season looking for redemption Monday night of an early season loss at Las Lomas which was a very close game up until a few minutes left. It wasn’t quite the sellout I expected but still a well attended game that did not disappoint in terms of playoff…