It was a tough night for the Dons, but there were a lot of positives as I witnessed our team fight hard even after we were mathematically defeated. We beat Branson earlier in the season in a six singles/three doubles format, but they returned with added talent, and playing a four singles/three doubles format in post season changes the dynamics…
The girls traveled to Martinez on Tuesday to take on the always tough, Alhambra Bulldogs on a beautiful afternoon. They lost 5-1 in a tight back and forth battle. Junior Maya Shoenhair started in the circle. She pitched four innings and gave up five hits, three earned runs and three walks, while striking out two Bulldogs. She was relieved…
On Tuesday, the Acalanes Varsity baseball team hosted the College Park Falcons in a high stakes game. The Dons needed to sweep the Falcons on Tuesday and Thursday to win the DAL title. Prior to the game, the 12 seniors on the team (L to R: Dominic Patitucci, David Gonzales, Jake Colaco, Nicky Fosina, Brady Quinn, Hank Bauer, James Stadt,…
This is the last week of the season. Everyone who has been following knows, the NCS Team Championships is our final event – and it is a win or go home situation. Today, the Dons Squad held up its #4 seeding by defeating the #13 Cougars 6-1. Albany hosted because it won the TCAL league which consists of teams like…
The Dons dropped a league game on Thursday 14-5, to split the season series with the Northgate Broncos. The Dons swept Campolindo and Las Lomas earlier in the year, so their run against district teams this year was pretty solid. Sophomore Santana Tamayo (#21) led the girls with three runs batted in. She just missed her fifth home run of…
First off – big congratulations to all the swimmers who qualified for NCS! NCS is one of the most competitive sections in the state for swimming. Here are the five Dons who qualified for individual events: Ella Del Rosario – 200 Free, 100 Free Sadie Suppiger – 100 Free, 100 Back Anna Motes – 200 IM, 100 Breast Malin Stone…
The annual post-season JV Freedom Invitational tournament was forced to reschedule from the original date of April 26th due to untimely rain. The new date was the following Saturday, May 3rd. The JV coaches were originally planning on bringing two 8-player squads to compete in the day-long event, however, with this new date, it also meant that not all of…
This past week, the Acalanes Dons faced off in a two-game showdown against the Clayton Valley Ugly Eagles — not sure why they’re called the “Ugly Eagles,” but it was not a pretty week for CV. Game 1: Dons Go to War and Win on the Road Tuesday on the road, the Dons stepped into Eagles territory and walked out…
The boys and girls teams represented very well at the 2-day DAL Championships which concluded Saturday in Moraga. The boys finished T2 and the girls #4 (of 12 competing teams). A number of Acalanes top 10 records were achieved over the two days, including: The Girls 4×100 Relay Team’s (Sophie Chinn, Haley Chelemedos, Olivia Kemp, Isabelle Agnost) win in a…
Last week, the DAL-Foothill (DAL-F) division singles and doubles tournament ended with the Acalanes duo of #1 Sze Ting Chen and #2 Nick Owens finishing as runners up. The winners automatically secure a spot in the NCS singles/doubles championships, so the Campo team of Kiumars Koopah/Daniel Schpolanski advanced in division 1. Because Chen/Owens did so well in the DAL-F tournament…