Big Shout Out to our Spring MVPs: Hailey Stripling in Softball and Owen Estee in Boys Lacrosse! Congratulations to our 1st team All-DAL selections for Spring 2023: Sammy Lee, Chase Regan, George Churchill, Cooper Olson, Dylan Olson, Ben Foox, Hailey Rurka, Grace Imrie, Emme Young, Esa Orman, Parker Etnyre, Sophie MacKay, Tyler Toni, Nick Owens, Kaya Hoeberechts, Aaron Brown, Ethan…
Great teams have sense of purpose: they know what they are capable, they know what they do matters, focus on the moment and make a difference. Meet the four athletes with a great purpose: Ethan Torres, Kyle Bielawski, Trevor Rogers and Paul Kuhner. This mystic foursome took second place in the 2023 California State Championship with a record: 40.96 seconds and this record…
On Saturday evening at the Meet of Champions at Dublin High School, our BOYS 4x100m, made up of Seniors Ethan Torres and Kyle Bielawski and Juniors Trevor Rogers and Paul Kuhner, ran a 41.46 to put them in 1st place for the North Coast Section (2nd Seed overall in State) and the chance to compete in the CIF State Championship…
Today and tomorrow, these elite athletes will take to the Track & Field for the final competition of the season and the final competition that will take them to STATE on Friday, May 26th! The 2-Day schedule, program and tickets can be found HERE. Please join me in celebrating their season’s accomplishments! To those Seniors graduating, thank you for a…
Acalanes Dons Softball fell behind early and despite a valiant effort to come back, the Dons lost in the first round of the NCS playoffs 4-3 to the Encinal Jets on Tuesday, May 16th in front of a large and enthusiastic crowd. This game was a rematch from earlier in the season and from the first pitch it was obvious…
The Dons Boys Volleyball Team wrapped up a very successful season with a 17-9 record, a run to the NCS Semi-finals, and placed four players on the DAL all-league teams. Senior Joseph Castelli led the way in earning 1st Team All-league while fellow senior Liam Hill (pictured above) and junior Evan Sverak made 2nd Team All-league. Junior Miles Thomas was…
Yesterday, we celebrated 30 incredibly cool and self-possessed young men and women who are continuing to pursue their athletic endeavors in College. Three of these beautiful athletes come from our own Track & Field family. Please join me in celebrating and congratulating: Luca Mathias is going to Chapman University in Orange, CA. Luca is going to study Kinesiology and will…
The Dons athletic community has been fortunate to have the 24 student-athletes listed below who were recruited to continue their sport in college next year. On Tuesday afternoon, the Acalanes Athletic Boosters hosted their annual event to celebrate these talented athletes along with their family and friends. Please join us in wishing all of them well as they bring their…
On Monday, the Dons wrapped up their 2023 season at the NCS Championship Tournament at Foxtail GC in Rohnert Park. An early start and 6+ hour round made for a very long day of golf. Despite this, our team managed to post a few solid rounds in the mid 80s as they competed against a field stacked with college commits.…
The weather was perfect last Thursday in Walnut Creek as the Varsity Baseball team concluded their upand down season with a rousing victory. The boys in blue completed a two game sweep of theNorthgate Broncos to conclude the campaign with two wins and give their outstanding senior class awarm send off. Coach Connor Hornsby threaded the needle perfectly so all…