The Varsity Dons took on the Benicia Panthers on an unusually warm day at Ken Souza field on Tuesday. The Dons handed the ball to Benjy Braunstein (sr) and when a good hitting Panthers team loaded the bases with one out in the 1st inning, the game was beginning to look ominous. However, Benjy settled down and got their 5th…
While the JV Baseball Dons played quite a few games this Spring in chilly conditions, the Tuesday afternoon road game in Benicia was the first where the weather was legitimately hot. Perhaps it was the heat, or perhaps it was complacency after a long string of wins, but Dons came out flat and just couldn’t get the offense fired up. …
Saturday was an eventful day that began when a number of Mt. Tamalpais families drove to Acalanes thinking they were playing a game on the road, only to learn they were playing at home. The Dons would have preferred that the Mt. Tamalpais pitcher not return, as he celebrated his birthday by tossing a complete game gem giving up only…
It was revenge time vs Campo and the Dons came to play. Henry Souza (So) got the start and looked nervous at first, along with a large crowd of onlooking Dons fans, and issued a 4 pitch walk to start the game. That’s about where the nerves disappeared, and Henry and the Dons took charge. The next batter hit the…
To say that the JV Baseball Dons had good pitching this season would be a gross understatement. Many superlatives could be applied to describe the Dons pitching staff and the combined 1.201 team ERA: great, dominating, superb, awesome, exceptional, and so on. And yet, although Dons came tantalizingly close (one-hitter on a bunt!), a no-hitter has remained elusive – until…
The Varsity Dons travelled to Campolindo on Tuesday to take on their friends and foes in what always seems to be a hard fought, entertaining battle. Ethan Rowland (sr) was matched up on the mound against Colin Godfrey (Campo sr headed to Chapman) in a hard throwing battle. The Dons drew first blood in the 3rd, when Dante Montgomery (sr)…
Sitting pretty at a 14-1-2 record, and having started a new winning streak, the JV Dons were hosting their cross-town rivals, the Campolindo Cougars. Both teams swung the bats well, with quite a few hard-hit balls flying around, despite solid pitching on both sides. Conversely, both teams were hurt by sloppy defense, with 3 errors on each side. The…
April 23. A day in history when Shakespeare was born (1564) and died (1616), Weeghman Park (now Wrigley Field) hosted its first baseball game (1914), Hank Aaron hammered his first home run (1954), “New Coke” was introduced to the world (1985), and the Acalanes Freshman baseball team swept the College Park Falcons in convincing fashion (2022). The team won game…
On a windy afternoon at Souza Field, the JV baseball Dons hit on all cylinders, scoring 15 runs on offense and holding the Miramonte Matadors to just 3. The Dons’ pitching has been consistent, if not spectacular, this season. Mason Zirkel, Jake Boselli, and Jack Giorgianni combined to allow zero earned runs, while striking out 8 and walking just 1…
