Tuesday in Benicia, there was great weather and a great win for the Dons over the Benicia Panthers, 9 to 6. Thursday comes, the weather surprising changed quickly with innings played in the rain and even a 10 minute delay of game due to rain. Besides raindrops falling on the field, so were Panther runs. The Dons fell behind early…
On a sunny but cool day at Acalanes Tuesday afternoon, Benjy Braunstein (jr) scattered 7 hits across 7 innings, and rode a 6 run 3rd inning from his offense to pickup the win. It was the first complete game of the season for the Dons. Benjy’s defense was very solid for the most part, including a great diving stop by Brady…
Yesterday Acalanes students, staff and Acalanes Boosters celebrated the 2021 senior athletes and artists that have been recruited by colleges and universities to play and perform at the next level. Thanks to all who came out to support and to the student athletes who expressed gratitude to the entire Acalanes community. Congratulations to all 11 recruited athletes going on to…
Both Acalanes Dons and Benicia Cougars had their offenses going on Tuesday, but the JV Dons eventually prevailed 9-6. In the first inning, Benicia got their offense started and for the first innings the scoreboard read Cougars 2 Dons 1. But that did not last… Things changed in the fourth inning, Henry Souza hit a single to right field, Jake…
After a rough couple games, the Dons needed a bounce back win and they got one Monday against Las Lomas. Ethan Rowland (jr) started on the mound for the Dons. After cruising through the 1st inning, Las Lomas started to get to Ethan in the 2nd, putting their first four runners on and plating 1. With second and third and 1…
The Dons led the game against the College Park Falcons for the win, 8 to 5. There were many key plays in this game like a bare handed double play by Kyle Bielawski toTyler Worthington, Nikko Woodson with 3 RBIs, lots of hits, six stolen bases, big catches in the outfield and dugout chatter that including a shout out to JK…
The Dons varsity baseball team took on Campolindo on Thursday and Friday, and unfortunately came up on the wrong side of the scores. In the first game, the Dons started strong by loading the bases in the first inning with a single by Miles Bergman (jr) and walks by Kyle White (jr) and Brady Huchingson (sr). However, they were only…
Riding a 5-game winning streak, Dons continued their homestand by hosting Miramonte on a rare chilly mid-May day. Game 1 In what can only be perceived as a compliment to the Dons Frosh, Miramonte brought a couple of sophomores from their JV team to pitch against them in game 1 of the doubleheader. The Dons were slow to get the…
The JV Dons took Friday’s game in dramatic fashion, with a 5-4 walk-off victory over Campolindo. Dons win two games out of the three game series this week over the Cougars. In the Friday match-up, Campolindo got on the scoreboard in the first, second, and third innings. Giving the Dons the edge to fight back. Acalanes then answered when Ellis Burger…
The JV Dons nabbed the lead late in the game in a 4-2 victory over Campolindo on Thursday. The game was tied at two with Acalanes batting in the top of the sixth when Nikko Woodson homered on a 0-1 count, scoring two runs. ‘Hard hit’ is not even the right phrase…blasted, crushed, boomed it (is that even a phrase?), whacked the…
