Cougars throw in towel after five, hoping for better on Thursday. By the time the first Campolindo batter stepped in the batter’s box on a warm afternoon Tuesday in Moraga, the Acalanes Dons JV stood firmly atop a 6-0 lead. The Dons kept pouring it on as the afternoon wore on, plating two in the second, five in the third,…
Lamorinda bragging rights up for grabs this week as Dons seek to rebound from sweep by Clayton Valley. Carrying similar records into this week, the Dons face a familiar foe in Moraga on Tuesday and then host the Cougars at home on Thursday. Like walking through a park and sensing that you stepped in something you definitely did not want…
The Varsity Baseball team dominated Clayton Valley on Thursday, as they notched their 20th victory of the season. The magical 2024 campaign has been a fantastic ride. The Dons improved their league record to 6-2 and their overall tally to 20-2 before a big home crowd! Peter “Rubberarm” Thorn was at it again, making his 12th appearance of the campaign.…
The Varsity Baseball team kept rolling on Tuesday with a key 4-1 league victory against the Clayton Valley Ugly Eagles on the road. Solid pitching and timely hitting pushed the Dons league record to 5-2 and overall tally to 19-2 as they head towards the final regular season games of the year. The boys started the scoring in the 1st…
Hastings and Martin and some good defense is honorable but isn’t enough for the win. A.J. Hastings and Reid Martin took it upon themselves to stand up for the many and multiple uncouth displays made by the charter school kids of Clayton on the baseball field against the Dons in recent memory. The two, who usually have no trouble doing…
The Varsity Baseball team came from behind to score 2 runs in the top of the 7th inning and walk away with a much needed 2-1 victory in Benicia on Thursday! It improved their outstanding record to 18-2 and took the second game of a 2 game series from the Benicia Panthers. In the late 80’s we learned from the…
Strong Pitching Performances at Home by Martin and Michlitsch and a Hot Winkles Bat Help Beat Panthers 6-5. After an afternoon on the breezy banks of the Carquinez Strait on Tuesday, in a contest that can be called nothing but Diamond Welfare, the Dons needed a bounce back win back at home on Thursday against the same Panthers from Benicia.…
The Varsity Baseball team lost to Benicia on Tuesday, 8-1. The boys suffered their first home loss of the season. Jake Colaco started on the mound for the Dons and lasted 1.2 innings before he was relieved by Branson Smith. Branson went 2.1 innings and gave up 4 hits, a walk and a run in his 9th appearance of the…
After beating the College Park Falcons last Thursday, the JV baseball team took to the road to ground another flying foe, this time taking down the Falcons of Pleasanton’s Foothill High. Before any of the spectators even had time to wonder how many fly balls the left fielders would lose in the evening sun, the Dons struck for 3 runs…
Brady Wall knew it was coming. No one wanting to sit next to him on the bench. No one saying much about how he was lining up College Park batters and sending them back to the dugout shaking their heads. After being snakebit in successive bottom-of-the-seventh walk off loses, the Dons needed the stellar performance on the mound that Wall…