After a flash downpour snuffed out the JV baseball team’s hopes for a game after just four outs were recorded on Wednesday afternoon, the team traveled Thursday to the terroir of Napa Valley to play the Crushers of Vintage High School. Despite a huge comeback in the top of the sixth inning, the Dons fell short, losing 12-11, in a…
The red hot Acalanes Dons took on the Petaluma Trojans in Sonoma County on Monday and came away with a 2-1 victory to improve their undefeated record to 4-0. Junior Jake Colaco took the hill and pitched an outstanding game to fuel the boys. Solid pitching, defense and timely hitting has been the early season recipe for success with the…
The San Ramon Valley JV put 8 batters to the plate in the top half of the fifth inning on a sunny Wednesday afternoon and turned a 1-1 pitchers’ duel into a 5-1 lead that they wouldn’t relinquish. Sneaking the game in before the biweekly “storm of the century” hit the Bay Area and wiped more games off the schedule,…
The Varsity Baseball team headed to Danville on Wednesday to take on the San Ramon Valley High School Wolves. West Coast Preps has the Wolves ranked as the #3 team in the Bay Area after they beat the Benicia Panthers 13-1 in their season opener. The stage was set for a stout early season test for the feisty Dons at…
The Varsity Baseball team started their season in style with a come from behind 4-2 win in Martinez on Thursday and an impressive 10-5 W at home on Friday under sunny skies. The Dons first game was against the Alhambra Bulldogs. Lefty Henry Souza took the mound for the boys in blue and the 2024 campaign was officially underway. The…
The JV baseball team celebrated their home opener against the Alhambra Bulldogs JV squad and the disappearance of the rain and cloud icons from their weather apps on Thursday, February 22 with an 8-5 win. Austin McManamon made his debut on the mound for the Dons and looked like he might be the bell cow of the pitching staff this…
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…
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…
With the possible exception of doing my laundry, there is nothing I like less than writing an end of season Acalanes Boosters article, particularly for baseball. Why? Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda summed it up best when he said “The saddest day of the year is the day baseball season ends”. In fact, the sadness ranks right up there…
The Seniors were honored with their parents on the field before the game on Tuesday. Aidan Beers,Andrew Habas, Miller Smith, Logan Mikalis, Mason Michlitsch, Nico O’Rourke, Sammy Lee, TylerWorthington and Tyson Bates were all recognized for their contributions and commitments to thebaseball program over the past 4 years. For many families this was a chance to cap a baseball careerthat…