Caramel is an orange-brown confectionery product made by heating a range of sugars. It can be used as a flavoring in puddings and desserts, as a filling in bonbons, or as a topping for ice cream and custard. Oh wait, we played Carmel, my bad. So the game against Carmel wrapped up the Dons 4 game road trip where the…
Varsity beat Liberty in extra innings, 6-5. JV Dons beat Liberty, 8-5…so the Frosh Dons did the same on Saturday. The Dons sweep the Lions this week in baseball. Game one: The Dons got things moving in the first inning, when Reid Martin singled on a 2-2 count, scoring one run. Tommy Terhar was credited with the victory for the…
On another beautiful afternoon in Lafayette a festive crowd witnessed a second dramatic win for theDons in the same week. This time the offense was the star of the show. The Liberty High SchoolLions came to town on Thursday with a 4-0 record and a #2 Division 1 North Coast ranking. They had Saint Mary’s commit David Roberts on the…
In the classic 1990 LL Cool J Hip-Hop song “Mama Said Knock you Out”, there is a line where he sings “Don’t call it a comeback”. With all due respect to Mr. J, I am going to call the Dons erasing a 3 run deficit by scoring 6 runs in the last inning to pull out the victory over the…
Home of the Dons! Defense! Defense! Defense! The Varsity Dons increased their win streak to 4 games with a win over theVacaville Bulldogs on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon at home. The boys used theirsuccessful formula of solid pitching and defense to secure their 5 th win in 6 games. The defense was simply fantastic!The Dons were led by the “Minister…
Wow what a week it has been since the Dons lost the heartbreaker against the Foothill Falcons. Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, scandal-plagued congressman George Santos filed paperwork for re-election, a big blob of algae hit the Florida coast, and surprisingly it rained here at home. As if all that wasn’t bad enough, Jimmy G got traded, much to the chagrin…
The Dons are hot! The boys took on the highly rated Foothill High School Falcons before a lively crowd at Ken Souza Field on Wednesday. Henry Souza took the mound for the second time this year and did his grandfather’s memory proud with an outstanding performance. Henry took the ball and completely shut down a powerful lineup in short order.…
24 days, 22 hours, 45 minutes, and 15 second. That is the total elapsed time from when the Dons finished the scrimmage against the Falcons on February 11 and began the rematch game on Wednesday. It is also roughly the length of time it takes the moon to orbit the earth, a gerbil to gestate, a garden snail to travel…
The Freshman Dons took a road trip to Danville and came home with a win. Acalanes played Monte Vista and carrying the victory from the first inning to the end. In the first inning, Tommy Terhar got the party started with a single and add in his quick smart base-running, he found himself on third base. Cody Michlitsch grounded…
Fresh off of their win against D1 power Monte Vista last week, the Dons were at it again on Tuesday.Mason Zirkel got the start and came out throwing darts as he went 5 strong innings, giving up 3 hits, no earned runs and struck out 7. Sully Bailey made his second appearance in relief and closed the door on the…