The Acalanes Girls Lacrosse program has 50 players on the JV Lacrosse team. This amazing team has the new players playing in some weekday games but get their main playing time and a chance to develop on the “Saturday Squad.” On Saturday with most playing in their first organized Lacrosse game they beat the full JV team from Berkeley High…
They dealt with cold, wind, hail and rain and that was all before going out and beating Berkeley High School 18-0. The team played great once again with the assists, ground balls and scoring spread out amongst numerous players. Scoring was led by Emily Roberts once again as she scored five goals (also two loose balls controlled) and was helped…
It was another frigid night for Girls Varsity Lacrosse, but the Dons kept the heat on high, defeating Berkeley 17-6. The Dons managed to maintain possession of the ball for the majority of the game and picked up more and more momentum as the game went on. The flow of the game was interrupted by numerous Yellowjacket fouls, but that…
The JV Lady Dons completely dominated their first game of the year against Granada High School 18-1 at Granada. The Dons raced out to a 9-0 lead in the first 11 minutes and never looked back. On this cold and windy evening the Dons controlled the ball in their end for about 47 minutes out of the 50 minute game.…
The wind was blowing and the temperatures were chilly, but the Dons were hot with a 17-5 victory over Granada in their season opener. The powerhouse Middie trio of seniors Maya Wang and Haley Rurka and junior Grace Imrie controlled the pace of the game from start to finish. Wang and Rurka both had 5 goals and 2 assists, with…
16 players from the Acalanes JV ladies lacrosse team played their first three scrimmages of the season on Saturday against Granada High, Las Lomas High and Miramonte High. The Lady Dons crushed each team by scores of about 9 to 0 for each game. The Dons did not give up even one goal the entire day! It was an amazing…
With over 75 competitors representing eight different Acalanes sports, the Acalanes Liftathon Week was a great way to celebrate all the new weight room equipment and the work that our athletes have put in over the summer months. In the end, six athletes successfully completed the 3 rep, 3 lift (bench, squat, deadlift) competition with totals that reached the 500…
Congrats to both Varsity Lacrosse teams to making it to the playoffs! Games start this Tuesday! The Boys LAX DAL semifinal game is at Campolindo at 5pm! The Girls LAX NCS is at home against Northgate at 7pm. Go to the Boys Game then roll over to ACAstadium to cheer on the LAX Girls! Be where you can be but…
On Friday night the JV Lady Lacrosse team beat Miramonte 17 to 7 in its final official game of the season. The Lady Dons ended the season on a 14-0-1 run. Unbeaten in their last 15 games! All 37 players in attendance saw significant action in this game. The Dons started out behind 4 to 2 but after a…
That JV Lady lacrosse Dons took on a mighty Piedmont High team and came within inches of a last-minute victory. The Dons tied Piedmont 11 to 11 but in the last 20 seconds Maia Upp made an almost perfect shot that hit barely missed by hitting the cross bar of the goal. Maia had already scored four goals in the…
