The Oakland Lacrosse Club hosted a lacrosse jamboree for the entire Bay Area on December 4, 2021. It was a fundraiser to support their program. The mission of Oakland Lacrosse is to support Oakland Public School students in becoming healthy, confident, and self-empowered youth effectively to navigate systems, overcome challenges, and achieve their education and life goals”. The Acalanes Lady…
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…
Varsity Girls lacrosse had a solid showing on both ends of the field against Clayton Valley at home last night. The Lady Dons defense, led by Senior goalie Della Pascucci, shut down the Eagles offense. The Acalanes offense moved the ball well, with eight of the Dons’ thirteen goals coming from assists, which was a season high. Junior Maya Stelzer…
Thursday night the Lady Dons Varsity lacrosse team got an early lead against Alhambra Bulldogs and never looked back. Scoring came from 12 different players: Avery Bahl Ellie Ives Lulu Milnes Lyla Cox Lindsay Campbell Grace Imrie Grace Gebhardt Coco Fellner Leyna Machtmes Sammy Hess Tea Smith Even our goal Della Pascucci came into the game on offense and scored…
Our Varsity Lady Dons visited College Park on Tuesday night. Freshman Grace Imrie and Senior Lyla Cox scored early, thanks to assists from Senior Grace Gebhardt. The Dons then struggled on both ends of the field for a while until Coaches Bill Fraser and Mark Rurka called a timeout. They had the girls run their own time out to “figure…
JV Stays Undefeated with Win over Clayton Valley The Lady Dons played at Las Lomas Tuesday. The Dons defense, led by Senior goalie Della Pascucci held up well early in the first half, creating time for the offense to find their rhythm. Sophomore Haley Rurka scored two goals and an assist, Senior Coco Fellner added two more goals and two beautiful give-and-go…
Friday night the Lady Dons had their rematch against Miramonte. While the Mats came out hot, Acalanes was up for the fight. Sophomore Haley Rurka had 2 goals, Senior Coco Fellner scored a hat trick (3 goals) with 1 assist and Senior Grace Gebhardt added 9 goals and 3 assists in a high scoring battle. Miramonte won 19-14. Next game is…
The girls varsity Dons were out matched at home losing to Miramonte 19-6. Soph. Haley Rurka scored her first goal of the season! Senior Grace Gebhardt added 5 goals. The Dons look forward to a rematch on Friday night as they play the Mats at Miramonte. Acalanes JV Ladies improved to 3 wins and 0 losses on Tuesday evening by…
On Friday night, the Dons varsity girls lacrosse team beat Monte Vista in one of their few non-league games this season. Senior Grace Gebhardt scored 5 of the first 6 goals. Senior Coco Fellner and junior Maya Stelzer each added a goal to give the Dons a comfortable 8-1 half time lead. The home Mustangs came out attacking early in…
On Tuesday, March 19 the Acalanes Girls Lacrosse team soundly defeated Dougherty Valley by a score of 12-5. The game was marked by Acalanes’ dominant offense; they were led by Grace Gebhardt, who took the draw and managed to hold onto the ball for most plays; Emma Workman stepped in to gain the draw control on most of the other…
