When you win a game in the final 17 seconds of regulation time, every play that led to that moment counted. After nearly an hour of spirited lacrosse, the Dons varsity girls lacrosse team united to beat the Northgate Broncos 11-10 with a winning goal by Maya Wang. It was a team effort, with 8 players contributing to the scoreboard: Haley…
Acalanes Boosters are happy to announce that live-streaming is now available for all upcoming Boy’s and Girl’s Lacrosse, Boy’s Volleyball, and Competitive Sport Cheer home games. The games will be live-streamed on YouTube for free on the following YouTube channels: Acalanes Football Stadium : (Lacrosse) Acalanes Big Gym : (Boy’s Volleyball & Competitive Sport Cheer) Live streams for all available…
Learn where and when to attack while driving downhill at full speed. Get your hands free and strike while your defenders are on their heels. Crush an opponent’s drive towards your net with explosive defensive strategy. Shooting, dodging, cutting without the ball and doing it correctly gives you a win. And that is what JV LAX Ladies did! Acalanes JV…
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…
