The Varsity Baseball team handily beat the Vintage Crushers in the Championship game of the Concord Classic 7-1 on Wednesday to push their impressive record to 14-0. According to approximately 20 years of Max Preps data and after consulting with local Acalanes historians, this appears to be the greatest start for any Acalanes Varsity Baseball team in the history of…
The Varsity Baseball team stayed smoking hot with a tidy 7-2 win against the San Leandro Pirates on a beautiful Monday for baseball. The win puts the Dons in the Championship game of the Concord Classic Wednesday at 4:30pm at Concord High School against the Vintage Crushers. Coach Hornsby has his squad playing hard nosed, efficient baseball every time they…
The Varsity Baseball team kicked off their first game of the Concord Classic with a 6-4 extra inning win over the Antioch Panthers at Concord High School on Saturday. It pushed their record to 12-0 and advanced the Dons to play the San Leandro Pirates in the 2nd round of the tournament on Monday. Sometimes your future is so bright…
Winter returned to AHS on Thursday as the Dons took on three other teams at Heaston Aquatic Center! Though it was quite a cold day, there were still some hot hot races in the pool! All of the AHS Medley Relay teams finished 1st and 2nd in all four races – JV Girls and Boys and Varsity Girls and Boys!…
The Acalanes JV Lady Lacrosse Dons ran their record to 11 wins and 0 losses after defeating Miramonte 21-1 and College Park 17-1. The Lady Dons have made quick work of every team that they have played this season. It has been a masterful display by a remarkable group of young women. Not only is this group great at lacrosse…
The Varsity Baseball team took on one of their local rivals on Thursday at home and walked away with a tight 1-0 win to push their undefeated record to 11-0. Senior hurler Peter Thorn threw a complete game no hitter with some absolutely filthy pitches that had Matador hitters guessing all game. He gave up no hits, a walk, a…
Girls Varsity Lacrosse Wins Big in Game Dedicated to Local Family and Raising Money for Rare Disease
The girls varsity lacrosse team went into their game Thursday night at home with an added mission – raising money to help find a cure for Mabry Syndrome. Before play began, the game was dedicated to The Landman Family and their daughter Lucy who was diagnosed with the rare disease at 10 months old. In collaboration with Lucy’s family and…
On a cold, wet and windy Wednesday afternoon the Dons came out of the blocks strong, winning the 4×100 meter races and accelerating from that point forward, never looking back on their race to overwhelming victories. While the focus of the day was celebrating our seniors who’ve performed so well over their track careers, and celebrating the return of…
If a college lacrosse match ends in a tie, there is an overtime period to determine a winner. As the Dons rallied at the end of this match, it had the feeling that if this JV team was allowed an overtime period, they would have victoriously found the net. However, Acalanes and Clayton Valley had to settle for a tie…
Yes, you read the title correctly, it did not rain Tuesday night as the Varsity Girls Lacrosse team hosted Justin-Siena. Granted it was still cold enough to tempt some fans to go watch the Varsity Boys Volleyball game going on at the same time inside the warm and cozy big gym, but nevertheless the Lacrosse fans faithfully stuck it out…