Acalanes faced off against the Northgate Broncos Tuesday night, last year’s league champs and NCS finalists, in a highly anticipated match. The Dons started strong, establishing an early lead. Ian Sanftner’s dominance in faceoffs, combined with solid defense early on, led to crucial possession time for Acalanes. Simon Appel took advantage of the possessions and capitalized on an early opportunity,…
March may be ending but Acalenes Boys Golf is just getting started. The JV team met up with Campolindo on Friday at Rossmoor in springlike conditions. The Dons walked away winners with a final score of 214 to 238. Leading the way to victory for the Dons were Owen Curley (So) and Krish Veluthakkal (Fr). Meanwhile, Acalanes Boys Varsity traveled…
The Dons were on fire Tuesday, taking down the Miramonte Matadors with a dominant 9-4 win. The Dons, already riding a four-game win streak, delivered a season-high run total, leaving no doubt about their strength. Each swing, each pitch, and each stolen base was a showcase of the Dons’ powerful offense and alert base running. The action started quickly. In…
Today, the Dons played the second of four interleague matches. Our opponent was College Park who is in a rebuilding year. This allowed me to rotate some of our lower ranked varsity players into the lineup. #1 Sze Ting Chen and #3 Peyton Eagens were rested and #6 Saaj Shah is nursing an injured knee. Therefore, Chase Belhumeur, Billy O’Brien…
The varsity softball team improved their record to 6-1 with their sixth straight win last Thursday on home soil. The bats stayed hot and the defense rose to the occasion again in another Don’s victory. This was the third errorless game of the young season for this tight, defensive squad. The Cougars took the lead in the first inning with…
A small and mighty group of Dons jumped, ran and threw impressively Saturday at San Ramon’s annual track and field festival which attracted some of the top regional athletes in the last qualifying event before the Stanford and Arcadia Invitational’s. Senior Haley Chelemedos started the winning ways for the Dons in the morning session, taking 2nd in the long…
As Coach Steve predicted this week, Miramonte was going to be a tough opponent, and he was right. This was the most competitive game the Girls JV lacrosse team has had all season, but Acalanes fought all game and came out with a hard-earned win. Final score 16-11. The energy on the field and in the stands was amazing! Our…
The Dons hit the road to San Ramon Friday evening to battle the Cal High Grizzlies in what would turn out to be the lowest scoring outing of the season. Both defenses were in lock down mode in the first quarter, resulting in no blood until just 9 seconds left in the first quarter when the Dons’ Griffin Rotundo scored…
The Girls Varsity Lacrosse team hosted cross-town rival Miramonte Matadors in a Friday night lights game. Although they ended up falling 16-12, the girls played perhaps their best game of the young season in a very entertaining game against a very tough team that they would have won if not for the second quarter where they were outscored 7-0. On…
The Acalanes Dons cruised to an impressive 7-1 win over the Vintage Crushers on Thursday in Napa, showcasing a masterclass in offense, defense, and all-around baseball excellence. From the moment the game began, it was clear the Dons were ready to make a statement. In the first inning, Drew Asadorian crushed a double to center field, sending David Gonzales sprinting…