The Lady Dons scorched the Mats 84-47 and Boys won by 85.5-47.5. A feel good sunny Monday, which will be hard to write about since there were so many incredible performances. Some highlights from the meet include: 4×100–The boys A team (Illias Kaplanes Jones, Matthew Schwarz, Jackson Boselli, River Lockwood) won with a speedy 43.35. The B team (Luca Oatham,…
The Varsity Girls Lacrosse team met a tough opponent in the Cal High Grizzlies on Tuesday night at Cal High. As their mascot suggests, the Grizzlies were fierce opponents and the Dons, despite their hustle, struggled to adapt to the well rounded competition. The relatively empty game book pretty much summed up the game with very little in notable stats…
On an unseasonably warm day in Moraga the Varsity Dons completed a two-game sweep of the Campolindo Cougars with an 18-7 win on Tuesday to push their impressive record to 7-1. It was the eighth straight win over Campo for Seniors Esa Orman, Avery Robb and Emme Young. Not a bad varsity accomplishment. It was also the seventh straight win…
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…
