The Varsity baseball team was defeated by the Granada Matadors 6-0 in Tuesday’s NCS Division 1 Semifinals. The Matadors will play De La Salle in the D1 Championship game on Friday. The Dons completed an historic season as they say goodbye to several mainstay Seniors who have restored the excellence of the baseball program under the guidance of Coach Hornsby…
On another cold and windy Friday and Saturday, this time in Dublin, the boys and girls track teams competed strongly against the North Coast Section competitors, with the boys finishing third place overall and the girls finishing fourteenth. Individual performances were the order of the day, and our athletes came up strong, with six athletes qualifying for the state championships:…
The Varsity Baseball team beat the defending Division 1 Runner-up, the Casa Grande Gauchos, 1-0 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the NCS playoffs next Tuesday. The boys improved their home record to 13-1 and their overall tally to 23-3. It is the first time that Acalanes has made it to the semifinals since 2016 when the Dons…
The Varsity Baseball team started the Division 1 NCS Playoffs with a 6-0 shutout win against the Freedom Falcons on Tuesday. It improved the Dons record to 22-3 and set up a second round battle on Friday in Lafayette against Casa Grande High School. The boys were fired up and ready to roll for the start of post season play!…
Coaches Jim Burleigh and Dan Meade Make 2024 Baseball Season Their Last. One’s passion for baseball sometimes starts with a small spark, and for some it burns strongly and brighter, and for a few it is mixed with some talent which feeds that spark and leads to wonderful things. And for some,…
Dons Triumphant at Tri-Valley Track & Field Championships: 14 Dons Qualify for NCS Meet of Champions
On a glorious (finally!) Saturday in Pittsburg, the Dons performed brilliantly, advancing 14 athletes to the NCS Meet of Champions, with the boys team taking 2nd place overall out of 19 competing schools, and girls taking 6th overall. Not to be missed…PRs galore and new state #1 marks for speedster Paul Kuhner in the 100 in a blazing 10.36 (tie…
Saturday was the final day of the NCS Team Championships. It was held at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on an amazing weather day. To say we were outgunned that morning in the semifinals would be an understatement. SF University was clearly the top seed and dominated on all but two lines. They showed up with their entire top…
The Varsity Baseball team lost a dramatic back and forth battle in Moraga on Thursday 8-7. They split their two game series with the Cougars this week. The boys finished the regular season 21-3 with a 7-3 league mark. The Dons fought to the very end before dropping their final regular season game. Fortunately the NCS Playoffs begin next week.…
Just when I think it’s safe to put the child-proof cap back on my heart medication, the heart attack pack strikes again! There are so many things about this team that keep me coming back for more – where do I start? One is the fact that we get new heroes each week that pull out critical wins that push…
Catcher Stewart leads the Dons in feasting on Cougar’s pitching. What little hope the Campolindo JV had to salvage a split in the week’s series went up like smoke up a chimney in the bottom of the second inning Thursday afternoon off Pleasant Hill Road. Jasper Stewart led off the inning with a double down the left field…