The Varsity Baseball team kept rolling on Tuesday with a key 4-1 league victory against the Clayton Valley Ugly Eagles on the road. Solid pitching and timely hitting pushed the Dons league record to 5-2 and overall tally to 19-2 as they head towards the final regular season games of the year. The boys started the scoring in the 1st…
A big third-inning rally led the Varsity Dons past Miramonte on a beautiful Senior Day celebrating the team’s seniors: Lulu Levy, Lana Cerejo and Nicole Parlett. The Dons defeated the Matadors 11-0 on Tuesday to improve their record to 14-5 with three more regular season games to go before NCS playoffs. Cerejo started for Acalanes and pitched a stellar…
The Dons were back to their winning ways on Tuesday night against the visiting Petaluma Trojans in the first round of the NCS playoffs. But, of course, the Dons needed some time at the beginning of the first quarter to get the jitters out and settle in. Piedmont got on the board first, but the Dons responded when Grace Imrie…
The Acalanes Swim Team received devastating news today – after a technological glitch resulting from possible internet connectivity issues prevented our qualifying swimmers from being entered into the NCS meet by the deadline, and after two days of strong advocacy by parents, students, and administration, the final decision has been made by NCS Leadership to not include any AHS swimmers…
Hastings and Martin and some good defense is honorable but isn’t enough for the win. A.J. Hastings and Reid Martin took it upon themselves to stand up for the many and multiple uncouth displays made by the charter school kids of Clayton on the baseball field against the Dons in recent memory. The two, who usually have no trouble doing…
The amazing Lady Dons did the unimaginable….they completed the season with zero losses! It is believed to be a new record and the first time in the history of Dons JV lacrosse. Some interesting statistics about this wonderful team. The Dons outscored their opponents 270 goals to 49 goals. That averages out to Acalanes Ladies 16 and their opponents 3. …
On Friday the JV Dons hosted a non-league match at Rossmoor against De La Salle. The Spartans got the upper hand outpacing the Dons by 13 strokes. Junior Brody Greenfield led the way for Acalanes, followed by freshmen Grant Gebhardt with Issac Topp and Owen Curley one more shot behind. Senior night was also Friday with six seniors playing a…
The Dons traveled last Thursday out to Walnut Creek to battle the Broncos of Northgate for a game between the top two teams in the league. In the first game, it was tightly contested with a 2-1 score going into the last inning and this game would be the same. Emme Young collected four hits in five at bats to…
ACA trackster great performances were plentiful on Day 1 of the DAL Championships, with finals in certain field events and qualifiers for many of next weekend’s final events. Day 1 field event finals included: Natalie Lyons 1st place in the long jump with a PR (tie) jump of 18’2″. Dulci Vail 1st place in the high jump at 5 ‘4″…
What young coaches Cole Schoenheide and Wil Schueler (#Shiest) have done this season with the JV Dons is hugely impressive and deserves a lot of praise and respect. This team started the first week of the season on the losing end of two blowout games looking unorganized. From the outside looking in, it appeared as if it was going to…