First off – big congratulations to all the swimmers who qualified for NCS! NCS is one of the most competitive sections in the state for swimming. Here are the five Dons who qualified for individual events: Ella Del Rosario – 200 Free, 100 Free Sadie Suppiger – 100 Free, 100 Back Anna Motes – 200 IM, 100 Breast Malin Stone…
The annual post-season JV Freedom Invitational tournament was forced to reschedule from the original date of April 26th due to untimely rain. The new date was the following Saturday, May 3rd. The JV coaches were originally planning on bringing two 8-player squads to compete in the day-long event, however, with this new date, it also meant that not all of…
This past week, the Acalanes Dons faced off in a two-game showdown against the Clayton Valley Ugly Eagles — not sure why they’re called the “Ugly Eagles,” but it was not a pretty week for CV. Game 1: Dons Go to War and Win on the Road Tuesday on the road, the Dons stepped into Eagles territory and walked out…
The boys and girls teams represented very well at the 2-day DAL Championships which concluded Saturday in Moraga. The boys finished T2 and the girls #4 (of 12 competing teams). A number of Acalanes top 10 records were achieved over the two days, including: The Girls 4×100 Relay Team’s (Sophie Chinn, Haley Chelemedos, Olivia Kemp, Isabelle Agnost) win in a…
Last week, the DAL-Foothill (DAL-F) division singles and doubles tournament ended with the Acalanes duo of #1 Sze Ting Chen and #2 Nick Owens finishing as runners up. The winners automatically secure a spot in the NCS singles/doubles championships, so the Campo team of Kiumars Koopah/Daniel Schpolanski advanced in division 1. Because Chen/Owens did so well in the DAL-F tournament…
The Dons rose at sunrise and headed off to Blue Rock Springs in Vallejo earlier this week for the DAL League Tournament. Acalanes finished second to Campo in the tournament and second overall in League play. Low scorers for the Dons were Naveen Ahuja (So) and Rocco Stacci (So) who both shot a 76. The team heads to the NCS…
On Tuesday, the Girls Varsity Lacrosse team travelled to Danville to take on San Ramon Valley, a team ranked #1 in NCS, #3 in California, and #20 in the country. Everything about the experience was impressive. Great individual and team play, tremendous coaching, impeccable sportsmanship, nice venue, and professional game production. The National Anthem recording was performed by Anthem Lights…
Your Acalanes Dons capped off a terrific lacrosse season with a lop-sided loss to De La Salle. The boys entered the game with a stellar 14-3 record which earned them a place in the top division of the NCS playoffs—a great accomplishment for a team who won only 3 games last season. But De La Salle, a perennial powerhouse and…
Friday May 2, 2025 was a very difficult day for all of these young ladies as many of them visited the viewing of their recently departed friend Amin and were completing a couple of weeks of mourning for this wonderful young man. However, it was also to be their last game of the season and it was against Campo so…
Once the DAL finals finished, the JV teams gathered on Saturday afternoon at Campo to compete one last time! The 200 Medley Teams finished 9th and 11th respectively. Graham Moroney finished 11th in the Boys 200 Free with a seasons best time of 2:18.37. Kelsey Gunderson and Ella Schlehr finished 6th and 7th in the 100 IM with seasons best…