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…
After the Varsity DAL Finals in the morning, the JV swim teams came together for their final meet of the season! Dons started off strong with a 9th place finish in the 200 Medley Relay for the girls and a 7th place finish for the boys team. In the 200 Free, Avery Tanimura finished 3rd with a season best 2:13.01!…
What a great morning of swimming today! The 200 Girls Relay finished 4th overall with an NCS time of 1:51.76! Ella Del Rosario finished 7th in the 200 Free, while Sophia Schwartz improved her time by nearly four seconds between prelims and finals – finishing 18th. Olivia Whipple was 19th and Brooke Rardin was 20th. Parker Etnyre finished 9th on…
The Dons played their last game of the season Friday night against the Miramonte Matadors. While the Dons couldn’t pull off a W for their last game, they traded off lots of possession time with the Mats and had some great plays on both sides of the field. The boys knew they had their work cut out for them this…
The Varsity Baseball team came from behind to score 2 runs in the top of the 7th inning and walk away with a much needed 2-1 victory in Benicia on Thursday! It improved their outstanding record to 18-2 and took the second game of a 2 game series from the Benicia Panthers. In the late 80’s we learned from the…
The Dons went into their last regular season game on Friday night at home knowing they had a tough opponent in Miramonte. Despite a strong desire to take home the win, Miramonte came out stronger from the start and the Dons weren’t able to stop that momentum throughout the game. The first quarter came and went with no goals for…
On April 25 and 26, the Diablo Athletic League (DAL) Foothill Division held its season-ending singles and doubles tournament. The winners move on to the NCS Championships on May 3 and 4. Thursday (Apr 25) was at Northgate where we completed the first three rounds, while Friday was at College Park where we wrapped up the semis and finals. When…