What an epic weekend! 36 members of the AHS Varsity swim team left AHS on Friday morning to drive to Mission Viejo for the 49th Mission Viejo Invitational. A collection of both Northern and Southern California teams are invited to compete at one of the most beautiful facilities I’ve ever seen. After some down time, a lovely pasta dinner (thank…
In the past week the Acalanes Track & Field team competed vs Las Lomas and participated in the San Ramon Valley Sprint & Field Festival and at the Dublin Distance Fiesta. Busy week. It is impossible to call out all of the outstanding individual and team performances, full results can be seen at Athletic.net and on Remind, some highlights include:…
A balmy but breezy baseball afternoon in Mill Valley saw the Dons offense get a quick upper hand over the Tam High Junior Varsity, building a 4-0 lead through their half of the fourth inning. The Dons manufactured their first two runs in the top of the second, with LF David Roux proudly trotting home as his protégé Jimmy Cusumano…
On Friday March 15th, the Boys JV lacrosse team faced rival Campolindo HS on Cougar turf. The game started fast with Campo winning the first face-off and taking a shot 11 seconds into play. But, it was saved by legendary Acalanes goalie #99 Luke Spinelli. Acalanes then seemed to take control. #6 Mason Lanphere took the first Acalanes shot at…
The Dons took on Campolindo but could not cage the Cougars in a tough match this past Friday night. The first half was dominated by an unrelenting Cougar offensive that put the Dons defense into overdrive. In the second half, the Dons defense held Campo to just 3 goals but the offense coudn’t quite catch up from the deficit from…
If the Dons could go back in time and erase the first quarter of their game against Campo on Friday night, Acalanes would be celebrating an 8-7 victory over the Cougs. Sadly, time travel hasn’t been invented yet. It wasn’t that the Dons’ offense didn’t get any shots off in the first quarter, they just couldn’t get any past Campo…
The Acalanes Dons Varsity Softball hosted last year’s league champion Northgate Broncos for an unforgettable showdown on Thursday afternoon. A game that started with some offensive fireworks quickly turned into a pitching duel and defensive showcase until the final inning when the Dons ended up falling 6-2 but the final score does not represent just how close this game…
The Acalanes Dons took on the Tamalpais Red Tailed Hawks late Thursday afternoon on a beautiful, yet blustery day in Lafayette. Fans witnessed a back and forth struggle that ended with Freshman Drew Asadorian smoking a ball into right field to score Benji O’Rourke and give the boys a 6-5 walk off win! It was Drew’s, “Young Bull”, first career…
Wednesday was another beautiful afternoon at Heaston Aquatic Center, as the Dons hosted a very large, very strong Mats swim team! This meet was supposed to happen on Monday, but was moved to Wednesday – when we had our pictures scheduled. We moved pictures to lunchtime at the last minute, so look for some awesome senior banners to decorate the…
In what felt like a déjà vu from last season, the Dons went down 8-1 today to a familiar rival, the Cougars. It was the same score line from our first match against them last year. Could we have played better today? The boys would say absolutely. Did it motivate us for the rest of the season? Same answer. What…