Tuesday night the boys varsity lacrosse team faced a formidable opponent in Berkeley High. The Dons put up a strong defense in the first half holding the Jackets to just 3 goals. Acalanes had several wins at the face off thanks to junior Ian Sanftner, frosh Grant Condy, and junior Levi Mason which gained them valuable possession time but…
Tuesday night was a tale of two halves for the Acalanes Girls Varsity Lacrosse team as they took on the Monte Vista Mustangs at home. Going into the game, the Dons knew they’d face strong competition from the Mustangs. Monte Vista got started quickly, scoring the first goal of the night. However, Acalanes wasn’t to be deterred and with solid…
The Girls Lacrosse JV Team defeated the mighty Monte Vista team on Tuesday evening 16-3. Although the score may not indicate it, the teams battled in this one. The Dons were behind 3-2 but after a time out and making a couple of lineup moves the Dons scored 9 more goals before half time to take control of this one.…
Lacrosse History: In 1933, men’s lacrosse rules change to reduce the number of players per side from 12 to the current 10. It also reduced the distance between the goals to 80 yards. Playing time remained at 60 minutes, but was divided into quarters as we see it today. Teams change ends after each quarter. In 1933 the distance was…
In a neighborly battle in Walnut Creek on Monday afternoon, the JV baseball squad jumped to a quick 5-0 lead in the top of the first inning and never looked back, defeating the Las Lomas Knights JV team, 9-3. All of those first inning runs were unearned. Austin McManamon then took the ball for the Dons and provided yet another…
The Dons looked polished today in a routine win over the Falcons. Most of the matches were won easily and we are about as ready as we can be for the Campolindo showdown on Thursday. Our only loss on the card was the match against the two top players, #1 Nick Owens and Dibyam Dikhit. Dikhit is a household name…
On March 8th, the CLAM district dive team (Campo, Las Lomas, Acalanes, and Miramonte) hosted their first meet of the season at Acalanes against Berkeley High. Dons divers Dakota Goyert, Teagan Frase, and Anya HaasHollenbeck had an impressive start. Frase secured second place for the JV Team with a score of 157.5, only 4 points behind the first-place winner. Goyert…
The Varsity Baseball team continued their winning ways on Monday against the Las Lomas Knights with a 10-4 win that pushed their impressive record to 6-0. The campus was buzzing with a Varsity Baseball came against a local rival and a Varsity Softball game against a league foe going on simultaneously. Both teams were victorious. It was a great day…
Playing in their first league game of the season, the Acalanes Varsity Softball team came out with a purpose as the Dons defeated the Concord Bears 14-3 on Monday afternoon. The game was moved up to Monday to avoid the predicted rain on Tuesday and the Dons swung the bats early and often to score 4 runs in the first…
Last year, we trekked out to South San Francisco to play the Tigers. It was our first loss last season and the 3-3 tie was decided by a close and controversial line call on match point. Fast forward to earlier today when this year we hosted Lick-Wilmerding. We were without our #1 player Nick Owens, but that didn’t stop the…