Acalanes Dons Softball fell behind early and despite a valiant effort to come back, the Dons lost in the first round of the NCS playoffs 4-3 to the Encinal Jets on Tuesday, May 16th in front of a large and enthusiastic crowd. This game was a rematch from earlier in the season and from the first pitch it was obvious…
The Dons Boys Volleyball Team wrapped up a very successful season with a 17-9 record, a run to the NCS Semi-finals, and placed four players on the DAL all-league teams. Senior Joseph Castelli led the way in earning 1st Team All-league while fellow senior Liam Hill (pictured above) and junior Evan Sverak made 2nd Team All-league. Junior Miles Thomas was…
Yesterday, we celebrated 30 incredibly cool and self-possessed young men and women who are continuing to pursue their athletic endeavors in College. Three of these beautiful athletes come from our own Track & Field family. Please join me in celebrating and congratulating: Luca Mathias is going to Chapman University in Orange, CA. Luca is going to study Kinesiology and will…
The Dons athletic community has been fortunate to have the 24 student-athletes listed below who were recruited to continue their sport in college next year. On Tuesday afternoon, the Acalanes Athletic Boosters hosted their annual event to celebrate these talented athletes along with their family and friends. Please join us in wishing all of them well as they bring their…
On Monday, the Dons wrapped up their 2023 season at the NCS Championship Tournament at Foxtail GC in Rohnert Park. An early start and 6+ hour round made for a very long day of golf. Despite this, our team managed to post a few solid rounds in the mid 80s as they competed against a field stacked with college commits.…
The weather was perfect last Thursday in Walnut Creek as the Varsity Baseball team concluded their upand down season with a rousing victory. The boys in blue completed a two game sweep of theNorthgate Broncos to conclude the campaign with two wins and give their outstanding senior class awarm send off. Coach Connor Hornsby threaded the needle perfectly so all…
Happy Monday. I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend celebrating our Tri-Valley competing athletes on the Track & Field, our kiddos on the dance floor at City Hall in SF for Prom 2023 and breakfast in bed for our amazing Mama’s for Mother’s Day Sunday. Today, we celebrate our SEASON and our Athletes and Coaches in the PAC at 3.15p.…
Acalanes Softball put up nine runs in the second on its way to a 12-1 victory over Concord High School on Thursday in their last regular season game of the season. The victory secured a second place finish in league standings with a 12-8 record (5-3 in league play). Esa Orman, Emmi Cronin, Avery Robb, Lauren Foster, and Emme Young…
Tomorrow, our qualified Track & Field DONS athletes travel to Foothill HIgh School in Pleasanton for the North Coast Section Tri-Valley Championships. This Meet determines who advances to the Meet of Champions on Friday/Saturday May 19th and 20th at Dublin High School. If you are in the neighborhood and have nothing to do before your hair appointment for Prom, buy…
The quarterfinals contest between #5 Acalanes and #4 Washington took place at the Fremont Tennis Center. It was a beautiful day for tennis and our supporters were out in numbers. All seven matches went on at the same time and it didn’t take long to realize we were competing against a very strong squad. As you can see in the…
