The Acalanes Softball Varsity Dons hosted the Mt. Eden Monarchs on Thursday and played a close game for the first three innings until the game got away later in the game. The Dons preseason schedule has been challenge facing larger D1 programs to get them ready for league play, which starts this week with home games against Concord on Monday…
Lacrosse History: In 1881 the first intercollegiate tournament took place on the Polo Grounds in New York. In the final match of the tournament Harvard beat Princeton 3-0. In 1904 lacrosse is played in the Olympics. In the championship match Canada defeats the USA. On Friday March 8th the Dons travelled to Northgate HS for their first League match. Lacrosse…
This past Wednesday, 8 JV players traveled to the Bridges Golf Club in San Ramon to compete amongst 18 Bay Area teams in the Grizzly High School Classic. Lightning storms ended the day early allowing only 14 holes of competition but the Dons managed to finish 7th overall despite the tough conditions. The team was led by Freshmen Rocco Stassi…
The Varsity Baseball team stayed smokin’ hot on Thursday with a 2-1, 10th inning walk-off win over the Vintage Crushers in Lafayette. This was the second consecutive 2-1 victory for the boys. It pushed their early season record to 5-0. Senior lefty hurler Henry Souza started on the mound for the Dons and threw 4 scoreless innings to get the…
After a flash downpour snuffed out the JV baseball team’s hopes for a game after just four outs were recorded on Wednesday afternoon, the team traveled Thursday to the terroir of Napa Valley to play the Crushers of Vintage High School. Despite a huge comeback in the top of the sixth inning, the Dons fell short, losing 12-11, in a…
The Girls Varsity Lacrosse team hosted the Northgate Broncos on Friday night. The Dons showed some nerves early in the game, allowing the Broncos to score in the first minute. From there both teams traded possession multiple times with turnovers back and forth. The Dons finally broke through with senior Grace Imrie scoring off of a nice pass by fellow…
On a Friday night with far superior weather compared to last week’s deluge, our Acalanes Dons fought hard but could not prevail against the Northgate Broncos. The Broncos jumped to a quick 3-0 lead, but the resilient Dons came back with goals from Brody Darin and Jan Korzeniowski. At halftime, the score was 2-7 which had the Dons within striking…
What a difference one year can make. Last year, the Dons took down Bishop O’Dowd 8-1. This year, Coach Tom brought a much-improved team to Acalanes and we suffered our first home loss since 2022. We did not go down without a fight though. Four matches were decided by a third set super tiebreaker. It was a nail-biting day, so…
Torrential rains, 35 MPH winds, 45 degree weather. That is what Mother Nature provided to the Dons as they played Granada High School in Livermore. Did that stop the Lady Dons…NO WAY. I know I mention ground and loose balls as an important statistic and the reason it is so important is because it results in a possession for the…
They say that the hallmark of a good team is being able to win even when you don’t play your best game. On Wednesday, the Varsity Girls Lacrosse team travelled to Piedmont to take on Highlanders and did exactly that, ekeing out a 10-9 win on a golden goal in overtime despite being outshot 24-13 and committing 16 turnovers. The…
