The Diablo-Foothill baseball league announced their All-League Selections earlier this week, and the Varsity Dons cleaned up. 8 Dons received recognition: 1st Team—Benjy Braunstein and Kyle White 2nd Team—Connor McPhail and Henry Souza Honorable Mention—Miles Bergman, Will Berrien, Dante Montgomery, and Ethan Rowland Gold Glove Award–Will Berrien Coaches Hornsby and Merken also announced the winners of this year’s team Charlie…
The Varsity Dons travelled to Brentwood on Tuesday to take on Liberty High School in the 1st round of the NCS Division 1 playoffs. Unfortunately, the Dons ran into a very good pitcher and lost in a 3-2 heartbreaker. Rather than recounting the game, it’s worth focusing on the remarkable season this team put together. Before the season started, MaxPreps,…
Five senior student-athletes who were recruited to continue their sport in college were honored on Tuesday in a ceremony at the stadium. Acalanes Boosters Co-President Curtis Berrien introduced the athletes and asked them to share their stories about their athletic careers. Please join us in honoring this outstanding group of student-athletes who have committed countless hours of training, practicing, traveling,…
Hello Track Team, Believe it or not, there is still at least one more week of track for our NCS qualifiers! This week, a small group of our students will compete in the NCS Meet of Champions at Dublin High School. In the state of California, Track and Field does not have divisions, and for our small school, it is…
Congratulations to Our Dons for making it to NCS playoffs. Games start this week, and fans need tickets to attend. Tickets can be purchased www.gofan.com Acalanes Baseball-Tuesday-5pm at Liberty High Acalanes-Softball-Wednesday-5pm at Home
The Acalanes Boosters organization is hosting our annual event to honor Dons athletes who have been recruited to continue their sport in college next year. Come out to the stadium tomorrow (Tuesday) at 12:45pm to cheer them on! This year’s honorees are… Miles Bergman (Baseball, Pacific University) Tommy Bieker (Volleyball, Concordia University) Devon Christensen (Field Hockey, Cal) Heidi Heffelfinger (Water…
The JV Baseball team swept the Clayton Valley Ugly Eagles last week to finish the season 19-2-2. The Dons delivered similar treatment to Campo, College Park, Miramonte and pretty much anyone they faced, as they recorded the top record in the DAL. Coaches Burleigh and Meade are very proud of their efforts. The team relied on outstanding pitching, solid defense and timely hitting throughout…
The Acalanes Freshman Baseball fell to a very tough Clayton Valley Charter team on Saturday, losing in heartbreaking fashion twice by a final score of 5-4 in Game 1 in 8 innings and 7-6 in Game 2 in 7 innings. The games were mirror images of each other. Starting pitchers Brendan Miles and Jake Colaco had solid outings, each going…
There are a lot of special things happening in athletics for Acalanes senior Evan Malmquist, but he’s ensuring his impact reaches far beyond that. During the height of COVID, Malmquist – a football and track star – and one of his buddies saw a need for elementary schoolers. They had nothing to do, no sports to compete in and no…
LET’s DO THIS, DONS!!!!!! Congratulations to ALL 28-Athletes who are competing in the NCS Tri-Valley Championship Meet tomorrow, May 14th, at Freedom High School in Oakley, CA. All Unified Athletes also advanced to NCS! GO DONS! GO DONS! GO DONS! Fear The Blue!!! Your NCS qualifiers are: Paul Kuhner: 100M (10.69-DAL Record) & 4x100M Relay (41.39- DAL winner)Kyle Bielawski: 100M(11.11)…