A strong first half wasn’t enough as the Dons boys basketball team fell to the Miramonte Matadors, 78-65. The first quarter was a tight affair, ending with the Mats ahead 19-17. The second quarter offered more of the same, with the Dons trailing just one at halftime, 34-33. Scoring was spread relatively evenly in the first half, with Graham Smith,…
The JV Dons beat the Los Lomas Knights on Tuesday, 12 to 2 and traveled to Walnut Creek on Thursday, to beat the Knights again, 13-2 Acalanes Dons JV got things started in the first inning scoring two runs. Miller Smith had a hard first, causing the first baseman to fumble with the ball, scoring Kyle Bielawski. Henry Souza hit…
The Dons hosted Oakland Tech on Wednesday on a beautiful sunny day at Acalanes and finally showed what their bats are capable of. Coming off a 1-0 victory in 12 innings last week against Concord High, the Dons put 16 runs on the board yesterday. It was a 5-4 game with 2 outs in the 4th, when the Dons bats…
The Knights batted first and some how squeaked in one run. Dons exited out of the first inning of the game with a double play by Nikko Woodson. In the bottom of the first, the Dons started out with Paul Kuhner with a hit to shortstop, followed by a walk by Mason Michlitsch and the first run on a single to…
On Saturday the Freshman Dons traveled to deep Walnut Creek to take on the Northgate Broncos in doubleheader. Game One was a back and forth affair, with both teams trying to break out offensively. Jack Giorgianni was in command on the mound for the first five innings, striking out 5 Broncos and walking zero, and allowing three runs. The Dons…
With the 2020-2021 school year being not so normal, Acalanes was fortunate to have a group of seniors rise to the occasion to participate in a swim season when they were needed most. It would have been much easier to throw in the towel on a shortened season with only one meet, but these seniors challenged themselves to bring their…
Pitching and good defense were the stars of the show once again for the Varsity Dons as three pitchers combined for 12 innings of incredibly stout pitching. Just back from football, Dante Montgomery (jr) pitched a six-inning gem as the starter allowing three hits and recording nine Ks. Ethan Rowland (jr) came on in relief for four more innings of…
An early lead helped Acalanes Dons defeat Concord Minutemen 6-1 on Saturday. The Dons pulled away for good with two runs in the second inning. In the second an error scored one run for Acalanes and Nikko Woodson singled on a 2-2 count with a superman dive to the first base, scoring one run to cross the plate.…
Varsity Baseball Games Wednesday 4/28 4:00 VS Alhambra @ Acalanes Thursday 4/29 4:00 VS Ygnacio Valley @ Acalanes Saturday 5/1 11:00am VS Saint Pats @Acalanes Saturday, May 1-11am St. Pat’s (home) JV Baseball Games Monday, April 26-4pm Los Lomas (home) Thursday, April 29- 4pm Los Lomas (away) Saturday, May 1-10am San Ramon Valley (away) Frosh Baseball Game Saturday, May 1-12pm/2pm (doubleheader) Miramonte (away)…
On Tuesday, the Dons got things started early with Miles Bergman (jr) leading the day off with a walk, stealing 2nd and coming into score on a double by Davis Diaz (sr), Luke Souza (jr), fresh of the football field, brought Davis in on single to put the Dons up 2-0. Unfortunately, despite hits by juniors Miles Bergman, Kyle White and…
