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…
It was a cold, windy evening on the baseball field of Northgate. Broncos felt warm on their home turf. Yet, the Dons never warmed up to win, losing 4 to 9 Acalanes Dons JV got things moving in the second inning, when Tyler Worthington grounded out, scoring Sammy Lee. In the bottom of the second inning, Northgate tied things up…
Varsity Girls lacrosse had a solid showing on both ends of the field against Clayton Valley at home last night. The Lady Dons defense, led by Senior goalie Della Pascucci, shut down the Eagles offense. The Acalanes offense moved the ball well, with eight of the Dons’ thirteen goals coming from assists, which was a season high. Junior Maya Stelzer…
The Dons stole the lead late in the game in a 6-4 victory over the Northgate Broncos on Tuesday. Miller Smith (and six other teammates) hung up his football cleats on Saturday and put his baseball cleats yesterday. Smith had not been on the mound in six months, but today he started out as the Dons starting pitcher. The…
The Freshman Baseball Dons traveled to San Ramon yesterday to take on the Wolves in a Monday afternoon matchup. San Ramon jumped out early but the contest was close until late, when the Wolves pushed across 2 late runs and won the game 6-1. Everett Glass, Henry Garbo and Peter Thorn handled the pitching duties for the Dons, and the…
Thursday night the Lady Dons Varsity lacrosse team got an early lead against Alhambra Bulldogs and never looked back. Scoring came from 12 different players: Avery Bahl Ellie Ives Lulu Milnes Lyla Cox Lindsay Campbell Grace Imrie Grace Gebhardt Coco Fellner Leyna Machtmes Sammy Hess Tea Smith Even our goal Della Pascucci came into the game on offense and scored…
Varsity Baseball Tuesday, April 20/4pm Northgate (Away) Thursday, April 22/4pm Northgate (Home) Friday, April 23/4pm Concord (Away) JV Baseball Tuesday, April 20/4pm Northgate (Home) Thursday, April 22/4pm Northgate (Away) Saturday, April 24/11am Concord (Home) Frosh Baseball Monday, April 19/4pm San Ramon (Away) Saturday, April 24/12pm & 2pm Northgate (Away)
First year Head Coach Connor Hornsby is looking to get the Varsity team back on track after a rocky first week. Last year’s season saw a majority of the starters graduate but a talented group returns and is supplemented by at least 4 sophomores. Next week, a number of starters will be returning as well after football wraps up it’s…
The JV Dons have been eager to get back on the diamond and came out swinging in their season opener against College Park. They met a hungry opponent and the Falcons jumped out to an early lead. The Dons showed grit, turning some great plays, loosening up the pitching rotation and hitting the ball hard. Acalanes Dons JV watched the…
Baseball isn’t a timed game, but it is a game all about timing. Unfortunately, on Monday the Dons were on the wrong side of Father Time. Despite having many more base runners, the Dons couldn’t come up with timely hits, and fell 7-4 to a strong San Ramon Valley team. The Dons left six runners on base in the first…
