Miramonte hosted Acalanes today, and it was another rough day at the office for the Dons. Though several of the matches were very close, it felt like the wins were slipping through our fingers. The boys put up a valiant fight and both teams were pretty vocal from the sidelines, but we did fall short in the end. The Dons…
Today was an extremely tough day for the team. After suffering our worse loss of the season, we were then given the tragic news about the passing of an Acalanes classmate, Amin Noroozi. Though I did not personally know Amin, fellow school staff members have told me only amazing stories about him as not only a student, friend and citizen…
Today Acalanes played the last of four interleague teams, Clayton Valley. We knew going in that the Eagles were soundly defeated by our peers, so the lower half of JV was activated today and they came through like champs. Because most of the scores were convincing wins, I won’t break down each match – see the line scores towards the…
With the continued absences of the Chen and Hoeberechts brothers due to illness, we were fortunate that our opponent today was Las Lomas. The Knights are considered interleague play now, and they are continuing to rebuild as a team. That being the case, we won the match convincingly even with a short-handed roster. It’s always a good thing to get…
With spring break behind us, Acalanes kicked off April with a practice match against Bishop O’Dowd. We knew going in this would be a tall order as the Dragons are division 2 league contenders and we were missing critical members of our team including both the Chen and Hoeberechts brothers and Gorham. Without five of our top twelve players available,…
Today, the Dons played the second of four interleague matches. Our opponent was College Park who is in a rebuilding year. This allowed me to rotate some of our lower ranked varsity players into the lineup. #1 Sze Ting Chen and #3 Peyton Eagens were rested and #6 Saaj Shah is nursing an injured knee. Therefore, Chase Belhumeur, Billy O’Brien…
The changes to the DAL Foothill Division have been a little confusing so before I break down the Benicia match, let me shed some light on how the league works this year. For 2025, only four teams are competing in the Foothill Division: Acalanes, Campolindo, Miramonte and Northgate. Therefore, the team’s “league” win-loss record will consist of six matches –…
Last year, Northgate lost ten seniors suffering a huge hole in their starting lineup. Nevertheless, the Dons tennis squad did not take Northgate lightly today, and it was a good thing. Though we won 7-2, several of the matches were very close and it took some steel nerves and excellent shot making to win three of the four matches decided…
Though it rained in the morning, the sun and wind in the afternoon helped dry the courts so Acalanes could host Miramonte. Twice this week, the Dons took it on the chin with a 4-5 loss, this time to the Matadors. This loss was hard to swallow because two key athletes ended up ineligible to play, so we had to…
Today Acalanes kicked off DAL league play, and we jumped right into the deep end taking on the Cougars at Campolindo. We were fully staffed, prepared, pumped and ready to play. The question of just how good 2024 league champion Campo is this year was answered. In this match today, they were the better team. We offer no excuses, but…