Today was an exercise in how you get stuck with lemons and make lemonade. The day started with a scheduled away practice match against Benicia High on a day with no rain in the forecast. Everything looked great until we reached the Benicia Bridge. It started to rain and then it was a downpour. Instead of turning the cars around,…
Today the varsity team played its first home match of the season. The sun made a rare appearance, and our family fans came out in big numbers. It was a good day. We are still streaking from last year as the team went undefeated on its home courts in 2023. The boys today proved too much in our practice match…
Seems like we just finished the spring 2023 season. How fast the time goes. The Dons lost eight seniors last year, but this year we have picked up some improved players from our junior varsity farm as well as a talented new incoming freshman. We have a lot to look forward to this year. We also have a new assistant…
Big Shout Out to our Spring MVPs: Hailey Stripling in Softball and Owen Estee in Boys Lacrosse! Congratulations to our 1st team All-DAL selections for Spring 2023: Sammy Lee, Chase Regan, George Churchill, Cooper Olson, Dylan Olson, Ben Foox, Hailey Rurka, Grace Imrie, Emme Young, Esa Orman, Parker Etnyre, Sophie MacKay, Tyler Toni, Nick Owens, Kaya Hoeberechts, Aaron Brown, Ethan…
The quarterfinals contest between #5 Acalanes and #4 Washington took place at the Fremont Tennis Center. It was a beautiful day for tennis and our supporters were out in numbers. All seven matches went on at the same time and it didn’t take long to realize we were competing against a very strong squad. As you can see in the…
The top 16 teams in the North Coast Section (NCS) are now competing for a spot in the Nor Cal Championships next week. After going 9-1 in the regular season, Acalanes is seeded #5 in the championships and played #12 Vintage-Napa on Tuesday. The result was a 7-0 sweep as the format for the tournament is 4/3 – meaning 4…
Even though the league matches have finished, the tennis team has been busy this past week. The DAL head coaches named first team, second team and honorable mention players. The team had its season ending banquet where team awards were presented. Team representatives Will Lofting and Sammy Foster joined me and attended the Acalanes Athletics & Activities event where we…
On April 27 and 28, the Diablo Athletic League (DAL) Foothill Division held its season-ending singles and doubles tournament. The winners move on to the NCS Championships on May 5 and 6. Thursday (Apr 27) was at Northgate and reserved for the first three rounds, while Friday was at College Park and for the semis and finals. Unfortunately, day one…
When the Dons completed its sweep of the Broncos earlier today, it no longer mattered if Miramonte beat Campo. Acalanes, with a 9-1 record, sits alone at the top. In this Foothill Division, that’s a huge accomplishment. That said because we have a lot of respect for the deeply talented Campolindo, Miramonte and Northgate squads. At the beginning of the…
The Dons were down to the last two league matches, both against the Northgate Broncos. On Friday, the Dons took the first contest by an overall score of 6-3. This gives us our eighth straight win and improves our league win-loss record to 8-1. This also guarantees us at least a tie for first place. A win on Tuesday against…