The 3-6 Dons (ranked 98th in the MaxPreps SF Metro rankings) took up arms against the Concord Minutemen (2-9, ranked 209th) in a Diablo League Friday night matchup. This was a nice break from finals and all the last minute holiday craziness on the streets and in stores. It took less than a minute for the Dons to jump all…
The freshman Dons win their second game in a row outscoring the Rodriguez Mustangs 68-35. Before we get started we’d like to welcome Finn Rivera to the team after traveling with Varsity Football to Southern California where they won the Division 3AA State Championship against Birmingham. Congrats again Varsity Dons!! Finn contributed 11 points in his debut basketball game, great…
The Dons (3-5) came into this contest ranked 101st in the MaxPreps San Francisco Metro Rankings (out of 253 teams) while the Valley Christian Warriors (3-1) were 51st. The Warriors scored 80 points or more in three of their prior games so it was going to be imperative the Dons could keep the score much lower to have a good…
Saturday, December 16, 2023Record: 7-2 “He’s a stud.” Yelled the Rodriguez’s coach to his players. “I told you we must guard him. He is a stud.” The stud, the opposing coach was referring to, was Lorenzo Cangini. Lorenzo, who scored a season high 22 points, led the Dons to an easy victory. The Dons crushed Rodriguez by the score of…
The freshman Don’s started league play with a commanding 74-50 win over the Las Lomas Knights. The game started with a fast paced competitive quarter. The Knights put on full court pressure most of the quarter but the Dons were able to battle through it. A combination of fast break buckets and three pointers by Justice Hembrador, Bryce Mansour, Ben…
The Dons came into this one with a 3-4 record while not much was known about Las Lomas who came in just 1-1 due to some very relaxed preseason scheduling. The Dons have actually not won in this building since January 8, 2010 – a thirteen year drought! We are still banged up with some key players out and have…
Tuesday, December 12, 2023Record: 6-2 “A scrapy game. A scrapy win.” Stated Donovan McGrath about the JV Basketball team’s latest win. Donovan, better known as Donnie, chipped in two points toward the victory. The JV Dons defeated Los Lomas Knights 68-53. The win improved Acalanes to 6-2 on the year. The game started out sluggishly for both teams. Arman Craig,…
The 9th Annual Chris Huber Classic was a resounding success culminating in a very exciting Championship game against Monte Vista and Woodcreek from Roseville. The game was tied 51 all with under a minute left but the Mustangs prevailed 56-52, winning this one at the free throw line late. Host Acalanes fell to Dougherty in the Third Place game. Piedmont…
Saturday, December 9, 2023Record: 5-2 The Junior Varsity Basketball team defeated St. Joesph in the Hornet JV Tournament. The final score of the game was 65-51 in favor of the Dons. The win not only improved Acalanes to 5-2 on the year, but the Dons also captured third place in the Hornet tournament. Going into the season, Coach Eric Thomas…
The Dons were slow out of the gates again going down 12-1 before their first field goals with under a minute left as Ryder Malm found Gavin Dodge for three and Gavin put in a wild baseline shot as time expired to make the score 15-6 Dougherty after one. The Dons were 2/10 from the field with 4 turnovers. The…
