The Dons faced off against the Windsor Jaguars in the opening round of the 33rd Annual Piedmont Tournament Thursday evening. The Jags jumped out to an early 9-2 lead as they were gunning from deep and getting multiple shot attempts per possession compared to one look for the Dons. Brady Quinn had two huge offensive rebound putbacks and Gavin Dodge…
The Freshman Dons Boys Basketball team started the season with new coaches (Head Coach Nate Shipley and Assistant Coach Scott Farrell) and an impressive win over the Vintage Crushers. The Frosh Dons set the tone in the first quarter outscoring the Crushers 23-10 and ending the first half 38-22. The defense kicked into high gear in the third quarter shutting out…
Saturday, November 25, 2023 The Junior Varsity Boys Basketball team opened the season with a dominating performance over Napa Vintage. The young Dons soundly defeated their opponent 80 to 46. The JV Dons jumped on Vintage early with a 13-1 run highlight by Josh Elerts dominating the paint and Gavin Bears hitting several shots from outside. Acalanes continued to outpace…
Welcome back Hoops Fans! It’s been over 9 months of anticipation to see the new squad in action. Last year’s team jumped out of the gates to a 5-0 start taking the Piedmont Tournament before cooling off later in the season to finish at 13-13, falling to Benicia in the first round of the NCS Playoffs. That team graduated all…
Congratulations to 1st team All-DAL selections for Winter 2022/23: Jake Davis, Karyss Lacanlale, Sophie Chinn, Dulci Vail, Eli Roth, Zach Appel, Jonny Roth, Chloe Quintella, Jacque Peacock, Camryn Salazar, Addie Bailey, Hunter Goyert, and Olivia Banks. Go Dons! Sport 1st Team 2nd Team Honorable Mention Boys Hoops Jake Davis Theo Stoll Girls Hoops Karyss Lacanlale – MVP Emily Du Ariana…
Playoff hoops! On Wednesday the Dons headed north to Benicia to take on the Panthers. Both teams got off to a bit of a slow start with Benicia on the board first with 2 drives and Jake Davis opening the Dons’ scoring with a FT. A 3 from Benicia got them off to a 7-1 lead and forced a timeout…
First, much thanks to coach Thomas and Malm for their dedication, time and instruction! This year’s frosh team turned out to be tough, well organized and competitive. Thank you to the boys basketball team for all their hard work, dedication and an exciting season. It was awesome to see how the players grew over the past months and really came…
The JV Dons made the trek up the hill to face an outstanding Campolindo squad that came into this game 23-2 overall and 11-0 in league play. The Dons dropped the earlier meeting in Lafayette 40-64. Starters were Freshmen Gavin Dodge and Josh Elerts to go along with the Sophomore trio of JB Frolich, Drew McKenzie and Maddox Malm. The pace…
On Saturday the Dons traveled to Campolindo for their rescheduled battle with the Cougars. After many clashes with Campo over the years this one had a melancholy feel as it was the last league game for the many Dons seniors: Jake Davis who has started every available game of his HS career on varsity, Theo Stoll who is one of…
Editor’s Note: The JV Reporter was on assignment out of state. We apologize as today’s coverage will pale in comparison to the normal standards all our readers are used to. We value your business and will do our best to make it up to you in the finale against Campo. The JV Dons started and finished strong, winning the first…