Remember to cheer on the Dons Frosh Basketball players. Acalanes is in the winner’s bracket for the first time in the season!!!!!!! Today the Dons had a convincing win against the Urban Blues. In the first half Acalanes had aggressive full court pressure defense which caused the Urban Blues to turn over the ball giving Acalanes several layups. The lead…
On Tuesday the Dons took on the El Camino Wildcats in the first round of the Torrey Pines Holiday Classic in San Diego. El Camino is a local team so didn’t have to deal with the travel complications that plagued the Acalanes Family. Acalanes got off to a fast start with Jake tipping long to Justin Zegarowski who hit Jack…
Acalanes boy’s frosh basketball went to work Tuesday night against Antioch Panthers for a quality win! Acalanes held a steady lead against the Panthers in the first quarter. It was a fast-paced court with Acalanes breaking through the full court press in the 2nd quarter with excellent passing and aggressive offense. #30 Lorenzo Cangini showed stamina and skill playing the…
Facing Alameda in their last game before the holiday break, the Dons were up against a formidable team of shooters. After some missed shots from both teams, Alameda got the game going with a 3 and then a quick drive for 2. Jake Davis fed Jack Bayless for an inside pass who hit a pretty turnaround jumper getting the Dons…
The boys’ basketball team were in their comfort zone most of the game playing smoothly as a team, making good passes and being aggressive on offense. In the first half they had good ball movement against the zone and great opportunities for lay-ups. The other team counter acted with good shooting and offensive rebounding. It was a steady game with…
The 3-2 Dons faced off against the San Ramon Valley Wolves in a Saturday afternoon non-league special. The Dons rolled out a new starting lineup consisting of three Freshman Gavin Dodge, Preston Hilsabeck and Josh Elerts along with Sophomore Maddox Malm and Junior Conor Hession. Gavin opened the scoring with a nice baseline floater followed by a Preston three and…
Concord travelled to Lafayette to face the Dons and their old Coach Friday night at Chris Huber Gymnasium. Coach Jones had his boys primed and ready for what turned out to be a very physical matchup against the Minutemen. The Dons came roaring out of the gate opening up a 7-0 lead after JB Frolich found Alex Butler for a three. …
Dons vs De La Salle Saturday was a great match-up! Acalanes Boys were disciplined on defense leading to similar shooting percentages overall. AHS shot 25% from the field while DLS shot 26%. The Dons were down 10-6 in the first period with DLS having a higher shooting average to start 38% to Dons 17%. However, once they warmed up the…
On finals Friday the Dons kicked off the winter break taking on Concord. Concord grabbed the lead early with a couple of threes but the Dons bounced back quickly with a bucket from Jake inside and with two triples from Theo Stoll and one from Jordan Brown to take control again, helped by some better defense at the other end.…
Acalanes Vs Alhambra 12/16/2022 The Dons Frosh Basketball team hammered Alhambra with a final score of 61 to 12 Coming off all the energy from the last games, the team brought it tonight. From the first quarter on the Dons had a strong defense, moved the ball well and took great shots! Late into the second quarter, #12 Sameed Marco…