Acalanes versatile players and excellent coaching bring home the win Wednesday night against Northgate, the team that defeated Campolindo last week. Overall, Dons had a very efficient shooting night with 61% from the 2 point and 50% from 3 point line. Defensively, Ryder Malm and Grant Ricker battled and rebounded well against Northgate’s bigs while Kyler Roberts, Ian Korzeniowski and…
Girls Varsity Basketball Jan 6 vs Las Lomas Jan 9 vs Alhambra Jan 13 vs Clayton Valley Boys Varsity Basketball Jan 6 vs Las Lomas Jan 9 vs College Park Jan 13 vs Clayton Valley
It was a close match up between the Dons and CV Charter School Friday evening away game. Although Acalanes had a 50% shooting average the Ugly Eagles were fast on the offensive making the Dons trail. The Dons played catchup while traded baskets with CV throughout the game. But Acalanes boys were motivated in the 3rd quarter closing a 10…
The 6-5 JV Dons faced off against them 10-5 Ugly Eagles in a Friday the 13th THRILLER! The Dons sent Freshmen Gavin Dodge and Josh Elerts along with Sophomores Maddox Malm, Drew McKenzie and JB Frolich into battle at the tip. A Maddox to Gavin to JB connection opened the scoring. JB added a nice baseline finish and Maddox banked in…
On Friday the Dons headed up the hill to take on the Clayton Valley Charter Ugly Eagles. It was a nearly full house with good size student sections from both schools so it was great atmosphere for Friday night hoops. CV struck first on a 3 from the left wing drawing a roar from the crowd, but the Dons got…
The 5-5 JV Dons took to the road to face the 5-8 College Park Falcons in a Monday night matchup. Been a tough year so far for Coach Tohn Smith and the Falcons as they lost their best player to a broken leg earlier in the season. The Dons started with Freshmen Gavin Dodge and Josh Elerts along with a…
The Dons traveled out to Pleasant Hill to take on the College Park Falcons for the second league game. On paper the teams looked evenly matched, College Park coming into the game with a 9-4 record and the Dons coming in with a 9-5 record. Both teams showed some great spirit with full stands and feisty fans coming out for…
Acalanes beat College Park making its 7th win in a row! With a motivated home court, College Park tried it’s best against a well-trained opponent. The first period started out steady for the Dons ending with a 6-point lead. Although there was a bit of bad luck foul trouble at the start of the second period bringing it semi close…
Happy New Year Everyone! After going 1-2 over the Holidays, the Dons JV Boys squad came into this contest with a 4-5 overall preseason record facing off against the 8-6 Las Lomas Knights in a Friday night evening contest at Chris Huber Gymnasium in Lafayette. The Dons rolled out a starting lineup featuring Sophomores JB Frolich and Drew McKenzie along…
Acalanes was cautious in the first quarter against the high shooting average of Los Lomas. The Dons took a minute looking for quality shots against the LL defense as well. However, once the boy’s frosh basketball team got into the game, they took an 8-point run vs LL 2 pts to end the 2nd period 26 to 27. The start…