On Thursday the Dons faced College Park in a road League matchup. The Dons brought home a victory behind 22 points from Theo Stoll, 14 from Noah Bloch, and 11 points and 19 rebounds from Jake Davis. It required a solid defensive effort across the team as some hot Falcon shooting put Acalanes in a 13 point deficit early. However,…
Campolindo ran away from Acalanes 75-44 Tuesday evening in Moraga, snapping the Dons 4 game win streak. The Dons came out aggressively and were competitive at the start, but couldn’t keep up with Campo’s pressure as the game went on. The Dons leaned on Joe Reidenbach’s excellent foul shooting to stay close early. After the Cougars pulled ahead by double…
The Dons took the show on the road to Moraga to battle a tough Cougars team. The Dons got off to a slow start digging a 7-0 deficit early until Avyn Morales got them on the board with a three. #11 paced the Cougars in the quarter with two nice 3’s but a Sam Bishop to Morales connection cut the…
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The Acalanes JV Boys took down Northgate 56-53 on Saturday, improving their league record to 2-0. Northgate brought a strong inside game, but the Dons responded with a physical defense, aggressive rebounding, and a strong offensive performance. Acalanes was led by Trevor Carrillo, who displayed a strong combination of inside, mid-range, and outside shooting to lead the way with 17…
HIGHLIGHTS for this exciting game can be found at: http://www.hudl.com/v/2Gjhuy The rosters looked slightly different than the last time these two teams met in the Semifinal Round of the Dougherty Valley Holiday Tournament where Northgate prevailed 51-37 behind six three’s from #10. The Dons had starters Braedon Christie and Nico Ortman back in the lineup but were missing Sam Bishop…
Saturday afternoon featured a home battle between the Dons and the Northgate Broncos. Theo Stoll opened the scoring with a floater and a 3 to try and keep pace with Northgate, and it was 5-8 halfway through the quarter. Jack Bayless fed Jake Davis over the top to cut it to 7-8, but the Broncos kept up the pressure 7-14…
Acalanes JV boys won their third straight game last Tuesday against Las Lomas. It was another close one at 62-59. Cooper Edelman led the Dons with 19 points, continuing his recent surge as a scorer. Joe Reidenbach added 16 points, and leads the team in double figure scoring games this season. Ian Salmon and Dominic Sarica chipped in with 9…
It was really nice to have the full squad back after the Holidays! The Boys left it all out on the floor but came up short in the fourth dropping a tough one to the Knights 58-48 in what was a very exciting and intense league opener. Las Lomas got an easy layup right off the jump but Avyn Morales…
Varsity basketball was BACK returning Tuesday night at home against Las Lomas in front of a restricted but spirited crowd. Noah Bloch opened the scoring with a 3 after Las Lomas had jumped out to a lead and the Acalanes press forced a turnover which turned into 2 more FT for Noah. Another press turnover led to a Jake Davis…
