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…
Both the Girl’s and Boy’s basketball teams played in Holiday Tournaments over the break. Here are a few links showing video highlights of some of their games. Girl’s Basketball vs Terra Linda Girl’s Basketball vs Eureka Girl’s Basketball vs Casa Grande Boy’s Basketball vs El Cerrito Boy’s Basketball vs Branson Boy’s Basketball vs Redwood
All right Dons Fans! Your Freshmen Team Reporter Drew here with Head Coach Eric Thomas. Appreciate you sitting down with me Coach, and hopefully this won’t be too hot of a seat for you. Q&A format so I’ll jump into some questions here. Q: First, I’m interested in hearing more about your personal story. How did you end up here…
Acalanes faced Amador Valley in the “battle of the Dons” for the second time in a week on Thursday, this time in the consolation finals of the Dougherty Valley Holiday Tournament. In what should surprise nobody, it was another tight game that looked like it was headed to overtime– just like the first matchup and 3 other games this year.…
It wasn’t the prettiest game but the Dons took care of business against Irvington taking Third Place in the Silver Division of the eight team field at the Dougherty Valley Holiday Tournament. The referees made their quota and then some calling 28 total fouls and totally disrupting any flow to the game especially in the second half. The Dons were…
The home crowd was fired up for what would turn out to be a nail bitter with Acalanes going into a shootout against the mighty Redwood Giants taking the game all the way to the final buzzer. With both teams coming off tough losses, the Dons to Branson who ultimately won the tournament, and Redwood losing to Saint Ignatius, who…
On Wednesday the Dons faced off in the semifinals of the Chris Huber Classic against the Branson Bulls, with another good crowd in the house. It was a slow start with the teams trading missed 3 pointers the first few possessions before Jack Bayless opened the scoring with a slashing layup, and Theo hit a deep 3 to make it…
Still riding high off their big OT win against Foothill in the first round, the Dons started off strong against the Broncos opening up an 8-4 lead. Avyn Morales scored the first eight points with the and-1 on our first possession, a three and another bucket – two of those plays coming off assists from Sam Bishop. Northgate came back…
