It’s been four years of countless practices, endless drills, and intense games together, but the Dons senior players are about to graduate. The last league game is sure to be memorable, because it is THEIR SENIOR NIGHT! Come out and Celebrate our Senior Dons on Friday night before the game against Clayton Valley.
The Dons never got untracked against Miramonte Monday in Lafayette, losing 75-41. The Mats offense was firing on all cylinders throughout the first half. The bright spot for Acalanes was winning the 4th quarter 11-2. Liam Krackeler led the Dons with 14 points, and Joe Reidenbach added another 12 points. Jaden McClane led the Dons with 5 rebounds. Cooper Edelman…
The Frosh Boys looked to avenge one of their most frustrating losses of the season against Miramonte, a 60-31 loss in Moraga. Nico Ortman set the tone early diving on the ground on the very first possession to force a turnover. Sam Bishop was on fire all night and got us up early with two back-to-back threes. Miramonte answered with an 11-0 run to take a 14-6 lead before…
Monday night the Dons hosted Miramonte to kick off their week of 3 home games. In a highly competitive contest the Dons played some of their best basketball of the season, before finally dropping the contest 51-57 against an experienced Mats squad. It was an interesting game with a low scoring first quarter as both teams were playing tough defense…
Acalanes was waiting to pounce on the Cougars in their highly anticipated rematch Friday evening in Lafayette. Campolindo, unfortunately, brought their stout defense, and made it very difficult for the Dons to get good shot attempts, ultimately breezing to a 58-46 victory. Campolindo used that tough defense and good free throw shooting to jump to a 15-4 lead after the…
Replay of this game can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9bx8srEZWE This was the first home game in forty-eight days that was open to spectators other than immediate family and you could feel the added intensity and excitement to this cross-town rivals matchup right out of the gate. After Campo scored on two free throws off a fast break right off the…
It was a beautiful night for basketball with the new fan policy in effect, and a maximum allowable crowd turned out with equal representation from both Acalanes and Campolindo. It was an exciting start to the game with Theo Stoll getting the first 4 points early and Noah Bloch adding a nice 3 pointer in the opening minutes. Campo came…
Acalanes used a 10-0 run to start the 4th quarter to pull away from a scrappy Arroyo team for a 46-41 victory. The game was close throughout, with Acalanes trailing by a few points most of the way. Arroyo was effective driving to the basket and on the offensive boards. However, Ian Salmon’s offensive spark kept the Dons in the…
Coach Thomas rolled with the same five that finished the Las Lomas game, rewarding the group for their hard work and impressive play to close out that game. After going down 5-0, the regular starters came in and Avyn Morales got us on the board with an impressive layup with some “english” on it off the glass. Drew McKenzie was attacking…
This was a match up tale of two AHS Dons teams going head to head. Although playing away in San Leandro, if it wasn’t for the red, white and black colors, one might have thought Acalanes was the home team as even the “A” was reminiscent of the beloved Acalanes “A”. Traveling to San Leandro for the second game of…
