The DONS (13-4, 4-0) travelled to San Marin HS in Novato Saturday night to play in the MLK John Lewis Memorial Classic against a red-hot Marin Catholic team (10-10, 3-0), winners of 5 of their last 6 games. There were six games in all at the Classic and the DONS were in one of the primo evening spots along with…
The DONS put their five-game winning streak on the line Wednesday night at home against the Northgate Broncos. Both teams came in with identical records at 13-4, 3-0 in league so someone was going home with their first league defeat. The Broncos were banged up with both leading scorers #10 David at 17 PPG and #22 Grayson 14 PPG expected…
Been some beautiful days in Lafayette, California this week as the DONS keep getting better and keep stacking wins. The latest victim, the Las Lomas Knights, who we lost to in the regular season last year but upset in the DAL Playoffs. Despite losing a key guard via transfer to Dougherty Valley and sharpshooter Aiden to a knee injury, the…
The Frosh basketball team wrapped up their pre-season schedule with a feisty loss to a tough Serra team, followed by wire-to-wire victories against Pinole Valley and Vintage High Schools. Game 1 – Acalanes 44, Serra 58 The Dons traveled to San Mateo to take on the undefeated peninsula power, Junipero Serra Padres on Thursday, Jan 2nd. The Padres had length…
The DONS (10-4, 1-0 League) travelled back down Ygnacio Valley Road Friday night, this time to face the Berean Christian Eagles (7-6, 0-1). Starting for Acalanes were Brady, Gavin, Ian, Ryder and Joe filling in for Maddox who was nursing injuries from the big Ygnacio Valley win on Wednesday. The Dons controlled the tip and went right to work as…
The Dons Community is still feeling the aftershocks of what went down Wednesday night in the league opener at Ygnacio Valley. The Dons came in at 9-4 to face the Wolves at 9-5 who have a much stronger schedule per MaxPreps. YV had a very successful 23-24 season getting the #1 seed in the league tournament and going all the…
The Acalanes Freshman Boys Basketball team looked to finish their pre-season tournament schedule strong when they tipped off against Cal High in game 1 of the Dougherty Valley Holiday Tournament Gold division. Game 1 – Acalanes 32, Cal High 57 The first game back after the Christmas break started rough and never got much better. Nick Zagorov rolled his ankle…
The Boys were busy last week with a tournament of sorts as they had back-to-back-to-back games against Serra, home vs Pinole Valley and a Saturday afternoon special at Vintage. It all started Thursday night in San Mateo against the Serra Padres. The Dons hosted at the same time last year and it turned out to be one of those almost…
The Dons travelled to San Diego again for the Holidays moving to a different tournament this year called Surf N’ Slam which featured three teams from Cali plus Texas, Hawaii, Alaska, Oklahoma, and Idaho. The Dons came into the Tourney with a 5-2 record coming off their tough OT loss to Woodcreek in the Huber Final on 12/14 so this…
Acalanes opened their holiday tournament play with a solid second place finish in the Ken Nelson Frosh Invitational. The 8-team, 3-day tournament featured six squads from the East Bay and two from Marin. Game 1 – Acalanes 58, Marin Catholic 50 This game was a tale of two very different halves. The first half saw Acalanes play their best basketball…
