Varsity Girls Basketball Continue Winning Ways

The Lady Dons continued their march through league with a 78 to 25 victory over Las Lomas Saturday.  KK Lacanlale scored 27 points on 7 for 9 shooting from 3-point range.  This came with KK playing roughly half the game.  Sophie Chinn scored 13 points and Natalie Frechman added 12.  This win moved the girls to 9-0 in League play…

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JV Girls Basketball Defeats Campolindo

Tuesday’s JV game against the Campolindo Cougars was a nail biter, but the Dons pulled through with a win, 37 – 35. Lead scorers were Sophomore Robin Parmelee and Junior Addie Martin, with 18 points and 15 points, respectively. Sophomore Heloisa Mateus and Freshman Audrey Leung rounded out the remaining points, clinching the win for the team.

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Varsity Girls Basketball Thump Las Lomas

The Lady Dons opened league play on the road against Las Lomas Friday night.  After a bit of a slow start, the girls assumed control with relentless full court pressure.  At the half it was 47 to 12 Dons with KK Lacanlale leading the way with 15 first half points. The 2nd half was an anti-climatic running clock affair with…

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Girls Basketball: Sophie likes to ‘Be Comfortable being Uncomfortable’

Girls Basketball: Sophie likes to ‘Be Comfortable being Uncomfortable’

There’s a quote from her father that Acalanes girls basketball sophomore guard Sophie Chinn always reverberates in her head. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. Chinn embraces the competition and the most difficult of challenges, and it’s just tjhe way she’s been since first picking up a basketball in elementary guard. She wants to face fellow sophomore KK Lacanlale – the reigning…

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Girls Basketball West Coast Jamobree Recap

The Lady Dons had a solid showing in one of the two elite brackets of the West Coast Jamboree.  First up was Vanden which came in ranked in the Top 20 in the state by CalHiSports.  The girls jumped all over Vanden for a 39 to 17 halftime lead, which stretched to a 28 point 2nd half lead before finally…

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Perfect execution leads No. 8 Acalanes to marquee victory over No. 10 Vanden

This article appeared on westcoastpreps.com which covered last night’s opening round of the West Coast Jamboree. Vanden came into the game ranked #19 in the state by Cal Hi Sports. https://westcoastpreps.com/perfect-execution-leads-no-8-acalanes-to-marquee-showing/ Acalanes entered with a game plan and executed it as perfectly as could be. Vanden is a long, big, strong team with plenty of size across the roster –…

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