Acalanes Wrestling wrapped up the 2023-2024 season this past weekend with 5 wrestlers competing at NCS. The boys were at James Logan High School Friday morning with Sophomore and first year Adam Caicedo, Junior Ian Sanftner and Captain Dylan Potter. Unfortunately, Dylan suffered an injury and had to be pulled early from his last high school career tournament. He finished…
This past Friday night the Acalanes Women’s Soccer Team traveled to Petaluma to take on the Casa Grande High School Gauchos. We knew this second round NCS match would be tough, not only because we were facing the #1 seed among the Division 3 teams, but due to various illnesses and injuries, we played this game with our shortest roster…
After cruising to 4-0 victory in their opening NCS playoff match, the Dons took a 2 1/2 hour bus ride up to Ukiah on Friday for a rematch of last year’s controversial exit from the playoffs. The Acalanes squad took the field with great confidence as the coaching staff surprised them with the same jerseys that 12 years ago helped…
Acalanes Wrestling was at Mt. Diablo High School Saturday for the DAL Championship fighting for spot at NCS on the Varsity Boys side. All three teams were wrestling on Saturday with the Dons bringing 19 wrestlers in total. One the Varsity Boys side we had three get through to NCS next Friday and Saturday at James Logan High School. Junior…
The Dons played an awesome game in their NCS opener versus Benicia on Tuesday evening. From the outset, the team displayed exceptional coordination with seamless passes and dynamic movement up the field. Things really heated up with a beautiful run up the field by Reese Tierney and Ella Thomason, but a Panther defender stopped it. However, Megan Yee’s precision corner…
The Dons opened the NCS playoffs at home on Tuesday night as the 5th seed in Division III and faced off against the Piner High Prospectors from Santa Rosa. The positivity from the Dons home crowd spilled onto the field as the boys collected two first-half goals for the first time in many matches. Colby Ebner got the Dons rolling with a…
After going undefeated in League for the 2nd year in a row the girls were the #1 seed in the DAL Tourney. With wins against Campolindo and Northgate, the Lady Dons faced #2 seed Miramonte in the title game. The game started with both teams scoring and was close for the first few minutes. However, our girls began to assert…
Thursday, February 8, the Acalanes Women’s Varsity traveled to Mt. Diablo High School to take on the Red Devils. Not only was this their last league game of the season, but it was also Mt Diablo’s Seniors’ Night, where our Senior Dons were kindly recognized with red roses alongside the Senior Red Devils during halftime. From the start the Dons’…
The boys in blue matched up against formidable Northgate and Mt. Diablo teams last week to conclude their regular season. The Dons traveled to Walnut Creek on Tuesday night and again controlled the ball much of the game but were challenged to find the back of the net. The match featured plenty of jostling and pushing between the two squads. The Northgate medical team…
Congratulations to Junior Varsity Soccer team! Last game goals agains Northgate were scored by Gabi Solera (assist Santi Vignoles) and Jeremy Lara (assist Luke Wilson). Shoutout to Shiraz Kamran, Aidan Parnell, and Harry Zimmerman for their stellar defense as well as goal keeper Theo Horwath! A special thank you to Coach Eric Rogstad for all of his outstanding support and…