Friday December 8th, the Acalanes Varsity Women’s soccer team welcomed the Oakland Tech Bulldogs to our home pitch. The Dons wasted no time, with Leila Hamidi immediately advancing the ball from midfield to Livi Foster, sending a clean cross to Ella Thomason who had a nice shot on goal. More attempts quickly followed with Avery Ives, then Taylor Mikalis, with…
The Dons were slow out of the gates again going down 12-1 before their first field goals with under a minute left as Ryder Malm found Gavin Dodge for three and Gavin put in a wild baseline shot as time expired to make the score 15-6 Dougherty after one. The Dons were 2/10 from the field with 4 turnovers. The…
Friday, December 8, 2023Record: 4-2 The Junior Varsity Basketball team lost to Moreau Catholic in semifinalist round of the Hornet JV Tournament. The final score of the game was 70-64 in favor of Moreau. The Dons received another big game by point guard Chase Bahou. Chase led his team with 22 points. AJ Hastings also had a nice game with…
It was another slow start for the Dons, reminiscent of the 16-1 hole we dug ourselves against St. Ignatius but this one went a little deeper as it was 26-6 Mustangs after one. They came out and punched us in the mouth with intense man to man defense and not allowing any second chances. They were on fire going 11/15…
The Dons Varsity boys soccer team finally got on their home turf with two matches this week. On Tuesday night, the San Ramon Valley Wolves were on the field for only a few minutes before Acalanes’ midfielder Colin Sohn was upended just outside the penalty area then subsequently hammered the direct kick into the upper left corner of the goal.…
Thursday, December 7, 2023 Lesson learned. Just like last their last game, the Dons lead with about 25 seconds left in the game. Yet, this time, the Dons ended the game with tight defense. Two clutch free throws by Lorenzo Cangini clinched the game. The Dons defeated the hometown Hornets by the final score of 66-63. Coach Thomas mixed up…
The Lady Dons ventured to the North Bay for the 5th time in 8 days, this time traveling close to 2 hours to take on the host Pumas. After a very fast paced first quarter, the Dons were up 14 with the lead extending to 25 points at the half. It was a barrage of 3-pointers which led to the…
The 11th Annual Chris Huber Memorial Basketball Tournament tipped off in Lafayette on Thursday with a full slate of four games, three of which came down to the wire. The tournament honors the Acalanes icon who left us in 2021 after a long battle with Parkinson’s. “Huuuuuuberrrrrr” as his beloved students typically referred to him, joined the Acalanes community in…
Soccer is far and away the most popular sport on the planet. If you don’t believe me, consider this. Last year, 1.5 billion viewers watched Argentina take down France in the World Cup Final, which was about 1.38 billion more than the number that watched the Chiefs beat the Eagles in Super Bowl LVII, and 1.49 billion more than the…
JV boys soccer scrimmaged De La Salle last Thursday to get them ready for their first home game this Thursday December 7th at 5:30pm against Archie Williams. Come out and support our Dons. Let’s go BLUE!
