Scott Espinosa-Brown has long found sanctuary teaching basketball, perhaps now more than ever. “It’s something to look forward to every day,” Espinosa-Brown said in a recent interview. “I cross the threshold of that gym and I’m not thinking about my Kaiser appointments or the medications or anything along those lines. It’s glorious. It’s cleansing.” An assistant coach for the Acalanes…
2023 CIF State Girls Basketball Championships Division I
In the second game of the NCS Open the Lady Dons defeated Heritage by a score of 77 to 38. Heritage finished the regular season 22-4 and was led by 6-4 UCLA commit and McDonalds All American Amanda Muse. The Lady Dons wasted no time in setting the tone with aggressive full court pressure. One could see from the start…
Wrestling has come to an end. With a young team we continue to expand the girls program and rebuild the boys. We sent 4 boys and 4 girls to NCS. Dakota Goyert and Anya HassHollenbeck made it to day 2 in the tournament. We look forward to big things from these two next year. Freshman Kiran Gracie, Bryce Birdsong, and…
The Dons left it all on the field Friday night against a young, scrappy team from Ukiah. Acalanes defensive efforts & offensive pressure enabled our boys to hold possession and keep the ball in the attacking zone for much of the game. In the first half Andrew Huchingson launched a beautiful cross where Eli Roth finished with a header goal.…
Acalanes Frosh girls tied Clayton Valley in a hard-fought match on Saturday morning. Dons dominated the first half with multiple scoring attempts by #8 Nina Bundy and #18 Julia Lyons but it was #22 Charlotte Gellman who scored the only goal, ending the first half 1-0. In the second half, things were not going the Dons’ way with multiple off-side…
Playoff hoops! On Wednesday the Dons headed north to Benicia to take on the Panthers. Both teams got off to a bit of a slow start with Benicia on the board first with 2 drives and Jake Davis opening the Dons’ scoring with a FT. A 3 from Benicia got them off to a 7-1 lead and forced a timeout…
The Dons met Rancho Cotate High at home for their first NCS game. One goal in the first half ended up being the deciding goal of the game- Eli Roth’s cross from right corner delivered into the box where Riley Bonner put it away. The Dons got fired up the second half with 2 goals by Eli Roth, 1 by…
It’s the NCS Championships and the Dons are the top seed in the Division 2 playoff bracket with home field advantage. Acalanes hosted the Washington Huskies of Fremont Tuesday night. The Huskies employed an offside trap defense, catching the Dons off guard with early penalties. The strategy failed to take into account the speed and physicality of the Don forwards…
