The Acalanes Girls Soccer Team headed to San Francisco on Tuesday to take on University High School in the first round of the CIF NorCal Soccer Championship – Division III. The game started off with University having the momentum and really testing the defense. The Dons remained calm and figured out how to work the ball up the field and…
reported from: Cal-Hi Sports Central Contra Costa County is where we land in search of the Northern California Girls Basketball Player of the Week-Sophie Chinn (Acalanes, Lafayette) And for one of the few times this season, our honoree is a freshman, but not a lot of freshmen have done what Chinn did in the biggest game of the season for…
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Acalanes Girls Basketball ranked #1 as champions of the Diablo League and recently #1 NCS-D2 champions, which are big accomplishments! However, on Sunday the Dons were informed they will be bumped up to the D-1 level for the CIF State Championship playoffs. This is a big honor, because this identifies Acalanes as a ‘BIG DEAL’ on the court. Moving up…
The Lady Dons won the NCS D2 Title Friday night in front of an amazing and spirited home crowd by a score of 57 to 37. The girls dominated from the start with full court pressure and pace Northgate couldn’t handle. The lead was 17 to 3 at the end of 1st quarter and 28 to 10 at the half. …
The Lady Dons captured the NCS D2 Championship title last night at Acalanes over Northgate with the score of 57 to 37. Freshman Sophie Chinn with an absolute offensive explosion in the first half with 20 points (Dons 28-Broncos 10 at halftime) and finished the game with a total of 31 points. Details of game highlights to follow and more…
There is nothing more exciting than a Championship Game. The Acalanes community is proud of our Girls in Blue. This excitement will be exploding at 2pm on SLAYday in Ross, CA when the Dons will face the Bulls of The Branson School. We do not play-WE SLAY! The BlueCrew will be rolling to Marin County to cheer on our Lady…
On Tuesday, Dons powered hard through an intense NCS Semi-final against Marin Academy. The boys played so hard and so well, truly showing the Dons spirit. They lost 0-1 in the last 60 seconds of the game which made the loss even tougher to swallow. But they should be incredibly proud of their ability to hold down the number one…
The Lady Dons outlasted a solid and well coached Alameda squad by a score of 53 to 42 to advance to the NCS D2 Title game. After a back-and-forth 1st quarter which ended with Alameda in the lead, the Lady Dons exploded in the 2nd quarter behind relentless full court pressure. The half time lead was 12, but Alameda quickly…
The Dons hosted Archie Williams Wednesday evening for the NCS semifinal match. Going into the game, the Dons knew that Archie Williams would put up a good fight, but the Dons were determined to win. With each move that the Falcons made, the Dons had the answer. The first 28 minutes of the game remained scoreless, but with each minute…
