The Lady JV Dons faced a quick and talented Cal team out of San Ramon Saturday afternoon. The Dons had a hard time keeping up with California’s fast paced offense and tenacious defense. The Lady Dons fell behind early and trailed at the half 41- 8. The Dons played a lot tougher in the second half, but California ultimately won…
Acalanes Girls Varsity Soccer had another solid shutout performance Thursday night at home against Concord High School. The Dons racked up 5 unanswered goals vs the Minutemen. Senior Lauren Yee kicked off the scoring spree with 36 minutes left in the first half, assisted by freshman Nicole Nguyen. The Concord defense showed some early frustration by taking down junior Addie…
The Lady Dons handed the Miramonte girls their first loss versus a league opponent in roughly 5 years Tuesday night by a score of 51 to 25. This brings the girls record to 11-2 on the season. It wasn’t the girls best game, as Miramonte sat in a zone all game and made things tough with their two 6-footers. The…
The JV Lady Dons opened up league play with an exciting back-and-forth match with East Bay rival, Miramonte. The Matadors dominated most of the first half, but Freshman Erica “RiRi” McBroom who played her first game of the season (due to a knee injury) put on a shooting clinic and brought the Dons to within 3. The halftime score was…
Acalanes Girls Soccer tallied their third win of the season in a league match at Benicia High School Tuesday night. The Dons never trailed in the 2-0 shutout win over the Panthers. Junior Addie Bailey put the first goal in the net off of an impressive assist by freshman Nicole Nguyen in her Acalanes soccer debut with 22 minutes left…
Both the Girl’s and Boy’s basketball teams played in Holiday Tournaments over the break. Here are a few links showing video highlights of some of their games. Girl’s Basketball vs Terra Linda Girl’s Basketball vs Eureka Girl’s Basketball vs Casa Grande Boy’s Basketball vs El Cerrito Boy’s Basketball vs Branson Boy’s Basketball vs Redwood
The Lady Dons team start 2022 with a 10-2 record and are coming off winning the Ivory Bracket of the West Coast Jamboree. The girls defeated a very good Carlsbad team in the Championship Game of the tournament. Tonight opens league play on the road versus Miramonte at 7pm. The Matadors have not lost to a league opponent since February…
All right Dons Fans! Your Freshmen Team Reporter Drew here with Head Coach Eric Thomas. Appreciate you sitting down with me Coach, and hopefully this won’t be too hot of a seat for you. Q&A format so I’ll jump into some questions here. Q: First, I’m interested in hearing more about your personal story. How did you end up here…
Acalanes faced Amador Valley in the “battle of the Dons” for the second time in a week on Thursday, this time in the consolation finals of the Dougherty Valley Holiday Tournament. In what should surprise nobody, it was another tight game that looked like it was headed to overtime– just like the first matchup and 3 other games this year.…
It wasn’t the prettiest game but the Dons took care of business against Irvington taking Third Place in the Silver Division of the eight team field at the Dougherty Valley Holiday Tournament. The referees made their quota and then some calling 28 total fouls and totally disrupting any flow to the game especially in the second half. The Dons were…
