Despite a full week off from the court, the Acalanes JV basketball team stuck to its winning ways with a convincing 38-26 victory on Friday night over the visiting College Park Falcons. Once again, the Dons rode a strong defensive effort which combined a game-opening, and hugely successful, full-court press that produced numerous turnovers with a game-long tenacity on the boards…
In a highly anticipated match on Friday night against notoriously tough Alhambra, the Dons knew it was going to be a battle. Alhambra had not lost a game this season, and the Dons were hoping to give them their first loss of the season. The first half saw very even play. Some shots on both goals, tough defense, possession-style soccer.…
Home sweep home. Stephanie Liu sang the national anthem, the pep band entertained the fans, fall athletes were honored at halftime, a packed house cheered our boys, and Varsity joined Frosh and JV to sweep College Park in an exciting come-from-behind 69-62 win. In short, a perfect night to be a Don. The Falcons jumped to a 4-pt lead. But…
The Dons really kicked it in shutting out Alhambra 2-0. In the beginning of the second half Charlie Peacock ran the field with a beautiful goal. 1-0 Later in the second half a cross from the right to Jack Muren with a shot and goal! 2-0 The Dons will play their next League Match at Acalanes v Berean Christian Wednesday…
A good match at Acalanes with the Varsity Boys soccer tying Ygnacio Valley.
Friday night brought our Martinez rivals to Acalanes for a tight contentious match. The Dogs came out strong and aggressive putting our girls on their heels. Stout defensive play by Della Pascucci, Maggie Saracevic, Elise Flagg, Mia Sides, Catherine Judson, and Gianna Intagliata and Kylie Quinn in goal kept the Dogs at bay with the score 0-0 at half. Early…
A spoonful of sugar really does make the medicine go down…and a spoonful of the Dons really makes their opponents ‘go down’! College Park is the latest team to lose to the Dons! “First of all, I would like to make one thing quite clear… I never explain anything.”Mary Poppins stands strongly by her actions. She held to her convictions…
The Varsity Girls Soccer team got back to their winning ways on Wednesday night against their league opponent, Ygnacio Valley. The first goal of the night came around the 10-minute mark when Senior midfielder Beth Daughters led Freshman forward Tatum Zuber with a beautiful through ball and Tatum was able to get around the goalie to put the Dons ahead…
Campolindo Cougars 46, Acalanes Dons 28 After a very difficult first quarter, where the Cougars led 10-2, the Dons improved their performance by the fourth quarter where they outscored Campolindo 12-9. The Cougars had two significant scorers that together made 36 of their 46 points. Acalanes lead scorers were Nikki McCarthy and Rebecca Christie with 8 each.
In dramatic and exciting fashion, the Acalanes JV Boys basketball team found a grit and determination on Friday night in Moraga which had eluded them over the prior handful of games to pull off a nail biting come-from-behind victory over crosstown rival Campolindo by a final score of 40 to 37. After holding a slim 3 point to end the first quarter,…