Congratulations to the following Dons for being selected to the DAL All-League teams: First Team for Junior Nicole Nguyen and Sophomore Tori Hiatt, Second Team for Junior Lucca DeBiasse, Third Team for Sophomore Tatum Keely and Honorable Mention for Senior Ella Thomason. Ella Thomason was named Acalanes Team MVP, Nicole Nguyen was named Acalanes Offensive Player of the Year and…
This past Friday night the Acalanes Women’s Soccer Team traveled to Petaluma to take on the Casa Grande High School Gauchos. We knew this second round NCS match would be tough, not only because we were facing the #1 seed among the Division 3 teams, but due to various illnesses and injuries, we played this game with our shortest roster…
The Dons played an awesome game in their NCS opener versus Benicia on Tuesday evening. From the outset, the team displayed exceptional coordination with seamless passes and dynamic movement up the field. Things really heated up with a beautiful run up the field by Reese Tierney and Ella Thomason, but a Panther defender stopped it. However, Megan Yee’s precision corner…
Thursday, February 8, the Acalanes Women’s Varsity traveled to Mt. Diablo High School to take on the Red Devils. Not only was this their last league game of the season, but it was also Mt Diablo’s Seniors’ Night, where our Senior Dons were kindly recognized with red roses alongside the Senior Red Devils during halftime. From the start the Dons’…
The Dons celebrated Senior Night by shutting down Northgate in a 4-0 heart-pounder on Tuesday, 2/6! The game kicked off with all six of our seniors on the field. The first 10 minutes of the game were beautifully played, with the Dons moving the ball up the field with crisp passes and impressive formation. There was a nice attack by…
On Tuesday, the JV girls soccer team hosted Northgate for their season finale and were able to secure a 2-1 victory, pushing their season record to 12-8 (Note to Ted Lasso, there were no ties). The game got off to an inauspicious beginning as the Broncos scored a few minutes into the game as they were able to sneak behind…
Saturday, February 3, the Varsity Women welcomed the Redwood High Giants to our home pitch. We knew this would be a close match given this Larkspur team’s record of 12 wins so far this season. The first half opened with great teamwork by the Dons, Edie Berzansky and Tori Hiatt holding the defensive line, while Megan Yee, Reese Tierney, and…
The last time I wrote about an Acalanes team playing a Redwood team was last year’s JV football matchup. Not surprisingly, the theme for the article was trees. Although it would be “tree”-mendously easy to repeat the theme or get “sap”-py as the season is coming to a close, I think I will just jump right into the game. Redwood,…
The Acalanes girls Frosh/Soph team’s second weekday game on Tuesday, January 30th against Miramonte started with a big battle in the midfield and a nice save by Don’s keeper Amelia Riley (#3). Shortly after, the Dons win a corner and winger Svea Staino (#14) ripped it in with a scramble that almost led to a goal. Then midfielder Kate Beaver…
The JV Girls soccer team cruised to 8-0 victory over the Ygnacio Valley Wolves on Thursday. This one was never in question, which led to the girls passing the ball around most of the game. After getting some comments about using ChatGPT for the last article, I tried to go back to the well and queried “soccer not allowed to…
