The Dons had a fantastic season where they finished as Co-Champions of the DAL and played Division 1 in NCS for the first time in school history, making it all the way to the Semifinals after eliminating the #1 ranked team. To add to their success, Acalanes tied for the most players from one team being selected for All League…
On Wednesday February 26, the Acalanes Dons players, coaches, and a ton of family and fans traveled to Pleasanton for the Division 1 NCS Semifinal match versus the Amador Valley Dons. It was a battle of the Dons! This year’s team went further than any other team that came before them at Acalanes. Yes, they are Co-Champions of DAL, but…
This Saturday evening, February 22, the ACA Women’s Varsity Soccer team faced the #1 seed Carondelet Cougars on their home pitch in Walnut Creek for the Quarterfinal match of the NCS playoffs. This highly anticipated match drew quite the crowd of DONS supporters to show up and stick around, not letting the unanticipated rain dampen their Acalanes spirit! The Cougars came out fighting,…
Last Saturday morning was the final girls frosh soccer game against Campolindo and the ladies did not disappoint. To be honest, nothing would be more fitting than to throw up a touchdown on the cross-town rivals, Campolindo, to end the year. And a touchdown is exactly what they did, beating the Cougars 7-0 at their place. And these goals were…
This Wednesday evening, February 19, the ACA Women’s Varsity Soccer team traveled to downtown Walnut Creek to face their rivals AND League Co-Champions, the Las Lomas Knights, in the first round of NCS playoffs. It should be noted that when Acalanes faced this team last month, we were at quite a disadvantage with many players out due to a variety of respiratory…
After defeating Campolindo 7-0 in the morning, the Frosh Acalanes girls were still hungry for more goals. Svea Staino led the furious with a deep outside the box goal on an assist from Avery Titus. Allie Schofield was slicing and dicing Northgate’s defensive backs throughout the whole game and delivering beautiful crosses to her teammates in front of the goal. …
Despite the ongoing atmospheric river Thursday night, the DONS supporters SHOWED UP to honor our 11 AMAZING SENIORS: Melisa Adatepe, Taylor Mikalis, Lucca DeBiasse, Sisi Houston, Leila Hamidi, Livi Foster, Alex Salazar, Sofia Cerruti, Demi Woods, Reiney Fish, and Nicole Nguyen! HUGE thanks to our Senior Night Committee for making this night so memorable for our seniors and their families!! In the driving rain, the Dons met the Northgate Broncos on a soggy pitch, with all 11…
On Friday Acalanes was closed for the holiday weekend, but the Varsity Dons were on campus for their makeup game against Alhambra HS. It was a beautiful afternoon game where the girls got to play in daylight and sunny weather after having their Northgate game suspended the night before due to the downpour and flooded field. The Dons came out…
On Thursday, the JV girls soccer team returned home to close out the season, taking on the 8-3-3 Northgate Broncos team that beat them 4-1 earlier in the season. Undeterred by the driving rain and wind, the girls were able to flip the script, overwhelming the Broncos on the way to a 3-0 victory in perhaps their best overall performance…
Last Saturday’s Frosh girls soccer game turned out to be the game of the year and it all started by acknowledging that the opponent, Berkeley High, was known for dominating games with high level play. They had previously beaten teams handily that had been tough matches for the Dons. But this team is not called the Frosh and the Furious…