Ko Panyi is a tiny island in southern Thailand. At the end of the 18th century, nomadic Javanese fishermen decided to build an offshore fishing village there on stilts as Thai law at the time limited land ownership solely to people of Thai national origin. In 1986, a group of kids decided to add a football pitch to the offshore…
On Saturday evening, the Acalanes Varsity Women traveled to Moraga in the driving rain to face Campolindo for a friendly match. Although not an official league game, many Campo and Acalanes families and fans hunkered down under their umbrellas to support these committed athletes! From the beginning, it was clear that the Cougars and Dons were well matched in skills…
In 1938, local voters approved to build Acalanes High School District. Built in 1940 by the Works Progress Administration, Acalanes was the first of four comprehensive high schools in the Acalanes Union High school District (AUHSD), later joined by Campolindo, Las Lomas, and Miramonte. Over the years, Acalanes vs. Campolindo has emerged as the biggest of the sports rivalries within…
The Acalanes Varsity Women welcomed the Concord High Bears to our home pitch Thursday evening. The Dons came out strong with Freshman Stella Hamilton taking 3 shots on goal before scoring Acalanes’ first goal at the 5-minute mark. Reese Tierney, Avery Ives, & Leila Hamidi dominated the midfield, feeding our offenders to keep up their attacks on goal. Defender Tatum…
On Thursday, the JV girls soccer team hosted the Concord Minutemen and cruised to a 9-0 victory. This game was never in doubt as the Dons dominated all aspects of the game and controlled time of possession. Despite the lopsided score, there were a few highlights on and off the field. On the field, as a show of good sportsmanship,…
The Girls Varsity Soccer team got off to a strong start against the Clayton Valley Ugly Eagles on Tuesday night. After dominating for the first 15 minutes of the game, a foul was called on the Eagles. Tatum Keely took a great shot, but was too far away to get any traction towards the goal. The Eagles started pushing harder…
The JV girls soccer team returned to the pitch after a long layoff for the holidays. In fact, since the girls last played a game 18 days ago, billions of presents were delivered, the 49ers clinched the top seed in the NFC, we rang in the New Year, and Barbie won the Golden Globes’ inaugural Cinematic and Box Office Achievement…
The Acalanes Girls Frosh/Soph team started the new year off strong in their first game on Saturday, January 6th, against Clayton Valley at home. A few early highlights included a breakaway save from central defender Natalie Hamill (#21), a karate kick pull down from the air by full back Rory O’Farrell (#6) and a great pass from left wing Ella…
After a grueling finals week before the winter break, the Las Lomas Women’s Varsity traveled across town to the Dons’ home pitch for a much anticipated match up. From the start it was non-stop high level play from the very talented Knights. That said, Acalanes showed up ready to fight, and seemed almost unphased after Las Lomas scored a goal…
Las Lomas means “The Hills” in Spanish. Last year, when my son played the other type of football against Las Lomas, I connected the translation to reality shows. Although tempting to just cut and paste that introduction since I am pretty sure none of you would have read that article, a top notch journalist like myself, who just found out…