Friday the 13th may have left the hallways quiet and classrooms empty, but all across town there was a different kind of buzz building. Thirteen ACA wrestlers laced up their shoes, tightened their headgear, sharpened their focus, and headed north to compete in the first-ever NCS Division 2 East Bay Regional Tournament at Benicia High School. With grit, determination, and…
This past Saturday, Acalanes Wrestling hosted the DAL League Championships For the first time in tournament history, the event was streamed live on FloWrestling, bringing the force, strength, and grit that define DAL student-athletes to the screen. Every ounce of intensity descended on Acalanes as buses and caravans emptied their grapplers at the Acalanes gym doors. It was the most…
This weekend’s NCS Dual Tournament ended with a fierce Acalanes- Albany battle. The final match of the tournament left us feeling fired up. Sophomore Lilah Kring faced Albany’s 127-pound wrestler for the fourth time this season after coming up short in their previous three matchups. This time, Lilah flipped the script, battling deep into the third period before securing a…
What a fun and electric night for the ACA wrestling program as we loaded up the caravan with the entire team (30+ wrestlers) and rolled uphill to Camplindo. A friendly crosstown rivalry, familiar faces, familiar mats, and the quiet confidence that comes from strength in numbers. The whistle blew. The circle tightened. And match by match, Acalanes answered. Big wins…
We opened the week locked in, in a collar and elbow war with Miramonte, back and forth like a chess match on the mat. Arm drags, sprawls, late escapes, nothing separated us. It came down to the final match of the night. One last scramble. One last shot. This time, the whistle didn’t fall in our favor. But we had…
From hand fights to hard-earned takedowns, our wrestlers battled through long days, tough brackets, and gritty matches across the Bay Area. The Varsity boys scrapped at the San Ramon Invitational with Ryan Crane wrestling his way to a 5th-place finish and Kirian Gracie grinding out 6th, while our girls brought the heat at the Grizzly Grapple as Gwyneth Lee powered…
Just before the thick January fog rolled in, our Acalanes wrestlers delivered a bright team performance and left no doubt about the outcome. Final Score: Acalanes 78 – BC 6. The night was filled with big moves and bigger moments, with pins from Lilah Kring, Kirian Gracie, Jake Hammons, Duncan Kinsey, Gabe VanHouten, Ryaan Kahn, Adam Caicedo. Strong forfeit wins…
A New Year’s reflection: where we’ve been, who’s stood with us, and the legacy we carry onto the mat. On Thursday night, under the bright lights of our first home dual of the season, we honored exactly that. We celebrated our senior grapplers, Marley Oh, Kirian Gracie, and Gabe Van Houten, whose final home walk reminded us that every match…
With finals wrapped up and winter break calling, many students were ready to rest their heads. Not so fast, said our wrestlers! Before fully decking the halls, the DONs had one more job to finish Heading off in three different directions, our wrestlers kicked off winter break the only way they know how, repping the Blue and White on the…
Up early on a cold, foggy Saturday morning (December 13th), while most of us slept, our wrestlers were already lacing up their shoes and getting ready to battle on the mat. The Varsity boys hit the road for the Bay Area Invitational in Castro Valley and put on a showing full of grit, strength, and sharp mat awareness in every…