On Tuesday the Dons took on the El Camino Wildcats in the first round of the Torrey Pines Holiday Classic in San Diego. El Camino is a local team so didn’t have to deal with the travel complications that plagued the Acalanes Family. Acalanes got off to a fast start with Jake tipping long to Justin Zegarowski who hit Jack…
The Varsity Dons were up against the Oak Ridge High Trojans playing for third place in the Chris Huber Classic tournament. The Dons opened up with a couple rebounds from Jack Bayless and some high pressure defense against the Trojans to put up the first points with Brady Quinn passing to Jack who hit a floater for 2. The Dons…
There’s no better way to put it, on a rainy Thursday night in Lamorinda, this was another beautiful day in Lafayette. Hosting the Chris Huber Tournament, the 5-0 Dons, fresh off winning the Piedmont Tournament, entered the game against the Ygnacio Valley Wolves with a partial roster. Key starters and a deep part of the bench missed the game due…
On Saturday, the first annual Acalanes Boosters Pickleball Tourney took place at the Lafayette Community Center Courts. This was a sign-up event at last Spring’s Booster Bash, hosted by the Condy, Eppinger, Meade, Muren and Pearson families. Forty eight players were treated to dinner, drinks and lots of pickle! The hosts and players had a blast on a beautiful Fall…
Girls Tennis organized a parents doubles round robin as a team FUNdraiser. Many thanks to the parents that signed up to test their tennis skills in a rotating session of doubles, and help support Girls Tennis / Boosters and Acalanes Athletics. All showed their ACA pride in blue gear, enjoyed beautiful conditions at the Orindawoods Tennis Club, but make no…
Congrats to all unified sports athletes and coaches for facing off against Heritage High last week. Good times had by all. Many thanks to Acalanes Resource Specialist and Unified Sports director, Holly Thompson who helps make these games happen. Marcus Megadney was a big scorer with 3 goals and Sammy Hamalian added one. Goalie Adam Cedeno had countless saves. Game…
Special Olympics Unified Sports brings people with and without intellectual disabilities together to compete as teammates. Several Varsity athletes volunteer their time to coach the unified athletes. The Dons faced some fierce competition from Ygnacio Valley. There were lots of buckets, a few rebounds and tons of smiles and high fives on both sides of the court and in the…
The opening tip went to the Dons but the game started with nerves high and tough defense by both teams. The defense on both sides of the court forced a lot of turnovers and three minutes passed before Clayton Valley put up first bucket. The passing was a little loose and the Ugly Eagles went on a scoring drive pushing…
Our Acalanes Dons GWPT fell in a close game to the Arroyo Grande Eagles, 10-7 Eagles, in Arroyo Grande following a great week of play in the CIF-NorCal Girls Water Polo Division 2 Championships this week. The week started with our Lady Dons, the 2nd seed, easily handling the San Ramon Valley Wolves, 12-2, on Tuesday, at the Heaston Aquatics…
We are back!!! Acalanes High School is continuing to offer a Unified Sports Program in partnership with Special Olympics Northern California. Dedicated to promoting social inclusion through shared sports training and competition experiences, Unified Sports joins students receiving special education services and their general education peers on the same team. It was inspired by a simple principle: training together and…
