The Dons opened the season against the Foothill Falcons Tuesday night for the program’s first game under new head coach Bill Powers. The team showed a lot of heart, collecting most of the loose balls, fighting for rebounds, and showing a deep rotation. A driving layup from junior Jack Bayless and 3 straight triples from senior Noah Bloch got the…
The 2021-2022 Acalanes Girls Soccer team is looking forward to dominating the competition this season and reclaiming the NCS title that they last won in 2020. Coach Nick Barbarino is returning for his 4th season with the Dons. Coach Nick was impressed with the talent level at tryouts earlier in November; he said that it was the most talented field…
Our Acalanes Lady Dons hosted the Lady Dons from Amador Valley in the semi-final round of the CIF-NorCal Championships. Acalanes and Amador Valley had meant once this season, with Acalanes the victor with a slim margin, 9-7, early in the season. Our Lady Dons came out strong in the 1st, setting the tone for the rest of the game. Our…
On a beautiful evening at the Heaston Aquatics Center, our Acalanes Dons hosted the San Ramon Valley Wolves in the 1st round of the CIF-NorCal Water Polo Championships. The Lady Dons started out fast when Heidi Heffelfinger (Sr) drew a power play 1:10 into the game and then Heidi scored 20 seconds later thanks to an assist by Olivia Williams…
The JV Dons Football Team took on the Alhambra Bulldogs on Friday night and had an almost perfect game! There was some sort of transportation snafu with the Bulldogs bus, and they arrived 2 hours after they were supposed to be there, probably could have walked there in the amount of time we waited for them! After the JV team…
Come out and support the Acalanes Cross Country team at the DAL Championship on Saturday at Hidden Valley Park in Martinez! Should be a nice day in the park to root on your Dons against all DAL schools – bring the dog and enjoy the afternoon in the sun. Both Boys and Girls Varsity teams are looking strong and hope…
Our Lady Dons hosted the Lady Patriots from Heritage HS (Brentwood) on Tuesday before honoring the seniors from both the boys and girls team on Senior Night. Scoring started early with a goal by Sarah Potter (Jr) off a pass by Wendy Heffelfinger (Jr.). The Dons kept the goals coming, racking 5 in the 1st with only one goal against.…
During the break between the girls and boys varsity water polo games vs Heritage High School, a small ceremony was held to honor the careers of our boys and girls Senior water polo players denoting the players last regular season home game. The ceremony was kept short as the girls had just played and the boys still had to play.…
The Dons Boys Water Polo community celebrated their six senior players last Tuesday night and the team responded with an impressive 21-11 victory over Heritage High. Andrew Sappal had a spectacular game in scoring 9 goals on only 11 shots! Warren Cooper also added an amazing five goals, but the special news from this game is that all six seniors…
Head Coach Margaret Gartner and Assistant Coach Scott Espinosa-Brown are looking forward to girls basketball tryouts next week. Information on the tryouts and coaches is shown below. We all can look forward to seeing the Lady Dons on the hardwood soon! Girls Basketball Team TryoutsAcalanes Girls’ Basketball Tryouts for the 2021-22 season will be Monday November 1st (3:30 to 5:30) and…
