The US Open is a hardcourt tennis tournament held annually in Queens and is the last of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the year. Originally known as the US National Championship, it is one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, first played in August 1881. This year marks the 50th anniversary of equal prize money for women…
Welcome to the 2023 Acalanes Varsity Girls Volleyball season! Very excited that the season is finally upon us. This week we had 2 tough matchups, one with Maria Carillo and the other with Archie Williams. Both teams are coming off very strong 2022 varsity campaigns. The 2023 Acalanes team is young and scrappy as they lost 9 seniors from the…
Friday August 25 started with a thorough email break down of our opponent by Dr. Michael Michlitsch. We learned about the history of San Marin High School, the recent success of their football team (D5 NCS Champs in 2021 and 2022), as well as their award winning Robotics team and the world’s youngest high school and college graduate. After enjoying…
Most historians believe that tennis originated in France in the 12th century. The French called the game ‘Tenez’, which can be translated as ‘hold!’, ‘receive!’ or ‘take!’, a call from the server indicating that he or she is about to serve. The ball was struck with the palm of the hand, and later with a glove. The game came to…
Acalanes Dons Softball fell behind early and despite a valiant effort to come back, the Dons lost in the first round of the NCS playoffs 4-3 to the Encinal Jets on Tuesday, May 16th in front of a large and enthusiastic crowd. This game was a rematch from earlier in the season and from the first pitch it was obvious…
Acalanes Softball put up nine runs in the second on its way to a 12-1 victory over Concord High School on Thursday in their last regular season game of the season. The victory secured a second place finish in league standings with a 12-8 record (5-3 in league play). Esa Orman, Emmi Cronin, Avery Robb, Lauren Foster, and Emme Young…
It was Senior Day on May 8th for the Acalanes Softball Dons and everyone came out to celebrate the four outstanding Seniors, who have made a huge impact on the Acalanes community and incredible influence on the softball program. The four seniors are Sophia Alvarado, Emmi Cronin and Co-Captains Tess Gundacker and Hailey Stripling. An early lead helped the Dons…
The Dons Boys Volleyballers wrapped up a great regular season with two consecutive hard-fought 5-set wins over strong Las Lomas and Northgate teams last week. The Dons posted a 15-8 overall regular season record including a championship in the Deer Valley Tournament and a 5-5 record in the highly competitive DAL league, which features four of the top 14 teams…
Before we started the Thursday match against the Knights at home, we recognized eight seniors who are close to finishing up their high school tennis careers. Those players are Riley Bonner, Luke Brightbill, Aaron Brown, James Cortez, Liam Fitzpatrick, Ben Reinsberg, Zach Snyder, and Tyler Toni. To say they will be missed would be an understatement. These eight boys have…
The boys headed to Benicia High School to take on the Panthers on Tuesday. Henry Souza got the startand pitched a complete game for the Dons. He gave up 4 runs (3 earned) and 5 hits with 3 walks and 5strikeouts in a tight 4-3 road loss. Trailing 1-0 in the 3rd inning, Keegan Goddard got a rally started for…