Instead of playing Mt. Tam at home on Friday as originally scheduled, the Dons traveled to Mill Valley on Saturday where the Frosh team split a double header last year. Although the team fell 5-1, what was even more disappointing was that there was no DJ, unlike last year when we heard classics such as the 80’s TV show theme…
On Friday, the Dons hosted the Miramonte Matadors. Both schools were sporting large and fired up student sections and the Acalanes cheerleaders were in the house so it was a great environment for some hoops. Theo Stoll led off the scoring with a twisting reverse layup, and after a stop added a FT on a drive. The Dons were clearly…
Acalanes versatile players and excellent coaching bring home the win Wednesday night against Northgate, the team that defeated Campolindo last week. Overall, Dons had a very efficient shooting night with 61% from the 2 point and 50% from 3 point line. Defensively, Ryder Malm and Grant Ricker battled and rebounded well against Northgate’s bigs while Kyler Roberts, Ian Korzeniowski and…
On Friday the Dons headed up the hill to take on the Clayton Valley Charter Ugly Eagles. It was a nearly full house with good size student sections from both schools so it was great atmosphere for Friday night hoops. CV struck first on a 3 from the left wing drawing a roar from the crowd, but the Dons got…
The 5-5 JV Dons took to the road to face the 5-8 College Park Falcons in a Monday night matchup. Been a tough year so far for Coach Tohn Smith and the Falcons as they lost their best player to a broken leg earlier in the season. The Dons started with Freshmen Gavin Dodge and Josh Elerts along with a…
Acalanes beat College Park making its 7th win in a row! With a motivated home court, College Park tried it’s best against a well-trained opponent. The first period started out steady for the Dons ending with a 6-point lead. Although there was a bit of bad luck foul trouble at the start of the second period bringing it semi close…
Acalanes was cautious in the first quarter against the high shooting average of Los Lomas. The Dons took a minute looking for quality shots against the LL defense as well. However, once the boy’s frosh basketball team got into the game, they took an 8-point run vs LL 2 pts to end the 2nd period 26 to 27. The start…
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…
Acalanes boy’s frosh basketball went to work Tuesday night against Antioch Panthers for a quality win! Acalanes held a steady lead against the Panthers in the first quarter. It was a fast-paced court with Acalanes breaking through the full court press in the 2nd quarter with excellent passing and aggressive offense. #30 Lorenzo Cangini showed stamina and skill playing the…
On finals Friday the Dons kicked off the winter break taking on Concord. Concord grabbed the lead early with a couple of threes but the Dons bounced back quickly with a bucket from Jake inside and with two triples from Theo Stoll and one from Jordan Brown to take control again, helped by some better defense at the other end.…