Congratulations Heidi! Acalanes Dons water polo player Heidi Heffelfinger has confirmed that she has committed to playing water polo for Harvard next season! Heidi was a part of two Northern California Acalanes WP championship teams and has provided invaluable leadership to the program this year. Everyone is excited for Heidi and we want to congratulate her for getting into such…
On Tuesday, the Freshman girls were victorious in their first League game, defeating Las Lomas 2-1. Eliza Gullberg set the stage with some formidable serves at the outset. Las Lomas then chipped away at that lead and Acalanes was down 7-10 until Fiona Roux went on her first of several serving streaks, until the team lead 12-11. The girls demonstrated some fantastic team play…
Led by a pair of 42s from Freshman Haley Chelemedos and Junior Emmi Cronin, and Makena and Hana Chelemedos 45s, the Lady Don golfers prevailed against Campo 223-236. Freshman Hana Chelemedos recorded her best score of the year beating her senior opponent by three strokes on a challenging Moraga Country Club course. Rounding out the scoring were very good performances…
Dons win 8-1 vs Northgate. So many players competed well today from line 1 singles down to EXO doubles matches. It was a great TEAM effort out there and Coach Drew is really proud of everyone. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SHIPLEY DUFF! The cupcakes worked their magic to help capture the victory. Kayli Harley and Emily Berkowitz picked up the Dons…
The Women’s JV Volleyball team took on the Las Lomas Knights in their 2nd league game of the year. The powerhouse defender Mika Bocobo got on a serving run in the 1st set that set the tone and got the Dons to a 7-3 lead. Next server up “Frostie” Jasmine Foster who served a rocket that flew low over the net and…
Time for hoops! Conditioning workouts for girls basketball are being held every Monday & Wednesday from now through the end of October 330-5pm (meet in the weight room). Any girls potentially interested in playing on the Acalanes teams this year are welcome to join! Also, there is Open Gym on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 3:30-5:30 (meet in small gym) – everyone…
Last week it was Pittsburg & Tonight The Lady Dons are ready to ‘bump, set, spike & DONinate’ the Las Lomas Knights at home at 6pm Last Thursday, in their final non-conference game before league play begins, the Acalanes Girls Varsity volleyball team hosted Pittsburg High School. In the first game, junior Hanna Hageboeck started the Dons’ scoring with a…
This Saturday, the Freshman Volleyball Team participated in the Stockton Classic Invitational, finishing an impressive 6th out of 16 – the highest rank of any of the participating public school teams. They started out the morning breezily winning their first set 2-0. In round two, their skills were no match for the tournament’s dominant team, and they lost 0-2. In…
The Acalanes JV made the long trip to Seaside to take on the Marina High School Mariners on Saturday. Marina is a newer high school that has only one football team. They are loaded with juniors and seniors and were also undefeated, before Saturday. As usual, the coaches had the boys ready to play. The scoring started early when quarterback Jake Boselli threw a 50 yard…
It was definitely our game to win. We beat ourselves. The Varsity Football team lost a gut wrenching game on Friday night on their home field to the Damonte Ranch Mustangs, who were visiting all the way from Reno Nevada. The contest went back and forth all night, and it seemed that whomever had the ball last would end…
