The Acalanes cross-country team continued their season at De La Salle’s Nike Invitational on Saturday. The Dons runners competed against 35 schools on two and three-mile courses at Newhall Park in Concord. Super sophomore Olivia Williams (pictured above crossing the finish line) stole the show by winning the Varsity Girls division with a dominant run of 17:35 over the three-mile…
The Acalanes Freshmen played their hearts out against a bigger, stronger California High team, but came up just short on the scoreboard losing 16-14. It was an exciting game from start to finish and the young Dons have a lot to be proud of! Acalanes’ dynamic offense moved the ball up and down the field throughout the first half but…
Last Saturday the Acalanes Girls Volleyball team traveled to Sonoma Valley High School for a one day tourney with 20 teams. The day began with a flag and commemorative ceremony with a large contingent of first responders in attendance to honor 9/11/ In the first game against the host Sonoma Valley High School, junior Katelyn Olin killed an overpass to…
Led by juniors Makena Chelemedos and Kendal Geddes 40 over 9 holes, and Haley Chelemedos 42, the varsity golf team defeated Las Lomas in a great team win, 222-248, to record their first league victory of the season. Hana Chelemedos contributed with a 48 and Juliette Becker and Sophi MacKay recorded personal bests by 7 and 4 strokes respectively. Incredible…
The first set started off with a bomb kill by middle hitter Tea Smith who followed it up with 3 serves in a row. At 9-5 outside hitter Sophie Walker hit a monster kill that lead to the serving streak of the night with setter Eva McGrath serving for 10 points in a row. 1st set down 25-8.The pirates were…
Freshman Girls Volleyball dominated in their pre-season game against Pittsburg, winning in two consecutive sets. In the first set, libero Fiona Roux and hitters Mimi Maycock, Emme Cain, Addy Ames and Addie McShane helped the Dons keep a wide lead. Both Grace Gallacher and Megan Churchill tipped the ball over the net to gain advantage. Most impressive was the Dons’ serving, with aces from Liza Gulberg, LilyMcKinney and Emma Seelenbacher. Emma had an amazing 13 consecutive serves including 8…
Stanley Middle School has 545 students. Marina High School has 587 students. Acalanes has 1384 students. Some cool numerical trivia before the Dons head out on Saturday to play the Marina Mariners with a 2pm kick off. 33 students of the 587 play Marina JV football. Those 33 Mariners will face 44 Dons football players. Marina’s record is 1-0 and…
The Acalanes Varsity Boys Water Polo team continued their season with road trips to Menlo School and St. Ignatius and a home match against Foothill. The Menlo Knights defeated the Dons 13-8 but the Dons bounced back with a 16-11 victory against the SI Wildcats. Harrison Labrosse (pictured below) continued to be strong in goal with a total of 33…
Varsity girls tennis team squared off against Mission San Jose High School from Fremont. The last time these two teams met was in the team NCS Championships a few years back. Unfortunately, this time the Warriors came away with the win. Final score, Dons 2, Warriors 7. In singles, sophomore Lindsay Kim, played in the number 1 spot for the first…
Acalanes moved up one spot in this week’s San Jose Mercury News/East Bay Times Rankings to #14 just two spots below league favorite Benicia. The Dons face Damonte Ranch of Reno, Nevada this week, then a BYE, Homecoming vs Castlemont, then top 25 ranked Las Lomas on October 8, followed by rival Campolindo, and a big showdown with Benicia at…
