It was 10 am on June 5th. School had ended for summer break just the week before. The sky was clear and bright. It was hot already when a group of girls and a handful of coaches assembled on the Acalanes football field for the first day of summer practice. The group looked like a summer school PE class, tossing…
On Tuesday night, the North Coast Section Division 2 playoffs continued their inevitable march towards the climactic championship game at Clayton Valley High School on Thursday. In the semi-finals, the Acalanes Dons would face off against the unbeaten St. Marys Panthers and their spotless 20-0 record. The game would prove to be the grittiest, most hard fought and most tense…
The North Coast Section playoffs continued on Thursday night with a rematch between the #2 seed Acalanes Dons and their crosstown rivals, the #10 seed Campolindo Cougars. The two teams met a little over a week ago in the regular season finale with the Dons taking home a convincing 40-6 win. However, as the old saying goes, it is hard…
The North Coast Section playoffs began in earnest across the Bay Area on Tuesday night highlighted by the match up between the #2 seed Acalanes Dons and the #15 seed Montgomery Vikings from Santa Rosa. The game started fast for the Dons who did not let up until the final whistle blew. Montgomery started with the ball but the Dons…
The glitz and glamour of Monday Night Football traveled to Moraga CA this week as the visiting Acalanes Dons took on their cross town rivals, the Campolindo Cougars, for middle school bragging rights in the final game of the regular season. It was senior night for Campolindo. The Cougars rolled out a giant, light up “C” and had their cheerleading…
On the chilliest night of the season, the Dons welcomed the Berean Christian Eagles to Acalanes stadium. It was senior night and the Dons rolled out the red carpet and a giant blue “A” to celebrate their six seniors. This years seniors are #37 Addison Mandell, #44 Brooke Rardin, #14 Julia Munter, #10 Lesley Trowbridge and #15 Maya Shoenhair. Special…
On Monday night the Dons traveled to Walnut Creek for a showdown with last year’s number one seed in the Diablo Athletic League playoffs, the Northgate Broncos. The Dons brought their ropes, saddles and boots with one mission in mind, to hold on for 8 seconds and tame the Broncos potent offense. On the line was nothing less than…
After a Thursday night two-set win over Northgate, the JV Dons hosted seven teams for the annual Acalanes JV Invitational Tournament on Saturday. Head Royce:Oakland’s Head Royce was the warm-up act. Up 17-5 in the first set, parents’ attention wandered to the mystery of one dad’s missing bleacher seat. Was it swiped by an opposing player? Even worse, did someone…
Thunder and lightning rolled across the Bay Area on Wednesday night as the Acalanes Dons hosted the Mount Diablo Red Devils at Acalanes stadium. They say lightning never strikes the same place twice. Well, lightning struck the field at Acalanes three times on Wednesday night in the form of a trio of Pick 6s by the Dons stellar defense. Mount…
The second half of the season began in earnest with a Monday Night Football matchup of the undefeated Acalanes Dons traveling to Martinez to face North Coast Section finalists from a year ago, the Alhambra Bulldogs. Alhambra, despite their record this year, is loaded with talent and would prove a tough and feisty opponent. Alhambra is led by very talented…