Acalanes faced off against the Northgate Broncos Tuesday night, last year’s league champs and NCS finalists, in a highly anticipated match. The Dons started strong, establishing an early lead. Ian Sanftner’s dominance in faceoffs, combined with solid defense early on, led to crucial possession time for Acalanes. Simon Appel took advantage of the possessions and capitalized on an early opportunity,…
The Dons hit the road to San Ramon Friday evening to battle the Cal High Grizzlies in what would turn out to be the lowest scoring outing of the season. Both defenses were in lock down mode in the first quarter, resulting in no blood until just 9 seconds left in the first quarter when the Dons’ Griffin Rotundo scored…
Lick-Wilmerding rolled in to Acalanes for an atypical Monday night game. This game would pit two teams with just one loss each against each other. The Tigers of Lick-Wilmerding at 4-1 versus the Acalanes Dons at 5-1. After raining most of the day, it was down to barely a drizzle when the game began. Perhaps it was due to the…
The undefeated Dons headed to San Ramon Valley Tuesday evening to take on the 2-2 Wolves. And while their records suggested an advantage for the Dons, we all knew the Wolves posed a formidable threat. Dons scored first, two minutes into the first quarter, on a nice goal by Griffin Rotundo. The Wolves tied it up quickly, but shortly…
The Varsity men’s lacrosse team took the field on a chilly Friday night in Oakland to take on the Dragons of Bishop O’Dowd. With the Dons undefeated on the season, this was rumored to be the toughest test so far, especially given O’Dowd’s recent upset of Campolindo 13-12. The Dons looked good early on. Ian Sanftner won the first…
The Dons played their last game of the season Friday night against the Miramonte Matadors. While the Dons couldn’t pull off a W for their last game, they traded off lots of possession time with the Mats and had some great plays on both sides of the field. The boys knew they had their work cut out for them this…
On an unseasonably cool April evening Tuesday night the Acalanes boy’s varsity lacrosse team took on College Park in their last home game of the season. The game got off to a fast start with a goal from Simon Appel followed quickly by another from Brody Darin. College Park retaliated with their first goal at the end of the first…
On a beautiful Friday night Acalanes took on Las Lomas on their home field donning colorful socks for the Matt Lynn Memorial Game. The Knights came out hot and scored 2 quick goals against the Dons. But after settling in after the first few minutes, the Don’s offense gained steam with Griffin Rotundo scoring the first goal of the…
The Dons took the field on Wednesday night at home this week in hopes of extending their recent winning streak. And they came out firing, scoring the first 2 goals of the game. An opening goal from Simon Appel (his first of four on the night) and the next from Griffin Rotundo, had the Dons quickly up 2-0. But two…
After a week off for spring break when some teams return rusty, the Dons showed no signs of rust. The Dons traveled to Fremont and faced the Washington High Huskies Tuesday night. The game was an offensive assault for most of the night where the boys showed crisp passing and kept the ball moving at a fast clip. Marshall Anderson…