Acalanes 2009-2010 Basketball- Boys

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Men's Varsity Coach	Darrell Hirashima	dtowncoach@live.com
Men's JV Coach	Chris Huber	-
Men's JV Assistant Coach	Bob Barter	-
Men's Freshman Coach	Donovan Messier
Men's Frosh Assistant Coach	Schon Messier	-

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Acalanes Schedule 2009-10

Date	Opponent	Tip Off F/JV/V	Acalanes	Opponent	Season	DFAL
Preseason Scrimmages and Foundation Game
Nov 21	Castro Valley(scrimmage)	10:30/11:30/1:00	-	-	-	-
Nov 24	at Northgate (foundation game)	-/-/8:00	-	-	-	-
Nov 25	Alumni Game	-/-/7:00	-	--	-	-
Preseason Games
Nov 30	At El Cerrito(revised)	4:00/5:30/7:00	65	69(OT)	0-1	-
Dec 3-5	at Del Campo Freshmen Tournament	TBA/-/-	-	-	-	-
Dec 8	at San Rafael	4:00/5:30/7:00	73	49	1-1	-
Dec 9-12	Ken Nelson Memorial Freshmen Tournament	TBA/-/-	-	-	-	-
Dec 10-12	Chris Vontoure Memorial Tourn. at De La Salle Deer Valley 59-66 L St Patrick's 52-65 L James Logan 55-60 L	-/-/TBA	-	-	1-4	-
Dec 10-12	John Rhodes Memorial JV Tournament	-/TBA/-	-	-	-	-
Dec 15	Mt. Diablo	-/5:30/7:00	75	30	2-4	-
Dec 17	San Ramon Valley	-/5:30/7:00	43	55	2-5	-
Dec 17	Ygnacio Valley	4:00/-/	55	49	-	-
Dec 19	Kennedy, Richmond	-/5:00/6:30	68	46	3-5	-
Dec 22	Hercules	4:00/5:30/7:00	43	46	3-6	-
Dec 23	at Ygnacio Valley	-/1:30/3:00	73	55	4-6	-
Dec 28-30	Sonoma County Classic Santa Rosa vs Piner 72-31 W vs Analy 65-67 L (OT) vs Cloverdale 61-56 W Third Place	-/- /TBA	-	-	6-7	-
Dec 28-30	Ferreboeff JV Memorial Tourn. San Marin (Novato)	-/TBA/-	-	-	-	-
Dec 28-30	Napa Tournament, Napa (Freshmen)	TBA/-/-	-	-	-	-
DFAL League Play Starts January 5, 2010 Junior Varsity plays with the Varsity 1/5-1/27, and at the opposite site 1/29-2/19 during DFAL season. Freshmen play at opposite site during DFAL season.
Jan 5	at Dublin	7:00/4:00/5:30	69	58	7-7	1-0
Jan 8	at Las Lomas	7:00/4:00/5:30	63	59	8-7	2-0
Jan 15	Campolindo	7:00/4:00/5:30	56	65	8-8	2-1
Jan 22	Alhambra	7:00/4:00/5:30	69	55	9-8	3-1
Jan 25	at Miramonte	7:00/4:00/5:30	60	54	10-8	4-1
Jan 27	Dougherty Valley	7:00/4:00/5:30	71	57	11-8	5-1
Jan 29	Dublin	5:30/4:00/7:00	71	65	12-8	6-1
Feb 2	Las Lomas	5:30/4:00/7:00	55	51	13-8	7-1
Feb 9	at Campolindo	5:30/4:00/7:00	40	57	13-9	7-2
Feb 11	at Alhambra	5:30/4:00/7:00	56	50	14-9	8-2
Feb 16	Miramonte	5:30/4:00/7:00	52	76	14-10	8-3
Feb 19	at Dougherty Valley	5:30/4:00/7:00	53	44	15-10	9-3
Feb 23	Host NCS 1st Round vs Sir Francis Drake	7:30 pm	63	50	-	-
Feb 26	at El Cerrito	7:30 p.m.	44	50	-	-

 

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2009-10 News 

Note: Articles are listed in chronological order

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For 2008-09 Boys Basketball Season go to Previous Years Archives

April 2010

Congratulations to Corey Collins and Jay Fowler for being selected to play in the Safeway Charities East Bay All-Star basketball game. Corey scored 8 points (2 3s) and Jay played an excellent game at point guard as their West team defeated the East 119-105

Friday, February 23, 2010

Boys Basketball bows out of NCS
The Boys Varsity basketball team's season came to an end in the second round of the NCS playoffs with a 55-40 loss at El Cerrito. Carlo Valsecchi led the team with 8 points and 9 rebounds, and Corey Collins and Zach Bloom each scored 7. Tyler Caldwell led the team in rebounds with 12.

Tuesday, February 26, 2010

Boys Basketball Wins First Round NCS game
Corey Collins led four Dons in double figures, scoring 17 points, as Acalanes beat Drake 63-50 in the first round of the NCS playoffs.
Jay Fowler added 13, Zach Bloom had 10, and Carlo Valsecchi had 10 points and 8 rebounds. Tyler Caldwell was the rebounding leader with 13, and he also had 3 steals, 4 assists, and 2 blocks.

The team will play at El Cerrito in the second round on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Boys Basketball earns #5 seed in NCS and will host #12 Sir Francis Drake on Tuesday at 7:30pm

Friday, February 19, 2010

Boys Varsity finishes  DFAL season with 9-3 record after 53-44 win over Dougherty Valley
The Dons slow start, trailing 9-12 after the first quarter, was completely erased by outscoring Dougherty Valley 20-9 in the second quarter. Highlights for the Dons included Zach Bloom 14 points, Jay Fowler and  Corey Collins with 12 points each, Tyler Caldwell with 8 rebounds, 3 blocks and 4 points, and Michael Jackson with 7 rebounds.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Boys Basketball defeated by Miramonte
The Boys Varsity basketball team fell behind early, and never really recovered in a 76-52 loss to Miramonte on Tuesday night.
Corey Collins led all scorers with 16 points, while Carlo Valsecchi added 8 points and 6 rebounds.

Friday February 12, 2010

Boys Basketball sweeps season series with Alhambra
The Boys Varsity basketball team had three players score in double figures as they swept the season series with Alhambra 56-50. Jay Fowler led the way with 17 points, while Zach Bloom had 11, and Corey Collins added 10 points and 6 rebounds. Pete Wignall (7 rebounds) and Stephen Collins (2 3-pointers) had very strong games off the bench.

Tuesday February 9, 2010

Varsity Boys defeated in DFAL battle with Campolindo
In a battle for first place in league, the Boys Varsity basketball team lost at Campolindo 57-40. It was a close game until mid-way through the second quarter, as the Cougars built a ten point lead. Corey Collins led the team with 16 points, and Jay Fowler had 11. Tyler Caldwell led in rebounds with 8, while Carlo Valsecchi had 6 rebounds and 3 blocked shots

Friday February 5, 2010

Corry Collins named a Bay Area Newsgroup Athlete of the Week in Contra Costa Times

Tuesday February 2, 2010

Dons Boys Varsity beats Las Lomas in Basketball
Another strong fourth quarter by the boys varsity basketball team sealed their win (55-51) over Las Lomas at home on Tuesday night. Jay Fowler hit a clutch three pointer with 20 seconds left in the game to seal the win. Corey Collins led the team with 16 points, while Zach Bloom had 13, and Fowler had 12. Carlo Valsecchi led the way with 10 rebounds, and Tyler Caldwell had 9 rebounds.

Friday January 29, 2010

Boys Basketball works overtime for win
It took overtime but the host Dons put away Dublin with a 9-3 run in the extra period for a final score of 71-65. Leading the way for the Dons were Corey Collins with 24 points, 3 3-pointers, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Jay Fowler 14 points, with 3 3-pointers, Zach Bloom 13 points, with 3 3-pointers, and Pete Wignall contributed 9 rebounds and 4 points.

JV Boys Basketball beats Dublin
On Friday the team played a strong bounce back game taking an 18-9 first quarter lead and a 29-18 halftime lead before winning 53-47 to go to 5-2 in league and 14-6 on the year. The team effort was lead by Kevin Huber who had 17 points and 2 assists and James Griffin who had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and assist and steal. Also filling the stats box were Max O’Neill with 9 points and 5 rebounds, Jonathan Coleman with 5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and a steal, and Ben Weintraub who had 5 points, 2 blocks, 2 rebounds, 2 steals, and 2 assists

Wednesday January 27, 2010

Dons Boys Basketball improves to 5-1 in DFAL with win over Dougherty Valley
The Dons broke open what had been a close game with a 26-8 4th quarter that led to a 71-57 win over Dougherty Valley. Corey Collins led all scorers with a season-high 30 points. Tyler Caldwell added 10 points and 7 rebounds, while Carlo Valsecchi had 9 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 blocks, and Zach Bloom contributed 6 assists, 3 steals along with 8 points.
At the halfway point of the league, Acalanes is 5-1, and in second place.

JV Boys fall to Dougherty Valley in basketball
The team had a rough time dealing with the quickness of Daugherty Valley on Wednesday and fell behind 14-4 after the first quarter. The team played well in the second and third quarter to close the gap to 37-33, but turnovers took the tool in a final score loss of 53-44. Highlights include Max O’Neill scoring 16 points and contributing 12 rebounds, James Griffin had 9 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, and Trevor Masland kicked in 8 points(2 three pointers) and 9 rebounds

Monday January 25, 2010

Fast start propels Varsity Boys Basketball to win over Miramonte
The Dons showed they were ready to play by outscoring the Mats 16-4 in the first quarter and then spent the rest of the game successfully holding off any comeback attempt by the Matts for a 60-54 win. For the Dons Michael Jackson scored 11 points  (on 5-5 shooting) and had 10 rebounds. Zach Bloom scored 16 points with 1 3-pointer. Corey Collins scored 14 points with 1 3-pointer. Jay Fowler scored 9 points and had 8 assists and Tyler Caldwell contributed 10 rebounds.

The JV Boys basketball team goes overtime to beat Miramonte
The JV Boys' team had an exciting overtime win over rival Miramonte with a back and forth game that was 8-7 after the first quarter, 18-18 at half, 30-29 after the third quarter and 41-41 at the end of regulation before the Dons won 51-48 in overtime. Highlights included a breakout game for Max O’Neill who had 19 points and 11 rebounds, Jonathan Coleman with 13 points and 8 rebounds with a block and an assist, 8 points from Trevor Masland who made 2 three pointers to go with 5 rebounds and a block, and James Griffin had 6 points and 11 rebounds

Freshman Boys Basketball rallies from half time deficit for 47-29 win over Miramonte
Monday night the Boys Freshman basketball team played Miramonte at home. The game's lead went back and forth with a halftime score of Acalanes 23, Miramonte 24. But the Dons came out ready to fight and dominated the Matadors, holding them to only 5 points in the second half. Leading the way were Aaron Edwards 17 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, Ivan Howard 8 points and 7 rebounds, Clark Evans and Brendan Kirbach 3 assists 2 steals and a blocked shot ( each).
The team had a season high 10 assists, and is now 9-7 overall and 2-3 in league play.

Friday January 22, 2010

Boys Varsity Basketball beats Alhambra 69-55 (video highlights on Sports video clip page)
The Dons and Alhambra Bulldogs played a very close first quarter with only 1 point separating the teams. The Dons stretched that lead to 5 by half-time and then came out and put away the game in the third quarter where they outscored the Bulldogs 24-13. With this win the Dons moved to 3-1 in the DFAL.
Highlights for the Dons inlcuded Carlo Valsecchi's double-double (10 points and 10 rebounds) as well as 3 blocks. Jay Fowler and Zach Bloom score 12 points each, and Matt McGoldrick had his season high with 11 points and 7 rebounds and 2 blocks.

The JV Boys Basketball team had a bounce back game against Alhambra.
The boys jumped out to a 22-7 first quarter lead and won easily. The team was paced by Kevin Huber with 18 points including 5 three pointers, Jonathan Coleman with 12 points including 2 three pointers and he also had 2 steals, Ben Weintraub had 11 points, James Griffin 9 points and 7 rebounds, and Max ONeill had 6 rebounds.

Friday January 15, 2010

Congratulations to Corey Collins, a LaMorinda Sun athlete of the week

The Boys Varsity looses to Campolindo
The Dons were outscored by the Cougars by 5 points in both the first and second quarter and could not make up that difference in the second half. Leading the way for the Dons were Zach Bloom with 18 points, Jay Fowler 11 points, Corey Collins 9 points and Tyler Caldwell 6 points and 10 rebounds.

The JV Boys Basketball team had a tough game against Campolindo.
Centers Max ONeill and Brandan Zegarowski were fighting the flu, and Steven Wemple was out with a concussion. The remaining boys were lead by Kevin Huber with 14 points, James Griffin with 10 points and 6 rebounds, and Jonathan Coleman with 11 points. The final score was 56-44 with the Don’s taking their first league loss

The Freshman Boys Basketball lost a hard fought battle with Campolindo
The Freshman Dons led 24-21 at halftime but could not maintain that lead and lost 49-43. Aaron Edwards led the team scoring with10 points, Tyler Supple and Craig Anderson each had 6 points. Six other boys contributed to the score as well. Ryan Myers led the team on the defensive side with 6 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. Brendan Kirbach helped the team with 3 assists.

Friday January 7, 2010

Boys Varsity Basketball moves to 2-0 in DFAL play with exciting win over Las Lomas
Corey Collins scored 16 points (4 3-pointers) to lead 4 players in double figures as the Boys Varsity basketball team moved to 2-0 in league with a 63-59 win at Las Lomas. Zach Bloom and Jay Fowler both scored 12 points (2 3-pointers each) and Fowler was credited with 6 rebounds, 8 assists. Tyler Caldwell added 10 points and 8 rebounds, Carlo Valsecchi with 9 points, 12 rebounds, 2 blocks and Michael Jackson sank two key free-throws with one second left on the clock to secure the win.

JV Boys Basketball team works overtime for win
The second league game was at Los Lomas and was a close game throughout with the score tied 26 at halftime, and 52 at the end of regulation. The Dons prevailed in overtime with strong defense and six points from Ben Weintraub winning 60-55. The team had balanced scoring with James Griffin contributing 15, Kevin Huber 12, Ben Weintraub 12, Max O’Neil 9 and 8 rebounds and 3 block shots, Jon Coleman 8, and Trevor Masland 4.

Tuesday January 5, 2010

Boys Varsity Basketball opens DFAL season with win
The visiting Dons built a 5 point first quarter lead and finished with a 69-58 win over host Dublin. Highlights for the Dons include: Tyler Caldwell with 20 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals, and 3 blocked shots. Carlo Valsecchi scored 12 points, and Corey Collins 10 points. Jay Fowler had 8 assists along with 4 points.

Boys JV Basketball also opens DFAL with win over Dublin.
The league opener in Dublin started with a 12 point deficit in the first quarter. But the Dons fought back to close the gap to 9 at half time and 4 going into the fourth quarter. The Dons won the fourth quarter 23-9 and the game by 10. The team made 23 free throws, and were led by James Griffin with 23 points including 3 three point shots, and Max O’Neil with 13 points

Monday January 4, 2010

Summary of Junior Varsity Boys Basketball Preseason

The Acalanes JV Boys Basketball team has a 9 and 4 record in pre league games. They lost in the championship game of the Ferreboeff Memorial Tournament at San Marin High in Novato to Monte Vista, and in the championship game of the John Rhodes Tournament held on campus to San Ramon. The team has had balanced scoring, lead by James Griffon, Kevin Huber and Jonathan Coleman in the past three games. The league games begin Tuesday at Dublin

Wednesday December 30, 2009

Boys Basketball Takes Third at the Sonoma County Classic

Jay Fowler scored 17 points, including two clutch free throws in the last minute of the game, to lead Acalanes to a 61-56 win over Cloverdale for Third Place in the Sonoma County Classic. Corey Collins added 11 points, Zach Bloom had 9, and Trevor Mooney had 8. the Dons made 8 three-pointers to help win this game.

Corey Collins & Tyler Caldwell were selected to the All-Tournament team.

Tuesday December 29, 2009

Boys Basketball loses to Analy in overtime following a bizarre ending in regulation time
Corey Collins scored 16 of his game-high 25 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, but it wasn't quite enough as Acalanes fell to Analy 67-65 in the second round of the Sonoma County Classic. On a controversial call, the Dons were whistled for a foul with no time left on the clock, allowing Analy to hit a free throw to send the game into overtime. For the Dons, Tyler Caldwell had a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds, and Jay Fowler added 10

Monday December 28, 2009

Boy's Basketball in easy win over Piner at Sonoma County Classic
The Dons beat Piner in the first round of the Sonoma County Classic 72-31.
Highlights: Carlo Valsecchi had 12 points and 11 rebounds, Tyler Caldwell added 12 points, and Corey Collins had 10. Trevor Mooney and Sohraab Jahromi both had 7 points for the Dons

Wednesday December 23, 2009

Boys Varsity Basketball wins at Ygnacio Valley

The Dons got a good start to their holidays with a 73-55 win. Corey Collins hit 5 three-pointers on the way to a team high 23 points. Point guard Jay Fowler had 8 points and 10 assists. Tyler Caldwell added 14 points and Carlo Valsecchi had 8 rebounds.

Tuesday December 22, 2009

Final shot beats Boys Varsity Basketball

In a close game, the Boys Varsity Basketball were beaten by Hercules 43-46. Higlights for the Dons included Carlo Valsecchi and Zach Bloom with 9 points apiece. Carlo also led the team with 7 rebounds.

Saturday December 19, 2009

Boys Basketball win over Kennedy Richmond

The Dons posted a decisive 68-46 win to begin their holiday season

Highlights included: Corey Collins with 17 points (1 3-pointer) , Zach Bloom 14 points (4 3-pointers), Jay Fowler with 8 assists and 3 points, Tyler Caldwell with 15 rebounds and 6 points, Carlo Valsecchi with 12 rebounds,  Trevor Mooney  with 2 3-pointers.

Thursday December 17, 2009

The Boys Basketball team lost to San Ramon Valley

The Dons were beaten by their host 55-43. Pete Wignall led the team with 12 points and 9 rebounds, and Trevor Mooney had an outstanding game, hitting 3 three pointers in the fourth quarter for 9 points.

The JV Boys Basketball played well but also lost to San Ramon Valley

Freshman Boys Basketball team defeated Ygnacio Valley HS 55-49

Tuesday December 15, 2009

The Men's Varsity Basketball team has successful home opener

The Acalanes Dons won their home opener Tuesday night with a 75-30 victory over Mt. Diablo. Corey Collins had 13 points, and Pete Wignall and Carlo Valsecchi added 12 apiece and Carlo also had 8 rebounds and 3 blocks.. Tyler Caldwell led the team in rebounding with 9, and Matt McGoldrick added 7 rebounds.

Boys Basketball team loses to James Logan HS 60-55

Corey Collins led the team with 14 points, Trent Baker sparked a strong fourth quarter rally and scored 10 points, and Tyler Caldwell had 7 rebounds.

Friday December 11, 2009

Boys Varsity Basketball lost to St. Patrick’s HS 52-65 in the Chris Vontoure Memorial Tournament

Corey Collins led the team with 16 points , and Tyler Caldwell led with 8 rebounds.

 

The JV Boys Basketball team beat California HS in the John Rhodes Memorial tournament

Thursday December 10, 2009

Boys Varsity Basketball team lost a very close game.

In the first round of the De La Salle Tournament the Dons were defeated by Deer Valley 66-59. The team leaders were: Jay Fowler 11 points and 5 assists, Carlo Valsecchi 11 points, Tyler Caldwell 9 points and 7 rebounds, Zach Bloom 9 points.

Tuesday December 8, 2009

The Boys Basketball beats San Rafael 73-49

The Varsity Team spurted out to a 18-7 lead in the first quarter and extended it to 46-25 at halftime for a 73-49 win over host San Rafael for the Dons first win of the season. Corey Collins led the team with 14 points, Jay Fowler added 13 points, and Carlo Valsecchi had 10 points and 9 rebounds

Monday November 30, 2009

Boys Basketball plays tough but falls in overtime to El Cerrito

In their season opener, the men's varsity basketball team lost a tough game in overtime at El Cerrito 69-65. The team was led by Corey Collins with 15 points and 5 rebounds, Jay Fowler with 13 points, and Tyler Caldwell with 11 points and 7 rebounds

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