Acalanes overcame a two-touchdown deficit to capture its first state title, beating Birmingham of Lake Balboa 35-23 in the CIF Division 3-AA championship game at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. The Dons put the game away on a 10-yard fourth-down pass from quarterback Sully Bailey to Paul Kuhner with 31 seconds left, adding a state championship trophy to the section and regional titles the Lafayette school won the past two weekends.