Oakdale Wins Nine Of 14 Conference Titles

The championship mat at Oakdale High was supposed to feature the best two wrestlers in each weight during the medal round at the eight-team Valley Oak League Individual Wrestling Championships on Saturday. Instead it appeared to be hosting an Oakdale dual meet. Mustang wrestlers made the finals in 13 of the 14 total weight classes, ultimately claiming nine conference titles and 14 top-three finishes to advance ...

The Fantastic Fourth - Wrestlers Claim Team Dual Title

Six prep wrestling teams from three different Division IV leagues collided at the Sac-Joaquin Section Team Dual Championships on Saturday, but five of them were only really competing for second.

Lady Mustangs Still Searching For First VOL Basketball Win

After a winless stint through the first 10 games of the Valley Oak League season, Oakdale High's varsity girls basketball team is on the warpath for a conference win, and today may represent the best shot.

Athlete of the Week - Kylie Gust

In a Valley Oak League season where stiff competition has held Oakdale High's varsity girls basketball team out of the win column, nothing is more important than the steady improvement of committed players.

Pinning Down History

Oakdale High's wrestling program kept the longest active streak of Sac-Joaquin Section Team Dual titles alive with consecutive victories to snare the Division IV banner on Saturday at Lincoln High in Stockton. Mustang grapplers won 25 of 28 total matches across the day to collect their fourth straight such honor and fifth in the past six seasons. The team will host the Valley Oak League Individual Championships on Saturday. For more information ...

Lady Mustangs Win One, Lose Two To Kimball

Oakdale High's junior varsity girls basketball team improved to 5-3 in the Valley Oak League with an 18-point rout of visiting Kimball on Friday, but varsity and freshman girls couldn't match the same performance during a 1-2 collective finish against the Jaguars.

Mustangs Win VOL, Ready For Duals

Welcome back Dustin Harris. The sentiment was pretty obvious for Oakdale High wrestling fans on Wednesday, Jan. 25 during Oakdale's 55-9 Senior Night dual meet victory over visiting Sonora to clinch a Valley Oak League championship. Harris won a one-sided contest at 170 pounds for his first action since he was sidelined with a serious knee injury on Dec. 17 of last year. The return of Harris came just in time for Oakdale to polish ...

Grapplers Land Four Medals At Tim Brown Invitational

The blows to Oakdale High's varsity wrestling team continue to rain down. A varsity lineup that was already without all four returning state qualifiers saw another tough hit when freshman standout Max Stevens was forced to withdraw from the Tim Brown Memorial Invitational on Friday and Saturday with a nagging shoulder injury. With Stevens out of the lineup and returning state qualifiers Juan Garza and Dustin Harris still recovering from injuries, Oakdale was able to ...

Mustangs Win Hoops Thriller Over Manteca

Oakdale High's varsity boys basketball team saw its Friday, Jan. 20 contest with Sonora postponed due to a power outage up the hill with the game now set for Saturday. And if the Mustangs' previous four Valley Oak League contests have taught us anything, it's to expect a battle.

Athlete of the Week - Hondo Arpoika

With over 400 wrestlers packed into multiple brackets for all 14 weight classes, the 2012 Lloyd C. Engel Tournament in Escalon earlier this month proved to be one of the toughest local tournaments this season. Oakdale junior Hondo Arpoika made the most of his trip to Escalon with a first place title in the 'A' bracket at 195 pounds.

Oakdale Wrestlers Re-Group For Tim Brown Tourney

To quote the singing duo of Peaches and Herb, "Reunited and it feels so good…"

Athlete of the Week - Vince Fauria

The departure of longtime varsity standout Jake Martinez was a big blow to the Oakdale High School boys basketball program. But while players stepped in to fill his role in the post, Oakdale senior Vince Fauria blossomed into a key role in Oakdale's frontcourt.

Mustangs Thrill On Homecoming

Oakdale High's varsity boys basketball team played to an exciting 40-39 loss to East Union after Winter Homecoming festivities on Jan. 13. The action capped an evening that included freshman and junior varsity contests and included a crowd-rousing homecoming selection narrated by Oakdale announcer Pete Simoncini. For additional information on the homecoming game and Oakdale's prince, king, princess and queen selections, see the Jan. 18 print edition of the Oakdale Leader.

Winter Season Standouts - Varsity Basketball Boys Eye VOL Giants

To be the best you have to beat the best, but the best are pretty darn good. Oakdale High's varsity boys basketball team has the difficult task of squaring off with Valley Oak League juggernauts this season, and took on league favorite Sierra (2-0 VOL, 12-2 overall) on Tuesday, though results were not available at press time. Sierra dominated the area with a violent run through the preseason and was in the midst of an ...

Winter Season Standouts - Lady Mustangs Tackle Deep League Lineup

Oakdale High's varsity girls basketball team had better sharpen their weapons in 2012, because every Valley Oak League contest is bound to be a battle.

ALL-STAR BASEBALL - Oakdale Foursome Lead East Team To Victory

With direct sunlight now absent from the immaculate baseball diamond at John Thurman field on June 8, ninth-inning temperatures dipped from their previous 110-degree mark to a welcoming 85 degrees.

HAIL HANNAH! Freshman Discus Wonder Takes Seventh At State Track Meet

The easiest way to track the location of Oakdale High thrower Hannah Chappell at the 2013 California Interscholastic Federation State Track and Field Championships in Clovis was to listen closely to the murmuring whispers that followed her every move.

All Stars Slated For Looming Competition

Recent Oakdale High graduates have another chance to extend the legacy of their prep careers before leaving high school memories in their dust.

Chappell 7th At State Track Meet

TITLE TOSS - Peterson, Chappell Soar To Section Titles, State Berth

Over 230,000 students from 190 different high schools make up the prestigious athletic conference known as the Sac-Joaquin Section. Only two of those students can claim rights to the SJS Track and Field championship in the discus, and they are both Oakdale High Mustangs. Junior Kyle Peterson and freshman Hannah Chappell stunned the field of top opposition with heroic heaves in the event finals, both securing ...

PENNANT PILE - Four Scores, Four Straight Section Titles For OHS Baseball

Oakdale Plays For Shot At SJS Title Game Today

LEAP OF FAITH - Mustang Athletes Punch Tickets To Masters

Mustang Softball Players Cast Away From SJS Playoffs

Bad Bounce Goal Ends Oakdale’s Soccer Season

Jones Lands Full-Tuition Scholarship

The hulking frame of 6 foot, 2 inch 225-pound senior receiver/tight end Austin Jones made for a spectacular target for Oakdale High classmate Spencer Thomas, and will be an asset for Willamette University quarterbacks, going forward.

Soccer Lady Mustangs Stun Host Inderkum

The senior to freshman connection of Jill Kahler to Madison Feuerstein was good for two thrilling scores and a 2-1 upset victory for Oakdale High's girls soccer team in the quarterfinal round of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs on May 9.

Mustang Swimmers Shine At Section Finals

Soren Dickens and Joe Guerrero glided to medals in their respective varsity and frosh-soph divisions of the 100 yard breaststroke to lead the Oakdale High swim team to a terrific season finale at the Sac-Joaquin Section Finals on Saturday.

RUNAWAY PRIDE - OHS Track Standouts Move On To Divisional Trials

The raw athleticism of Oakdale High athletes was on emphatic display during Saturday's Valley Oak League track and field championships at Sierra High School in Manteca, as 12 varsity competitors earned tickets to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV-V Championships and 11 frosh-soph competitors won their events.

Mustang Swimmers Take On Section’s Best

A cheery busload of Oakdale High students will arrive at Tokay High in Lodi on Thursday, May 9, for the first day of what has become the pinnacle moment of prep swimming - the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Championships.