Trent Noon's determination clung as tightly to him as the Oakdale High wrestling singlet that gripped his body.
The nine Oakdale High student athletes who qualified for Friday's opening day of the California Interscholastic Federation Wrestling Championships have a long and arduous road ahead of them if they are to win, or even medal.
One by one, Division I girls soccer teams representing high schools in the Central Valley have been downed by Division IV Oakdale.
If Kimball High's Trent Nicholson thought last week's Division IV wrestling final at 135 pounds was going to be any easier than the Valley Oak League championship match he saw with Oakdale senior Shane Tate the previous week, he was badly mistaken. Tate viciously manhandled Nicholson at will to nab 14 points in just one round. An early second round takedown brought Nicholson straight to his back, where ...
The medal podium at the Stockton Arena is swarmed by a crowd of Oakdale High wrestlers after the Mustangs landed a first place team title at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Championships. Pictured are (from top left) Dustin Harris, Shane Tate, Juan Garza, Garrett Fortado, Trent Noon, A.C. Brown, Tanner Feuerstein, Ronnie Stevens, Tyler Noon (bottom left), Tyler Malone, David Ferry, Miko Arpoika, Hondo Arpoika, coach Brian Stevens, coach ...
Oakdale High varsity boys basketball coach Jeremy Fields has a special place in his heart for the six Oakdale High seniors he has mentored through the boys basketball program for four seasons. Not only were they his first crop of freshmen to instruct, but also this year's standout leaders in a varsity program that has played through a roller coaster season in 2010-11. <span style="font-size: ...
By the time A.C. Brown took the mat for Oakdale High's final match of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV Wrestling Championships, it had become obvious how much D-IV fans had grown tired of seeing Mustang limbs lifted into the air via referee on Saturday.
Oakdale High's varsity girls basketball team showed some signs of life after a 16-15 lead over playoff-bound Sonora on Thursday, but a nine point halftime deficit led to a three-point third quarter swing and a tough 16-4 Sonora rally in the final period for a 58-34 Lady Mustang loss in the season finale.
It would have been nearly impossible either way after No. 16 Hogan's season-ending upset of Vallejo, but Oakdale High's varsity boys basketball team saw their last postseason prayer go unanswered in a 54-38 loss to Sonora in the final game of their season on Friday, Feb. 18.
All 14 varsity Oakdale High wrestlers finished top-5 in their respective Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV Championship brackets on Saturday to advance the entire lineup to this week's SJS Masters in Stockton. Oakdale won nine weights and bested all opposing D-IV programs by a landslide of points to dominate the divisionals in one of the best showings of their already impressive season. See Wednesday's print edition of ...
At No. 19 on the third release of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III power ratings, Oakdale High School's varsity boys basketball team is close enough to sniff a playoff qualification (top 16).
The buzz started before the wrestling did, when coaches, fans and participants at the 2011 Valley Oak League Wrestling Championships learned that Alex Nuanez of Sierra had cut from 189 pounds to enter the 171 bracket.
The Oakdale Inferno Competitive girls soccer team toppled Danville in a thrilling penalty kick finale to claim championship honors in Stockton tournament action on Sunday. Get all the details in this weeks paper, February 16, 2011.
Wrestlers from Oakdale High gather around a the blue banner representing a Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV Team Duals title at Lincoln High in Stockton on Saturday. Oakdale soundly defeated Los Banos in a 60-9 finale to claim title honors. It was Oakdale's third such title in three years and fourth in five years. The Mustangs take on the Valley Oak League championship tournament ...
If Monday's first release of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III power ratings proved anything, it's this - mediocrity will get you nowhere.
Despite the tiebreaker that forced the Lady Mustangs to enter the 2012 Sac-Joaquin Section Division II playoffs with the lowest possible seed, Oakdale's girls tennis team didn't go down without a fight. They ended their season with a 5-4 loss to Whitney on Monday, Oct. 29 in the opening round of the postseason.