Haily Macedo finished 33rd among a pack of 154 runners to snare Oakdale High's lone qualification from the Sac-Joaquin Sub-Section championships to Saturday's SJS finals in Folsom.
Robert Gilbert has been spectacular for Oakdale High's varsity boys soccer team in his final prep season with the Mustangs.
Deadlocked with Sonora High for second place at 9-3 in the Valley Oak League standings, Oakdale's girls golf team needed some special scores at the league championships to finish runner-ups in the league standings.
It's scrimmage time in the Oakdale High pool and stellar center defender on the varsity girls water polo team, Jenny Siemsen, is baffling the Mustangs' varsity boys goal scorers just two meters from the goal.
No matter the age division, Oakdale High athletes have been superb in recent play, including the push for postseason life in Oakdale's respective volleyball, soccer, tennis, golf and cross country seasons.
Longtime Oakdale High setter Jackee Lee of the varsity volleyball team and current Lady Mustangs senior is playing the best volleyball of her career. Just one game after pulling up an impressive 24 digs against Sonora, Lee added big assists, serves and even kills to land back-to-back wins over Lathrop and Sierra.
The volleyball hung in the air for what seemed like an eternity, just in front of the Oakdale High net. When it finally fell to the hardwood amidst a crowd of stunned Lady Mustang players, it brought with it a 3-1 end to a thrilling and hard-fought Valley Oak League showdown inside the Mustang gymnasium on Thursday.
Oakdale High athletes were firing on all cylinders in league and non-league action this past week for cross country, water polo, soccer, golf and tennis. Following are brief recaps for the various sports.
With Los Banos, Central Catholic, Escalon, Gregori, Langson Hughes, Downey, Beyer, Davis and Hughson High freshman volleyball teams vying for a title, Oakdale needed a good showing in their home gymnasium at the Oakdale Freshman Invitational Volleyball Tournament on Saturday.
If there is a pool somewhere, Savannah Stender is probably swimming in it. If there is a goal somewhere near that pool, Stender is probably scoring on it.
The 103-degree temperature at the finish line wasn't exactly much of a cool-down for the hundreds of Valley Oak League cross country runners on Wednesday, Sept. 29 at Legion Park in Modesto.
Justina Keith kills, Robert Gilbert goals, Jaylene Ponce putts and Ashtalia Spillman scores highlighted a barrage of wins for Oakdale High's prep sports programs in recent league play. Following is a recap of the action.
A busy non-league lineup, including Oakdale High's participation in their own volleyball tournament on Saturday, has prepared the Lady Mustangs for competition in the battle for a Valley Oak League title this season.
Oakdale High's talented female goal scorer, Cassie Lee, was at a loss for words following her water polo team's historic 11-5 win over visiting Johansen inside the Oakdale Aquatic Center on Thursday.
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In a week where the top honor could have easily emerged from several spring sports athletes, the Oakdale High baseball team made it impossible to single out any individual. The team rallied behind tremendous pitching and timely hitting to complement flawless defense en route to back-to-back victories over previously unbeaten Manteca.
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE - The fate of Oakdale High's varsity girls soccer team will be decided during Tuesday's showdown, April 30, at rival Sonora.
It doesn't get much better than this. The remaining contests on Oakdale High's Valley Oak League sports schedules are responsible for a bubbling anticipation of finality as the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs loom on the horizon. Following is a summary of recent action, with only Oakdale boys tennis (fourth place in the VOL) out of the postseason hunt. Baseball <p ...
The Sonora-Oakdale High rivalry has only one year left, and Mustang swimmers made the most of their most recent meeting with boys and girls victories on April 19 to award the program sole rights to the Valley Oak League boys title and a girls co-champoinship with Ripon.
The winter sport season lives for Oakdale High senior DeWayne Finney on April 13. After a prestigious selection to participate in the Madness in the Mother Lode All-Star Extravaganza at Columbia College, Finney will join Division IV Sac-Joaquin Section champion coach Ben Watson of Summerville and represent the Mustangs in Oakdale's dark uniform on the away team. Finney will play alongside 16 other players from Davis, ...
Just a few weeks into the spring season, Oakdale High track and field athletes have already heaved objects into oblivion. Varsity and junior varsity competitors have landed stunning marks, accolades and a bounty of medals during a host of nonleague action. While varsity stars Kyle Peterson and Hannah Chappell have soared to some of the best marks in the state, Oakdale's other throwers have followed suit with their own impressive tosses. <p ...