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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The state medal draped around the neck of Oakdale High sophomore Nico Colunga couldn't fit better if it was sized and measured at the Men's Wearhouse.
You don't need shoulder pads or a singlet to showcase new muscles. Sometimes you just need a forehand or backhand.
Six Oakdale High students extended their Winter sports season into March by claiming advancements from the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Championships to the state meet.
The 11 Valley Oak League individual titles won by members of Oakdale High's wrestling program on Saturday, Feb. 9 set a school and conference record at Tracy's Kimball High.
Scoring 35 points in one game is a lot like committing a felony. Both garner the attention of the community and both are likely to land your mug shot in the newspaper. Oakdale High senior Austin Archuleta put up 35 in a thrilling Homecoming win over Kimball on Feb. 1.
The wrestling chapter of the Oakdale High record book is guarded by a heavy padlock these days, as annual supremacy has surrendered some the most dominant performances in Valley Oak League history. The 2012-13 squad picked that lock on Saturday. Oakdale won 11 of the 14 weight classes at the VOL Championships in Kimball to break a school record for the most individual conference titles by any team. They surpassed the ...
Veteran Stampede Cheer coaches, Abby Gottlieb and Annamarie McDaniel, and first year coach Jenna Zellmer knew they had a special team at the beginning of the Oakdale Stampede season but they soon discovered their girls were not only talented, but champions.
Those epic Oakdale-Sonora football games may soon be replaced by Oakdale-Central Catholic.
Oakdale High custodians should check the roof of the Mustang gymnasium for holes, because Austin Archuleta shot the roof off the place on Feb. 1. Archuleta sank four three-point shots in the opening quarter and ended with eight converted treys and a game-high 35 points as the Mustangs rallied to stifle visiting Kimball 64-53 during Oakdale's Winter Homecoming. Archuleta was also a perfect seven-for-seven from the ...
Between game-winning shots at the buzzer, game-tying three-pointers in the final moments and stellar post play against the biggest team in the league; it's been an exciting run of games for Oakdale High's varsity boys basketball team.
There's no crying in baseball, but there sure is plenty of it in wrestling.