High School Sports Section
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Harriers Pushed In Tri-Meet Oakdale High’s girls and boys cross country runners got a taste of sharp talent in tri-meet scrimmage action with Escalon and Hughson on Thursday, Aug. 26 at Woodward Reservoir.Hughson’s Becky Hobby dominated the girl’s race with an easy top finish while Mustang runner Liz Erwin kicked strong to conclude as the first local girl. If the meet had been scored, Oakdale’s girls would have tied Hughson and ... 
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Mustangs Gallop Past Whitney, 24-7 It was a match up of the past two Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV Football championship programs and the Oakdale Mustangs were the force to be reckoned with in a 24-7 win over Whitney High at the Corral.Oakdale came away as the team to beat in its bracket of postseason play running their non-league record to a perfect 3-0 as if they played Delhi, Gustine and Enochs instead ... |
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CHAMPIONS! Mustangs Top El Dorado For SJS Title Trailing Oakdale High’s baseball team late in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV title game, El Dorado players began to try out all kinds of superstitious hocus pocus.They donned rally caps, began uttering tribal chants and even started talking to loose baseballs scattered about the dugout.But destiny had another plan.Back-to-back strikeouts from Mustang reliever Matt Butler ended El Dorado’s final ... |
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Powell, House Continue Seasons With Trip To State Two of Oakdale High’s most accomplished prep athletes in school history left one final stamp in the Mustang record books with qualifications to the California Interscholastic Federation Track and Field Championships.Seniors Tim House and Jaci Powell managed top-three honors in their respective events at the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Championships, qualifying with only a handful of Central Valley athletes to the pinnacle of the state’s prep track and ... |
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Mustang Softball Players Snare League Accolades Oakdale High’s varsity softball team outscored opposing teams 227-43 in a season that saw the Lady Mustangs accumulate an impressive 22-8-1 record, a Valley Oak League championship and a third place finish in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV playoffs. “Our season was really one to be proud of,” Oakdale coach Larry Loger said. “We overcame a slow start, an emotional loss (for disciplinary reasons) of two key ... |
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Mustangs Take On Rio Linda In Round Two Back-to-back wins to open the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV playoffs set up Oakdale for the second game in a best-of-three series with Capital Valley Conference champion, Rio Linda, on Tuesday, though results were not available at press time. The Mustangs pounded Lincoln of Lincoln for a 10-0 mercy-rule decision in the postseason’s opening round on Wednesday, and added a 3-2 victory over Rio Linda on Saturday to continue postseason play. “Anytime you make the playoffs ... |
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Lady Mustangs Open Soccer Postseason Tuesday, May 18 marked the start of the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV girls soccer playoffs, though results were not available at press time to highlight Oakdale High’s first round bout with top-seeded West Campus.The varsity Lady Mustangs made the trip to Sacramento to take on the Capital Valley Conference champions after an 18-3-5 overall showing and 11-1-4 journey through the Valley Oak League.Oakdale ... |
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Mustangs Face Zebras In Baseball Opener A split with Sonora High earned Oakdale’s varsity baseball team Valley Oak League title honors and a trip to the Sac-Joaquin Section postseason.The team will square off with Lincoln of Lincoln in today’s (May 19) 7 p.m. Division IV opener at Dan McAuliffe Memorial Park in Sacramento.Lincoln enters the postseason as the No. 3 seed from the Pioneer Valley League, despite four losses ... |
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Mustang Squads Grinding Toward Postseason Play With Valley Oak League contests on their final leg, Oakdale High athletes are preparing for runs at the Sac-Joaquin Section postseason, with individual or team advancements from every Mustang sport. Following is a summary of recent Oakdale contests and playoff lineups in baseball, tennis and softball. BaseballThe recent 1-1 split with Manteca set up Oakdale (12-2) ... |
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Deep Mustangs Ready For West Campus In D-IV Playoffs As Oakdale High reserve varsity soccer players began to flood the field in the Mustangs’ 2-0 win over Sonora last week, the visiting Wildcats may have felt their chances at victory were improving.This simply wasn’t the case.Substitutions controlled the ball well and kept pressure on the Sonora goal with a dominant second half as Oakdale rallied to their ninth straight win or tie ... |
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Mustang Golfers Tie For Valley Oak League Crown East Union High’s sterling 407-stroke performance at the Greenhorn Creek Golf Course awarded the Lancers top honors at the league championships, but couldn’t erase a full season of Oakdale success as the two programs settled for co-Valley Oak League championship honors on Tuesday, May 4.Oakdale (15-1) edged the Lancers (13-3) twice in VOL duals, and saw freshman Ian Stogdell finish just one stroke behind VOL MVP Kyle ... |
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Lady Mustangs In Midst Of Stellar Second Half No team has been hotter in the second half of Valley Oak League play than Oakdale High’s varsity girls soccer team.The Lady Mustangs have won six straight games by a combined 33-5 advantage, including a dominant 4-0 rout of Central Valley on April 29 and an 8-3 drubbing of Weston Ranch two days prior.Early season losses and ties may have put the VOL ... |
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Mustang Boys, Girls Grab Swimming Championship A combined 17-1 meet record from Oakdale High varsity boys and girls swimmers proved to be no fluke at the Valley Oak League championships on Saturday at Sierra High.With 10 Valley Oak League schools in attendance, Oakdale girls dominated for top honors at 132 points while the Mustang boys edged Sonora by three points at 136 notches on the team score.The dual dominance ... |
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Parker, Mustangs Rally To Huge VOL Wins Oakdale High pitcher Brianna Parker gave East Union a rare opportunity to score after booting Kourtni McCall’s soft grounder to start the bottom of the seventh inning in Monday’s battle (April 26) for sole rights to first place in the Valley Oak League at Northgate Softball Complex.Making matters worse, she fell behind in the count, three balls and no strikes, against East Union’s deadliest slugger, Cassie Waggy, ... |
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Mustangs Trample Turlock, 56-6 It was hard to not start thinking about the Oakdale Mustangs’ huge upcoming non-league contest against Novato High as the Mustangs jogged off the Corral turf after crafting an unimaginable 42-0 halftime lead against the Turlock Bulldogs.
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Oakdale Volleyball Opening VOL On Fire The Oakdale High volleyball team would have had a hard time surprising anyone in the Valley Oak League with their excellent team, yet now it is virtually impossible, with the flawless tear the ladies are on as they enter VOL action.
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JV Girls Have Strong Showing The Oakdale High JV girls water polo squad made the short trek to Modesto over the weekend and put together a solid performance during the Beyer-Johansen Water Polo Tournament. |
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Lady Tennis On Cruise Control It is pretty early in the Valley Oak League season, but that has not stopped the Oakdale High tennis team from putting together a solid opening through the first stages of the VOL campaign. |
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JV Volleyball Closes Tournament In Third Place Though the Oakdale High JV volleyball team could not quite repeat its feat from a season ago when they strolled off with their host tournament championship, the squad was able to play to a third place finish over the course of the Sept. 12 tournament.
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Oakdale Runs Strong In Sierra Invitational The Oakdale High cross country program met up with some of the best runners in the area when they participated in the 7th Annual Sierra Invitational Cross Country Meet at Legion Park in Modesto on Sept. 12. |
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Oakdale Solid In Central Catholic Scrimmage The days of Tokay showing up to the Corral for the Oakdale Mustangs’ final preseason tune up are a distant memory and now it’s the Central Catholic Raiders who brought their army up for final action leading up to the important non-league schedule.
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Lady Mustangs Roll In Reno With the Valley Oak League schedule days from opening the Oakdale High varsity volleyball team looks to be taking their games to the next level after a strong performance in the High Sierra Volleyball Tournament in Reno, Nevada on Sept. 4-5.
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Section Format In Place For Sports Squads All the speculation about the structure of the upcoming postseason action and league realignment formats in the Sac-Joaquin Section can come to an end as the 2009-10 realignment plan is set in stone.
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Water Polo Keeps Distance From Sonora Anytime you can get a pair of victories against Sonora High that is a good thing and that is exactly how the Oakdale High water polo program finished their action against the Wildcats in a Sept. 4 non-league battle.
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Oakdale Tennis Off To Solid Start The Oakdale High tennis team is kicking off its season in the right direction, racing out to an undefeated start in Valley Oak League action after three straight victories. The Lady Mustangs have throttled each team they have seen in league play, pushing themselves to the top of the pack on the VOL courts.
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Mustang Notebook It’s been a long off season. |
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Mustangs Debut In Red-Gold Gridiron Scrimmage There were no referees, no huge crowd of cheering fans watching, yet when the Oakdale High varsity football team suited up for its annual Red-Gold scrimmage it was obvious football season had arrived.
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Oakdale Golf Girls Host Lancers In Early Season Scrimmage The Oakdale Lady Mustangs golf team welcomed the defending champion East Union Lancers to the always daunting Oakdale Golf Country Club on Aug. 28 for an early season preview of what both teams bring to the greens.
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Fox Trot Kicks Off 2009 Cross Country Season The Oakdale High Cross Country program kicked their season into gear with the Red-Gold Fox Trot intrasquad race around the Oakdale High campus Aug. 28 for both the boys and the girls squads. |
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Fall Season Kicks Off For High School Athletes There is a huge difference in preparing for the beginning of a new season and preparing to win a championship in that new season, yet it usually is one and the same for the fall sports programs at Oakdale High School.
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Boosters Club Under New Leadership After flourishing under the guidance of president Mike Stastny and his wife Ana, the Oakdale High Sports Boosters Club will turn to Oakdale native Kevin Brunk and his wife Cheryl to direct the sports boosters club in what may be the most important time in the booster’s history.The Brunks are longtime members of the boosters club, yet are honored to be the new top face of one of the city’s most recognized volunteer organizations.“Cheryl and ...
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Volleyball Girls Travel For Team Bonding Experience Many of the faces will be new, but the expectations and the demands of Oakdale Lady Mustang volleyball head coach Shelli Ponce will not vary too much. Like each and every season the Oakdale head coach will be focused on guiding her team to the Valley Oak League title and recently the team took steps in the sand to do just that.Ponce organized a varsity team getaway to the beaches of the Watsonville area, bringing ...
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Mustangs Seeing Progress In Gridiron Scrimmages When our country reflects on the eight-year anniversary for 9-11 this September, the Oakdale Mustangs will be preparing for revenge on the Turlock Bulldogs.Turlock played the role of the rude host, keeping the Mustangs off of the scoreboard for the entire first half and then watching Bulldog Theron Gallegos roll over the Mustangs for 200-plus yard on 30 carries for a season opening loss in Turlock.Oakdale will have to work hard to put the loss ...
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Summer League Baseball Teams Playing With Purpose It is not by chance that the Oakdale High baseball team has continued its stranglehold on its Valley Oak League foes and the program is looking to continue its dominance as they bring the 2009 summer season to a close.Oakdale wrapped up a two-month schedule, which had the team competing in several tournaments and double-header contests over the past 60 days in hopes of strengthening one of the Central Valley’s more successful baseball programs.Oakdale made ... |
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Oakdale Water Polo Girls Advance To Junior Olympics It has been a short period of time since water polo has come onto the horizon in Oakdale, yet if the Oakdale High boys and girls varsity programs’ berth into the Sac-Joaquin Section tournament this past season didn’t open the community’s eyes, the group’s newest accomplishment surely will.
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Oakdale Hoop Program Sweating Through Summer When you think of the basketball season thoughts often drift to holiday tournaments and early spring postseason action, but the real growth and maturity comes when teams take to the hardwood during the ridiculously hot summer months.
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Mustangs Debut First Annual Gridiron Greats Golf Tournament When the Oakdale High football team kicks off the 2009 season in early September it will likely be five or six thousand people filling the stadium making noise to support their squad, yet the official kick-off to the season will be Aug. 3 when the team hosts ‘The First Annual Oakdale High School Football Grid Iron Greats Golf Classic’ at the Oakdale Golf and Country Club. |
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Mustangs Gain Confidence In Full Contact Camp Day two was weak. And that’s just stating facts, so the Mustangs were forced to dig into a reserve tank that only true champions have and they found it. Oakdale closed out a 3-day full-contact football camp hosted by Modesto Junior College with an impressive showing giving the two-time defending Valley Oak League champions something to build on through the summer months. “We come to this team camp because of the teams that are here,” ...
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Oakdale Pair Solid In Rotary Classic Loss The 2009 Modesto Sunrise Rotary Baseball Classic was the final time graduated Oakdale High studs Vince Helms and Justin Jones could take the field as Mustangs and the two shined brightly in the 20th Annual Stanislaus County All-Star Baseball game at John Thurman Field in Modesto.
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Mustang Track, Field Athletes Participate In Masters Meet Although no one from Oakdale High School is going to the CIF state track meet this year, the school was well represented in the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Meet on May 28 and 29.
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Jones Honored With Back-To-Back MVPs When Justin Jones closed out his second consecutive Valley Oak League season without a defeat, league coaches were left with little to discuss when it came to naming Jones as the VOL’s Most Valuable Player for the second straight season.
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Galvan Tapped As Defensive Player Of The Year After putting together a quality career for the Oakdale Lady Mustang softball program, the Valley Oak League coaches recognized her efforts in selecting Oakdale senior Monique Galvan for the league’s Defensive Player of the Year honors.
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Oakdale Baseball Can’t Grab Blue Banner This Season The chances of Oakdale High not repeating as the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV baseball champions seemed ultra-slim during the Mustangs’ impressive run throughout the 2009 season, but those chances became reality as Oakdale was upset 4-3 for the second time by Placer High on May 20, eliminating the Mustangs from playoff contention.
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Oakdale Will Be Well Represented At Masters Meet Oakdale High knew that it had one of the top programs heading into the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III Track and Field Finals at Modesto Junior College and the squad’s top-10 finish in both the boys and girls division was seemingly proof enough.
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Oakdale Swimmers Close Season At Sections Oakdale has continued its recent emergence onto the local high school swimming scene with a solid showing during the Sac-Joaquin Section Swim Championships at Tokay High May 14-16.
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Oakdale Forced To Prove They’re The Better Team Every workout, every practice, every team meeting, every fundraiser, every inning and every game has been simplified into a must win double-header for the Oakdale Mustangs against Placer High in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV Baseball Championship.
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Lady Mustangs Have To Settle For Second Best Heading into the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV Softball Championships the Oakdale High varsity softball team knew that they would make a lengthy run, yet its run came up a little short in a title game loss to Bear River High on May 16 at Arnaiz Stadium in Stockton.
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Oakdale JV Softball Turns In Perfect Season Three different pitchers hurled complete games, combining for a total of 43 strikeouts, as Oakdale High’s junior varsity softball team finished out the season with a trio of victories. The Lady Colts finished the season with 27 wins and no losses and won a seventh-straight Valley Oak League title for junior varsity softball.
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Track, Field Doesn’t Miss A Beat In League Meet Oakdale High School’s track and field program has already put together an impressive 2009 season, yet the squad seems to be just kicking into gear after a dominating performance during the Valley Oak League Track and Field Championships on May 9 at The Corral.
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JV Baseball Mustangs Finish Perfect Season There are several goals that a coach sets when opening the first weeks of a high school baseball season, but finishing without a loss usually is not on anyone’s checklist.
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