High School Sports Section
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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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Baseball Forfeit Sacrifices Perfect VOL Run The last hurdle is always the most difficult to clear and that proved to be true for the Oakdale High varsity baseball program. The squad’s hope of completing a perfect Valley Oak League season came to an abrupt halt when the team took a forfeit loss against Sonora in the season finale for using an ineligible player over the game’s final inning.
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Lady Mustangs Land VOL Softball Crown The Oakdale High varsity softball team walked into its Valley Oak League finale against Sonora focused on not letting the Wildcats spoil any of their postseason chances, but by the time Oakdale finished off Sonora 4-0, decisions were being made that made the Lady Mustang squad the VOL champions.
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Oakdale Looking For Strong Showing in Divisionals The Oakdale High golf team has turned in quality match after quality match and that did not change during the squad’s performance in the Valley Oak League Tournament. |
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Oakdale Boys Win VOL Swimming Championship The Oakdale High swimming program has continually made strides through the 2009 season and the squad’s effort and initiative paid off with a boys Valley Oak League title and a third place finish in the girls division.
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Downpour Keeps Oakdale In Limbo The Oakdale High varsity softball team knew how important their contest with the Ceres Bulldogs would be, but the constant downpour on May 1 left the Lady Mustangs rained out and waiting for their final meeting with the Bulldogs. |
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Business As Usual For Oakdale On Diamond First year Manteca High baseball coach Gene Ballardo knew that his squad would have its hands full with the Valley Oak League’s undefeated top team and that was exactly the case as Oakdale High took two from the Buffaloes to remain perfect in VOL action.
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