SPORTS Section
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Oakdale Racer Taking Funny Car To Bakersfield This week Oakdale native Josh Crawford will head south for the world-renowned March Meet at the Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield. 
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Boyer, Rosas Win Annual Run For The Library Roughly 200 runners took to the streets of Oakdale on Saturday morning for the 2010 Don Osborne Memorial Library Run. Hosted by the Oakdale Lions Club and overseen by the Modesto-based ShadowChase Running Club, the run began near the library at South First Avenue and G Street. Two different races were offered, the one-mile run and the 5K walk/run. Conditions were picture perfect, with cool morning air ...
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Holman Could Take Handball To The Olympic Level It’s 10 a.m. on Monday morning and Oakdale High’s track and field athletes are enjoying a day of break from practice in honor of Presidents’ Day.
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CHASING THE DREAM: Oakdale Grads Still Suiting Up For Court Battles Pat Rien, a forward for the Columbia Junior College men’s basketball team, snags a rebound during a recent practice. A quick outlet pass, and he sprints downcourt, eyes ahead and looking to shake his defender.
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Insanity Girls Wrap Up Campaign With Cup Appearance Battling back from a disappointing 2-0 loss to San Benito in their opening round game on Saturday, Oakdale’s U14 Insanity soccer girls earned a tie and a win on Sunday in first round State Association Cup action.
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Oakdale U12 Soccer Boys Advance To Sweet 16 With two wins and a tie, the Oakdale United U12 boys won their bracket and advance to the Sweet 16 round of competition in Association Cup play.
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Teams Battle In Rookie League Fishing Tournament December 5, 2009 was the first event of the new Berkley ACWRL Motherlode trail. Berkley is a major sponsor for Anglers Choice Western Rookie League and this will be the biggest circuit for the amateur angler. |
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CenCal 12U Win Championship Nailbiter The CenCal 12-and-Under youth baseball team blew through the TPR Veterans Day Classic at Big League Dreams in Manteca on Saturday with four straight wins and a championship title.
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Stampede Squads Complete Full Sweep If Manteca football teams see another horse in shoulder pads, it will be far too soon.
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Stampede Mom Powderpuff
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Oakdale Banshees Claim Third Place Honors It was a successful trip to Clovis for the Oakdale United U13 Banshees, the girls coming home with third place honors from the weekend tournament.
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Oakdale MMA Loses Four In Richmond With both hands still posted at the side of his face to defend a barrage of head kicks, Oakdale High graduate and former Mustang football player/OHS wrestler Rolando Velasco had no protection from a heavy straight right that landed flush on the center of his face and dropped him to the canvas.
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A Game Of Their Own Move over boys, it’s mom’s turn now.
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Oakdale Girls Champions, Boys Have Tough Tournament Players for the U16 boys and U14 girls headed to Fresno to battle it out for the Oakdale United competitive soccer program over the weekend.
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Impact Volleyball Slates Tryouts It’s time again for the Impact Volleyball Club (IVC) to gear up for its Club Season, which runs November 2009 through July, 2010 and is open to players ages 8 to 18. |
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Soccer Girls Roll To Pair Of League Wins On the home field at T.L. Davis for a pair of Saturday games, competitive soccer team the Oakdale U14 Insanity girls defeated Modesto 2 and Patterson.
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Stampede Goes 2-1 Against Livingston The Oakdale Stampede youth football program saw a pair of wins in three games of action against the Livingston Wolf Pack on Saturday.
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Oakdale Grads Fight For MMA Titles On October 24 Oakdale High graduate and former Mustang wrestler Rolando Velasco doesn’t take many fights these days as his mixed martial arts career conflicts with a busy schedule of classes at UC Davis.
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Weekend Wins For Competitive Soccer Girls Recent action in the Oakdale Youth Soccer League competitive division saw the Under 14 Oakdale United Insanity girls take two wins off the field, stopping Tracy and Stockton.
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Hello Oakdale, Nice To Meet You There’s a new sheriff in town. |
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SOLEMN SUPPORT Stampede varsity runner Sam Leinhart, top photo, looks to break tackles in the teams’ 27-0 loss to the talented Turlock Vikings in youth football action this weekend. At side, Stampede players wore a No. 2 on their helmets this week in honor of Steven Perez, a former Stampede player who was injured during a freshman practice earlier in the week at OHS.
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STILL KICKIN’ The youngest players in the Oakdale Youth Soccer League, top photo, rush after the ball in the Under 6 division, as the Green Gators took on the Sharks, in white jerseys. In photo below, players in the Under 14 competitive program of the OYSL took the field as well at T.L. Davis on Saturday. Here, Taylor Rossini, center, battles it out with a Stockton opponent as teammate ...
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Stampede Pee Wees Remain Unbeaten In AFC
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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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Slim Win For Pee Wee Stampede Squad The Buhach Thunder showed up to the Corral ready to play and pulled out a couple of victories over the Oakdale Stampede organization, but the Pee Wee level fought off the clean sweep with a 13-12 win over the visitors.
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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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Trio Of Stampede Squads Roll By Hilmar The Oakdale Stampede got the production they were looking for as all three levels of competitive action rolled to victory in their regular season home opener. The pee-wee team put together a pristine effort, smashing Hilmar 41-0, while the JV and varsity squads did themselves justice with 22-6 and 7-6 victories, respectively. |
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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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Cen-Cal Squad Takes Second In Twin Creeks Tournament The Oakdale based Cen-Cal 11-year-old baseball team made the long trek to Sunnyvale outside of San Jose and returned with runner-up honors in the Twin Creeks Tournament Aug. 29 and 30. |
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Weekend Rough For Stampede The Oakdale Stampede came out on the losing end of all three of its competitive contests against the Turlock 49ers on Saturday, forcing the squad into attack mode for the home opener against the Hilmar Packers on Sept. 5.
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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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Valley Magic Close Season With Right Potion The Valley Magic 16 and under Class A travel team finished up their summer season by winning the Les Schwab Tire Summer Classic 18 and under division in Turlock recently.
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Round Robin Final Tune Up Before Season Opener The Oakdale Stampede hosted four teams for one of three Cen-Cal Round Robin scrimmages that went off throughout the Central Valley on Saturday, Aug. 22 for each squad’s final tune-up before the season opener.
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Inferno Off To Blazing Start For Soccer Season The Oakdale Inferno put together a nice debut for their competitive season, bringing a third place finish back to Oakdale after participating in the recent Soccer By The Bay Tournament.
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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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Van Cleave Getting Results From Swimmers Over the past four years the swimming program has been taken to new heights in Oakdale and that is a direct result of the time and effort given by Oakdale High head swimming coach Russ Van Cleave and his coaching staff.Van Cleave has helped guide a relatively unknown Oakdale swimming community into the uncharted waters of their most recent success.The Oakdale swim team has built a solid reputation amongst the other prevalent swimming communities and ...
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Kick Off Reunion Honors Two Oakdale Legends Former Oakdale High football players and coaches will be hosting a kick off reunion for the upcoming 2009 season, gathering Oakdale football alumni together for a huge tailgate party.The festivities will be held at the F.E.S. Hall on Saturday, Aug. 29, kicking off at 5 p.m. Food, drinks and a no host bar will help usher in the 2009 season and recognize two of Oakdale’s most revered former coaches in what will clearly be a ...
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Stampede Cheerleaders Rock At Recent Jamz Cheer Camp The Oakdale Stampede cheerleaders took the final couple days out of the end of their summer vacation to participate in the JAMZ Cheer Camp when the national camp made its stop at Stanislaus State on Aug. 8 and 9.The girls took full advantage of the nationally recognized camp, fine tuning their craft before the season opening Round Robin Tournament the organization will be hosting Aug. 22 at the Corral.“We attended the camp for two days,” ...
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