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Oakdale varsity squads, frosh-soph boys win VOL titles
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Mistlin Park in Ripon was the setting on Wednesday, Oct. 28 as the cross country Mustangs headed to the Valley Oak League Championship Meet.

For the varsity girls, they came away with their ninth consecutive league championship with a team score of 20 for the three-mile race, Sierra was second with a 43, Manteca third at 95 and Mountain House fourth with 98.

Earning All-League honors for Oakdale were Addison Wylie, 18:04 (2nd overall); Kylie Fast, 18:44 (4th overall); Tenley Wylie, 19:01 (6th overall).

Also hitting the course for Oakdale’s varsity girls were Elise McGhee, 20:22 (8th overall); Taylor Reams, 20:23 (9th overall); Kinsley Alves, 21:32 (11th overall); Zeidy Cornejo, 21:32 (12th overall); Summer McGinnis, 21:59 (15th overall); and Kaylee Port, 22:16 (17th overall).

It was the sixth consecutive league championship for the varsity boys, recording a team score of 31 to take first over second place Patterson, which came in at 53. Sierra was third, 68; Moutain House fourth, 100; East Union, fifth, 131; Manteca, sixth, 157; Central Catholic, seventh, 180.

All League selections for Oakdale were Weston McGhee, who also was the individual VOL champion, first across the line in 15:40; Quinn Baca, 15:52 (2nd overall); Aden Cavanaugh, 16:13 (7th overall).

Other Mustang runners included Trevor Powell, 16:15 (8th overall); Roman Moreno, 16:40 (13th overall); Ezekiel Perez, 16:45 (14th overall); Coltyn Renault, 17:10 (19th overall); Jett Thompson, 18:35 (28th overall).

For the frosh/soph boys, they emerged as League Champions and Brayden Silva was the individual league champion, crossing the finish line first on the two-mile course. Close behind, in second place, was teammate David Benning, followed by Alan Covarrubias, third, and Estevan Perez, fourth, all of them coming in under 11 minutes. Jackson Baker was fifth overall, Ethan Ball 13th and Kaden Willis 18th.

Oakdale took first with 15 team points, followed by Sierra, 56; Mountain House, 68; Manteca, 103; East Union, 124.

“A great day for all our runners, almost all of them ran a season best or a personal best time,” said head coach Guy Fowler. “These kids have made a commitment since June to be good runners and it paid off today.”

Next race is the CIF SJS Sub-Section Meet, set for Saturday, Nov. 7 at Frogtown in Angels Camp.