After flying high against Central Catholic last Thursday, Oakdale came back down to earth. The Oakdale Mustangs took a 30-14 bruising from the Sierra Timberwolves on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 459th, while the Timberwolves are ranked 150th).
Tessa Zalunardo had a dynamite game for Sierra, rushing for 76 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 177 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of her passes. Those 76 rushing yards gave Zalunardo a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Janessa Barnes, who gained 151 total yards.
Oakdale's loss dropped their record down to 4-10. As for Sierra, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season.
While Oakdale had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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