Oakland Tech celebrates another section title at expense of rival Oakland

OAKLAND — It took two fourth-quarter plays to bring out the raucous “O-T” chants at Merritt College in a heated, tightly contested grudge match between Oakland Tech and Oakland High.

The first was a dagger three from Tech guard Brandon Woodards to give his team a five-point lead with under 1:30 left in the game. And the second was a rapturous dunk from his teammate Sadiq Alarbesh to seal the deal and put an exclamation point on Tech’s Oakland Section championship, taking down Oakland 49-47.