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Stallions take 5th in Madera Shootout

Stallions take 5th in Madera Shootout

Madera Tribune File Photo Madera’s Daniel Ruiz placed second in the 132-pound weight class at the Zinkin Classic in 2013 while teammate Alec Gamboa won the 182-pound weight class to lead the Coyotes to a top 10 finish in the prestigious tournament. 2014 In the 5th place game of the Madera Varsity Shootout, it was the Madera South girls basketball team that broke its two-game losing streak with a supreme defensive effort against Mendota. The Stallions held the Aztecs to seven

Jones celebrate milestone

Jones celebrate milestone

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Bill and Bea Jones are celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary. Keeping up with the Joneses is an idiom meaning comparison to one’s neighbor as far as the accumulation of material things. It originally came from a comic strip of the same name published 1913 to 1938, according to Google. Bill and Bea Jones have travelled a remarkable path anyone would envy. They will celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary today, Dec.23. Considered the Di

COVID-19 surging in state, county

Not wearing a face mask? Not heading straight to a sink to wash your hands when you get home from the store? Not really paying attention to social distancing when in public? Maybe you need to understanding some basic facts about the coronavirus that is currently surging throughout the nation, and especially in California. According the an interactive map developed by the New York Times, California had reported more than 1.8 million cases of COVID-19 as of Dec. 18. And, on tha

Fiery crash kills 1

A 30-year-old Madera man was killed, on State Route 145 just south of Avenue 9, when the car he was a passenger in was struck head on by another car, according to the California Highway Patrol. Passing motorists stopped and helped all five of the seriously injured occupants out of the wrecked vehicles, as one of the cars burst into flames Saturday afternoon. Authorities have identified the fatality as Francisco Prudente-Berdejo. He was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounc

Stallions bury Le Grand in 2nd half

Stallions bury Le Grand in 2nd half

Madera Tribune File Photo Madera’s Jessica Petroff dribbles the ball up the court during a 2011 victory over Kingsburg in the Madera Shootout. Petroff was instrumental on the defensive end to hold the Vikings to just 31 points. 2011 After the Madera South boys basketball team trailed 30-19 at halftime to Le Grand, Stallions head coach Jody Sharp told his players that they weren’t playing up to his expectations. The Stallions must have gotten that message as they held the Bull

Merry Christmas

It has been several weeks since you have heard from me, but I did not want this season to pass without sending you a greeting for the season, and to let you know I am still here. This year has been a tough year for most of us. Many of us have lost loved ones due to the coronavirus or other health issues. What has bothered me most about this is that families are not able to be together during the final days of a loved one’s life, and this causes us to feel sad and empty. The p

Estela G. Torres: Resident since 1984

This is an excerpt from Neighbors: Oral History from Madera, California Volume 2 by Lawrence F. Lihosit, a local historian. It is available at Maildrop and G.B.S. on Howard and on Amazon.com Books. • • • The fifth of nine children, Estela G. Torres was born on November 12, 1958 in Zamora, Mexico (106 miles southeast of Guadalajara) where she completed grammar school, secondary and accounting studies. Orphaned at a young age, she raised four younger siblings while working and

Pears, in many ways

Pears, in many ways

jeffreyw, Wikimedia Commons. Bake a pie with just pears, or add some sliced apples to the filling. Either way, it’s a welcome treat. Many of us grew up with some fruit trees in our yards. My grandparents had prune (plums grown for prunes) and apricot orchards, plus walnuts, but they also had a few other fruit trees, including Bartlett pears. I am not sure how they kept birds and other animals from eating all the fruit before we got any, but they somehow managed. The pear tree

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