For The Madera Tribune Officers from the California Highway Patrol Madera office, Madera Police Department and Madera County Sheriff’s Office stand together, and helped patrol school zones for a safety operation earlier this week. California Highway Patrol Madera joined forces with the Madera County Sheriff’s Office and the Madera Police Department with one shared goal: School Zone Safety. Officers and Deputies were deployed to various schools throughout Madera County on Wedn

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Matilda Torres lead-off hitter Austin Meza had three hits and scored three runs in Tuesday’s upset playoff victory over Rosamond. The Matilda Torres Toros baseball team closed out its quarterfinal Div. VI Central Section playoff game with runs in the final three innings for a 13-5 upset victory over the Rosamond Road Runners. The Toros, the defending Div. VI Champions, went into Tuesday’s game after a first-round victory over Lindsay. The si

Madera Coyotes Fall Spirit of Sport Alex Prim — Water polo Sports: Water Polo, 3 years, Swimming, 4 years GPA: 3.80 Awards: 4-time Scholar Athlete; 4.0 Award-Sophomore and Junior year; MVP for water polo-Freshman year; Water polo Champ Award. Volunteer: My church as the church’s video man; Block M club for all 4 years of high school; FCA club for all 4 years; FCCLA club for all 4 years; Link Crew club for 1 year of high school. Annaiya Franco — Tennis Sports: Tennis, 4 years,

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera catcher Maddisson Anguiano makes the tag on the incoming Clovis West runner to end the first inning. The Coyotes used the momentum to score three runs in the bottom of the first in Wednesday’s 6-4 playoff victory over the Golden Eagles. The Madera Coyotes softball team played a complete team game and took advantage of the many opportunities provided by the Clovis West Golden Eagles for a 6-4 victory in the Div. I Central Section quar

For The Madera Tribune Abel Reyes of Desmond Middle School receives the Service Above Self award from the Sunrise Rotary Club. From left are Gordon Kennedy, Reyes, and Joe Vived. Three middle school students were honored recently by Madera Sunrise Rotary Club. These students the Rotarian “Service Above Self” award. Each month teachers select a Student of the Month at all Madera Unified middle schools. For the month of April, the teachers selected students who display the char

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Torres’ Trey Garcia gets congratulations from head coach Bryan Rubalcaba after his fourth inning run-scoring triple in Friday’s 10-8 playoff victory over Lindsay. The Matilda Torres Toros baseball team took the first step to defend its 2025 Div. VI Central Section championship with a 10-8 victory over the Lindsay Cardinals in the first-round of the playoffs at Torres. The sixth-seeded Toros jumped out to a 10-4 lead, but things got hairy whe

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Matilda Torres’ J’Lynn Mitchell celebrates at second base after a double. She also hit an inside-the-park home run and drove in three in a 16-3 victory over Washington Union in the first round of the Div. V Central Section playoffs. Seven of the eight Madera-area bat and ball teams were in action for the first round of the Central Section Playoffs on Friday and Saturday, and all three softball teams advanced, as well as the Matilda Torres b

Wendy Alexander/the Madera Tribune The Melchor brothers proudly display their Central Section Boys Tennis Championship plaques. Mark, left, led the Toros to the Div. IV title while Nathan led the Stallions to the Div. V title. In a match that was moved to the morning because of the impending heat wave, the Madera South Stallions boys tennis team cruised to a 6-1 victory over Granite Hills. The top-seeded Stallions finished their win at about 1 p.m. last Tuesday afternoon wh