Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune A group of Madera South High School athletes show off the items they received during the Project Run Madera distribution. For the fourth year, Project Run Madera helped out all three middle school and high school track athletes with a bag of gear this week.  PRM founder Alisha Brown hosted a giveaway day Tuesday at Madera South, and gave away approximately 400 bags of gear that included shoes, shirts and socks with sports bras to the girls. 

For The Madera Tribune Asterisk Talley. LOS ANGELES — The top two-ranked players in the Rolex AJGA Girls Rankings — Aphrodite Deng (1) and Chowchilla’s Asterisk Talley (2) — have accepted sponsor invitations to tee it up against the world’s best professional golfers on the LPGA Tour at the JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro, April 13-19 at El Caballero Country Club in Los Angeles. Talley, 17, will make her second consecutive appearance at the JM Eagle LA Champions

For The Madera Tribune Craig Judd. The Chowchilla Chamber of Commerce invites the community and art enthusiasts to an evening celebrating one of Chowchilla’s most acclaimed artists.  On April 25, from 4-8 p.m., the Chamber of Commerce will host an exclusive art show showcasing the extraordinary pinstriping mastery of Craig Judd at the Chowchilla American Legion Hall, 445 Trinity Avenue. A lifelong Chowchilla resident who has operated from his backyard garage studio for more t

Workers at Redrock Environmental Group voted to join Teamsters Local 431.  This vote and victory to join the Teamsters marks a critical step for the new 30-worker unit, the first unit to organize at the company.  The workers overwhelmingly voiced support for joining the Teamsters in the lead up to the election, knowing the unit will be backed by the union to fight for a contract that delivers safety at the workplace, good wages and strong health care benefits for workers at t

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Isabella Aguirre delivers a pitch during Wednesday’s home loss to Clovis East. Aguirre allowed three unearned runs on just two hits over the final five innings. She also delivered an RBI single in the 8-6 loss.  The Madera Coyotes softball team won the West Valley Invitational after playing three games in the Arizona heat on Saturday, and then drove more than eight hours home on Sunday.  Three days later, the Coyotes still looked ti

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Sammy McDonald reaches up for a kill attempt in Tuesday’s four-set loss to Hoover. McDonald led the Coyotes with 16 kills. With the fans not blowing in Joe Flores Gym, players and fans had to tolerate the heat on the hottest day of the year in the Madera Coyotes boys volleyball match against Hoover.  The Coyotes out hit the Patriots 48-36, but too many hitting errors hurt the Coyotes in a four-set loss in Tuesday’s loss.  Sammy McDo