For The Madera Tribune Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue honors detective Donald Babineaux. The Madera County Board of Supervisors honored groups and individuals with its annual Madera County Award of Excellence on April 20. The Madera County Board of Supervisors hosted a number of departments to honor individuals who have gone above and beyond with its annual Madera County Award of Excellence. Those honoring individuals or groups at the April 20 meeting were Madera County Sh

For The Madera Tribune Madera’s Regan Fringer shows off the awards she received after competing in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. She placed second in swine judging at the March event. EAST PEORIA, IL — Illinois Central College student Regan Fringer of Madera, placed second in swine judging at the 2021 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, according to the ICC public relations office. The daughter of Art and Laurie Fringer of Madera is the granddaughter of Tim and Lorrain

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Christian Marroquin finds open space for a third quarter touchdown run in Friday’s victory over Hanford West. The Madera South Stallions football team wanted to make a statement in its first game in its new stadium with non-conference opponent Hanford West. The Stallions made a statement with a 24-0 victory Friday night in a game where they dominated on both sides of the football. Madera South amassed 383 yards of total offens

Courtesy of Jason Wedehase/Mader aSpeedway Austin Herzog drives his No. 11 Pro Late Model to the win in the MAVTV main even Saturday at Madera Speedway. 2019 Nut Up Pro Late Model champion Austin Herzog became the third different winner of the season at Madera Speedway, holding off Matt Erickson to grab the victory to extend his points lead. Herzog leaves Saturday’s round three with a win, a second-place finish, and a fast-time for a strong start to his season. The events wer

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Madera South second baseman Jair Alvarez places the tag on Kerman’s Julian Zapata, who was trying to steal second in the first inning of Saturday’s game. The Madera South Stallions baseball team has made a living all year long of getting that key hit in the key moment. However, the key hit didn’t appear too much in Saturday’s ballgame against the Kerman Lions. The Stallions went 2-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left nine runners on

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune The Madera Coyotes’ defense gang tackles a Bullard ball carrier during Friday afternoon’s battle with the Knights. Despite stopping the Bullard-Fresno Knights on defense five separate times throughout the game, the Madera Coyotes were unable to get going on offense, losing 28-0 in a County/Metro Athletic Conference clash. Madera Coyotes two-sport star David Zavala sustained a hit on the final drive of the first half, leaving him unable to co

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Natlaia Mata (24) celebrates with Adela Alvarez after scoring the first of two gials in Thursday’s overtime win over San Joaquin Memorial. Experience paid dividends for the Madera Coyotes girls soccer team when they pulled off a 3-2 overtime win against San Joaquin Memorial. The Coyotes, who trailed early in the game after giving up a goal on a free kick, made their adjustments in the second half and forced the game into overtime be

The Madera Coyotes baseball team knew it had its hands full facing one of the top teams in the Central Section with the Buchanan-Clovis Bears in town. The Coyotes needed to play perfect ball to keep up with the Bears, but committed three errors, allowed four unearned runs and walked four batters in a 12-0 loss Saturday in Mel Parker Field. The Coyotes were limited to just four hits — singles from Isaac Flores, Evan Candelaria, Marcus DeFranco and Ivan Ponce. Meanwhile, the Be