Through Friday, the No. 3 lane of southbound State Route 99, from Cleveland Avenue to Madera Ave/State Route 145, will be closed from 6 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. The closure, which began Tuesday, is needed as crews will be cleaning out pump houses on that stretch of highway. Some on and off-ramps could be closed for short periods of time. Closures may continue for longer periods of time, if necessary, due to delays caused by weather or uncontrollable events that may occur.

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Eddie Murphy, Madera High School’s Homecoming Grand Marshal. Madera High is pleased to announce the 2025 Grand Marshal, Eddie Murphy. Murphy was the second in his family of 10 in Riverouge, and raised in Detroit, Michigan, where he attended Southwestern High School making history by leading the basketball team to its first-ever state Championship in 1973. A multi-sport athlete, he sharpened his skills on championship basketball and baseball

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Liberty’s Henry Bilskey turns the corner during a run in Friday’s 41-20 victory over Riverdale. Bilskey led all rushers with 149 yards and two touchdowns. It wasn’t the prettiest of wins, but the Liberty Hawks football team will take it after a 41-20 victory last week to keep them undefeated heading into the season finale against Chowchilla on Friday. With the win, the Hawks assured them of at least a share of the Northwest Sequoia Conference c

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Torres’ Jordan Garica turns the corner to head into the end zone to score Torres’ final touchdown in Friday’s Senior Night loss to Sunnyside. The Matilda Torres Toros had a chance to send out its seniors with a win last week against the Sunnyside Wildcats, but the Wildcats scored a late touchdown for a 33-27 victory at Toro Stadium. Jordan Garcia caught a 21-yard touchdown pass from Nathaniel Pichardo to score a game-tying touchdown late in

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Jayden Martinez steps over a Sanger defender during his two-yard second quarter touchdown run in Friday’s 46-28 loss to the Sanger Apaches. The Sanger Apaches closed out the game with 15 fourth quarter points to put a damper on Homecoming festivities for the Madera Coyotes in a 46-28 victory. The Coyotes kept the game close through the third quarter, but Sanger took over in the fourth. Sanger rushed for 352 yards while the Coyotes a

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Janyah Spotwood reaches up to catch a conversion pass during Thursday’s 26-0 victory over Madera South. The Madera Coyote flag football team closed out the season with a dominating 26-0 victory over the Madera South Stallions to stake their claim as the top team in Madera after an earlier victory over Matilda Torres. The Coyotes punctuated their victory with 12 second half points to put away the Stallions on Thursday at Stallions St

The fall sports second season began this week for girls tennis and girls volleyball teams. The Liberty Hawks and Matilda Torres Toros girls volleyball team each earned No. 2 seeds in their respective division, and hosted home games Tuesday. Liberty is the No. 2 seed in Division V, and hosted, ironically, Golden Valley-Bakersfield on Tuesday (Liberty is in the Golden Valley Unified School District). The winner of Tuesday’s match plays Thursday against the winner of No. 7 North