Courtesy of Brooklynn Dodero Madera South’s Victor Mercado throws a pitch during Thursday’s victory over Matilda Torres. Mercado struck out 10 and scattered five hits in a complete game victory. He also scored two of the Stallions’ five runs in the win.  The Matilda Torres Toros baseball team headed into its rivalry game while the Madera South Stallions with a two-game winning streak while the Stallions lost two of three games. The Stallions scored three runs in the bottom of

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Torres’ Jordyn Anaya throws a pitch during Saturday’s tie game with San Luis Obispo at the Washington Union Easter Classic. She hit three doubles, drove in the game-winning run and got the win in a 13-12 walk-off win over Roosevelt in the earlier game.  EASTON — The Matilda Toros softball team had big leads in both of its games on the first day of the Washington Union Easter Classic, but gave both of them up.  In the first game against Roosevel

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Jason Valladares (9) and Gabriel Carrera rise up to block a Sanger West attack in Tuesday’s three-set victory.  This time, it was the opponents making the mistakes for the Madera Coyotes boys volleyball team. Last week, in a four-set loss to Hoover, the Coyotes had 30 hitting errors. However, in Tuesday’s three-set sweep over Sanger West, the Hornets had 16 hits out of bounds and only 17 kills.

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Matilda Torres’ Jose Velasquez throws one of his 94 pitches over six innings in Friday’s 4-3 victory over Roosevelt. Velasquez only allowed four hits and struck out six.  The Matilda Torres Toros baseball team pulled out a scrappy and resilient 4-3 victory over the Roosevelt Rough Riders at Matilda Torres.  The Toros played Friday’s game without three starters who were ill. Roosevelt just came out of a game Tuesday where they defeated Madera

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Matilda Torres’ Ariana Garcia connects for one of her four hits in Thursday’s loss to Los Banos. He had a triple, scored two runs and drove in three more.  By the time the dust settled, the Matilda Torres Toros and the Los Banos Tigers softball teams combined for 18 runs, 29 hits and 17 errors in a non-league game at Torres.  The Toros cut the Tigers’ lead to four in the fifth, but the Tigers scored four runs in the seventh to pull away for

For The Madera Tribune Madera’s Joseph Holiday, middle back, stands at victory lane with his crew and family after winning the season opener of the Pro Sportman division at the Madera Speedway on Saturday.  2025 Pro Sportsman champion Joseph Holiday of Madera prevailed in Saturday’s 40-lap season opener for the growing division at Madera Speedway. It was a part of a two-pronged night of feature racing which also saw Austin Carter win the season opener for the NCMA Sprint Cars