Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune The Liberty Hawk football players and cheerleaders sing the school’s Alma Mater for the last time this season after Friday’s semifinal playoff loss to Bishop Union.  When you get this far in the playoffs, playing a clean game is a necessity in moving forward.  Unfortunately, for the top-seeded Hawks, they made plenty of mistakes and were upset, 26-22, last Friday by the fourth-seeded Bishop Union Broncos in the Div. V Central Section semifinals

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune The Matilda Torres Toros boys cross country team celebrates with the plaque and sign after a fourth straight Central Section championship, this year in Div. II, Thursday at Woodward Park. FRESNO — Three Madera-area schools will be sending teams to this week’s CIF State Cross Country Championships at Woodward Park.  The Matilda Torres boys team easily won the Div. II Central Section title for its fourth straight championship at Thursday’s Cen

For The Madera Tribune Kaelei Kajitani. After playing baseball at Madera South, and winning a Central Section Championship, female baseball pioneer Kaelei Kajitani continued her baseball playing career by getting drafted in the fifth round by San Francisco of the new Women’s Professional Baseball League.  Kajitani was drafted No. 1 in the fifth round and was the 21st pick of San Francisco.  From the WPBL draft: “Kajitani grew up in a baseball family so seeped in the game that

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Matilda Torres’ Nate Gray puts back an offensive rebound during Thursday’s victory over Livingston. Gray finished with a double-double in his first game of the season (14 points, 13 rebounds). The Matilda Torres Toros closed out the game by outscoring the Livingston Wolves 26-19 in the fourth quarter for a 68-65 victory in the season opener Thursday.  Champ Pichardo put back a miss with 1:12 to go to tie the game at 65. Then, David Casas mad

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Ryan Atherton rises up for a rebound during Wednesday’s loss to the Roosevelt Rough Riders. Atherton scored 11 points with three 3-pointers. The Madera Coyotes suffered though two 0-for-10 shooting droughts in the second half of Tuesday’s battle with the Roosevelt Rough Riders, and it hurt them in a 70-58 loss in Joe Flores Gym.  In the second half, the Coyotes shot just 19 percent (6-of-30) from the field and made just 3-of-19 (16

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera point guard Alex Rodriguez kicks the ball to the outside during Tuesday’s season-opening loss to the Kingsburg Vikings.  The Madera Coyotes boys basketball team was outscored 54-28 in the second half of a season-opening 79-58 loss to the Kingsburg Vikings in Joe Flores Gym.  Stevie Estrada led the Coyotes with 21 points, eight rebounds and three blocks. However, he was the only Coyote in double figures. Jeremiah Burk was the next high

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Angel Paramo drives the lane for a wild shot in Monday’s season opening loss to the Coalinga Horned Toads. Paramo led the Stallions with 10 points.  The Madera South Stallions had trouble finding the bottom of the net, and gave head coach Cole Morgan a loss in his Stallions boys basketball coaching debut. The Stallions made just five field goals, including going 0-for-15 from 3-point range, in a 12-point first half. The Stalli

The Madera and Merced chapters of the Mexican American Golf Association will co-host a golf tournament to help food banks in Madera and Merced counties. The Madera-Merced Counties Fight against Hunger Golf Tournament will be held December 6, beginning at 11 a.m. at the Madera Golf and Country Club. “There’s a lot of people that need help,” said Steve Ramirez, Madera’s Mexican American Golf Association President. “What can we do to help people with the chapter? The Merced chap