For The Madera Tribune The Madera South Stallions boys tennis gathers after winning the North Yosemite League title for the program’s first-ever league championship. The Stallions went undefeated this season, and in the NYL. They claimed the Most Valuable Player, Coach of the Year, Individual championship and Doubles championship. Not only did the Madera South Stallions romp its way through the North Yosemite League, the team also swept the end of the seasons awards. Stallio

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Justin Caballero sends an attack past the Hoover block during Thursday’s three-set loss to the Patriots at Madera South. Caballero had six of the team’s 24 kills in the loss. The Madera South Stallions fell behind early, and had trouble battling back in all three sets of its North Yosemite League match-up with the Hoover Patriots. The Stallions fell 25-19, 25-15 and 25-21 on Thursday. Not only did the Stallions get out hit

The Madera Tribune File Photos All three All-Madera Tribune Basketball Most Valuable Players are scheduled to play in Sunday’s Central Section All-Star Basketball games at Liberty High School. Headlining the girls game will be Torres’ J’Lynn Mitchell (pictured above), along with two the two boys MVP’s, Liberty’s Titus Johnson and Madera’s Stevie Estrada. Liberty High School will be the hub of All-Star basketball on Sunday. The Hawks will host four games of the Central Sectio

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South No. 9 batter Yafred Vanegas puts down a sacrifice bunt during a two-run second inning. Vanegas added two sacrifice flies to drive in two. He also scored a run. The Madera South Stallions’ offense was hot on a cold night in an 11-6 victory over the Central Grizzlies at Eddie Chapa Field. The Stallions also got an up-and-down pitching performance from Victor Mercado to lift them to the win. Mercado finished with 115 pitches on t

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Emilio Torres sends an attack past the Sunnyside block in Tuesday’s sweep. Torres led the Coyotes with 10 kills, including putting down seven in the third set. The Madera Coyotes boys volleyball team out hit the Sunnyside Wildcats, but waited until the third set to take control of the match in a sweep in Joe Flores Gym. The Coyotes put down 40 kills in the three sets. However, 22 unforced errors, including 12 hits out of bounds ke

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Rafael Sanchez rises up for a tip kill during Thursday’s loss to Roosevelt. The Madera South Stallions boys volleyball team had its chances, but couldn’t capitalize in a three-set sweep to the Roosevelt Rough Riders at Madera South. The Stallions lost the three-set match by just nine total points (76-67), but it seemed like the Stallions couldn’t find rhythm the entire night. After an impressive four-set win earlier in the week

Jorge Orozco/The Madera Tribune Madera third baseman Kearney Opfergelt goes in the air to make the throw to first during Friday’s loss to the Bullard Knights. The Madera Coyotes softball team was fresh off a walk-off victory over the Sanger Apaches, and looked to carry that momentum into a battle with the Bullard Knights. In a meeting of two of the top teams in the County/Metro Athletic Conference, it was all Bullard from the start in a 9-0 Coyote loss at Zimmerman Field on

The Matilda Torres Toros distance team excelled at the Arcadia Invitational on April 17-18, setting records along the way. The team of Benjamin Fernandez, Alfonso Del Toro, Antonio Santiago and Hunter Hannah finished the 4X1,600 (or mile relay) with a time of 17:22, which is the No. 5 time in the nation and No. 3 in the state. The time also set a Central Valley record with the fastest time in the section, as well as a new Madera Unified record and a Matilda Torres record. Fe