Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Malea Ricks drives the ball into left-centerfield for a double to drive in a run during Friday’s win over Stockdale in the Best of the West Tournament in Santa Maria. The double was the 164th hit of her four-year career, breaking the school record set in 2014. SANTA MARIA — The Madera Coyotes softball team picked up a pair of wins and suffered a pair of losses at the Best of the West Softball Tournament in Santa Maria over the weekend.

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Eric Soza swings at a pitch to reach base in the first inning of Monday’s victory over Riverdale. Soza came around to score the first run of the game. Although it wasn’t necessarily the ending Madera South Stallions baseball head coach Donovan Bertoncini drew up, but he’ll take it. After allowing a tying run to the Riverdale Cowboys in the top of the seventh, the Stallions walked off a 3-2 victory with a run on an error in t

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Torres’ Austin Meza tries to slide around the tag from the McLane catcher while trying to score on a short pop up from third. The tag was made to end the first inning Wednesday. The Matilda Torres Toros baseball team fell into a 6-0 hole and almost came back in a loss to the McLane Highlanders at Torres. McLane scored three runs in the first and second innings. However, the Toros scored five runs in the fifth and sixth innings to cut the lead

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Liberty’s Damian Sandate is all smiles as he approaches home plate after his two-run home run tied the score in Wednesday’s 8-4 victory over Hanford at Clovis West’s Stan Bledsoe Field. FRESNO — After struggling through the Fresno Easter Classic, the Liberty Hawks baseball team closed the tournament with a come-from-behind 8-4 victory over the Hanford Bullpups at Clovis West. The Hawks trailed 4-1 after the third inning, but scored a run in t

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Malea Ricks flies into third base en route to an inside-the-park home run in the first inning of Tuesday’s Easter Classic win over Clovis. In a final match-up between two of the most successful softball coaches in Central Section history, Judy Shaubach and her Madera Coyotes came out with a 13-6 victory over Mike Noel at the Clovis Cougars to finish the Buchanan Easter Classic. After tripping over themselves in the third inning to al

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Liberty’s Carly Jimenez is greeted by her team after hitting a three-run home run in Tuesday’s tournament loss to Buchanan. CLOVIS — Liberty Hawks softball coach Keith Davis knew his team was going to take some lumps at the Buchanan Easter Classic, but hoped his team could put up a fight against some of the top teams in the Central Section. The Hawks, who won last year’s Div. III Central Section title, faced off against four Div. I teams at t

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Davion Pino goes the opposite way for a single that scored the game-tying run in Monday’s win over Northgate. Pino later scored the go-ahead run before Northgate tied it in the next inning. After picking up a win earlier in the day, the Madera Coyotes baseball team completed a doubleheader day with a 5-4 victory over Northgate in the Fresno Easter Classic at Mel Parker Field. Earlier in the day, the Coyotes defeated Buhach Colony

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Destinee Avila rips one of her two doubles in Tuesday’s victory over Liberty. She drove in four runs in the win. CLOVIS — The Madera Coyotes softball team took advantage of a slumping Liberty Hawks to record a 12-0 mercy-rule victory at the Buchanan Easter Classic. The Coyotes scored 12 runs on nine hits, and were helped by five Liberty errors. Madera pitcher Viviana Nombrano held the Hawks to just one hit (a single by Trinity Cerv