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

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Melanie Fuentes sends a kill past the McLane block during Tuesday’s loss to the Highlanders on Senior Night.  On a night to honor five Madera South Stallions’ girls volleyball seniors, it was the McLane Highlanders that came out with more energy in a three-set sweep Tuesday evening.  The Highlanders put down 27 kills and 12 aces in a 25-23, 25-15, 25-16 win. The Stallions recorded 26 kills, but also missed nine serves while re

Jorge Orozco/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Anthony Bursey runs into the end zone to give the Coyotes the lead in last week’s loss to San Joaquin Memorial.  After a relatively calm first half with the teams combining for 28 points, the Madera Coyotes and the San Joaquin Memorial Panthers combined for 68 second half points in a 50-46 Memorial win last week.  The Coyotes had a chance for a game-winning drive, but a fumble recovery in the end zone helped give the Panthers the victo

The 19th annual Pumpkin Smash Halloween Bash Enduro race features a full field of fearless drivers racing Saturday on a Madera Speedway filled with obstacles such as slimy pumpkin guts, soap, water, and other debris in a 200-lap spectacle.  Drivers race 100-laps in each direction around the one-third mile asphalt oval with sights on the cash prize and the trophy. All seating is general admission with tickets available at the gates. Adults are $15 and youth ages 6-12 are just

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune With Liberty’s Sebastian Graham making the tackle, Brody Rollins (3) takes the ball away from the Parlier ball carrier. He returned the fumble 10 yards for a touchdown Friday night. PARLIER — The Liberty Hawks football team continued its dominating trend with a 48-6 victory Friday over the Parlier Panthers.  The Hawks allowed a first quarter touchdown and held Parlier to just 41 yards the rest of the way. Liberty scored on all seven of their po

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Maria Hernandez sends a kill past the Roosevelt block during Thursday’s match at Madera South.  The Madera South Stallions lost for the first time in a week early last week and fell back into their old ways in a three-set sweep to the Roosevelt Rough Riders at Madera South.  The Stallions won four straight matches and set themselves for an end-of-the season run. However, an ankle injury to middle blocker Ariel Aguirre benched

For The Madera Tribune Chowchilla’s Asterisk Talley is making Chowchilla proud with her exploits on the golf course, including leading the American Junior Ryder Cup team to a win over the European team a couple of weeks ago. While the American Ryder Cup golf team failed to bring home the cup after losing to the Europeans, the American Junior Ryder Cup team brought their cup back home.  Chowchilla’s Asterisk Talley led the American team with three wins and a tie in four matche