Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Yamileth Castaneda tries to get an attack past the block of Torres’ J’Lynn Mitchell during last week’s five-set victory.  The Matilda Torres Toros went into last Thursdays match with the Madera South Stallions riding a high, while the Stallions had just won two straight matches.  Something had to give in the first match of the second half of the North Yosemite League season. The Toros went unbeaten in the first half of the NYL

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Chloe Bushey tries to turn the corner around the right side to score one of her two touchdowns in Tuesday’s flag football victory over Matilda Torres.  The Madera Coyotes came up with four turnovers and limited the Matilda Torres Toros’ offense to just 59 yards in a 12-0 victory on a rainy and wet Toro Stadium turf.  Playing through Tuesday’s storm, the Coyotes took advantage of the turnovers for their two touchdowns. Chloe Bushey s

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Torres’ Trinity Anderson rises up for a kill during Monday’s three-set victory over the Central Grizzlies at Torres. After suffering its first loss of the North Yosemite League season, the Matilda Torres Toros girls volleyball team rebounded with a three-set sweep over the Central Grizzlies in a rare Monday contest.  The Toros allowed Central to battle in the second set, but took the first and third sets, 25-12, to pick up the sweep. It was

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Mia Carlson tries to tip an attack past the Edison block during Tuesday’s loss in Joe Flores Gym.  The Madera Coyotes girls volleyball team couldn’t find any consistency in its three-set loss to the Edison Tigers in Joe Flores Gym.  The Tigers outscored the Coyotes 75-42 in the three-set sweep Tuesday evening. Madera was limited to just 14 kills in the match.  Destinee Avila led the team with five kills in the three sets. Mia Carlso

Joey Iest of Madera will represent an important cause that is close to his family’s heart in Saturday’s Short Track Shootout at his home Madera Speedway, carrying the colors of the Valley Children’s Hospital on his No. 88 Ford in the nationally-televised stock car race. Iest’s motivation to win for Valley Children’s Hospital runs deep. His older brother Richie battled cancer as a child, and was treated at Valley Children’s Hospital — a place that gave Joey’s family hope durin

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Liberty’s Brody Rollins finds open running room for one of his two 20-plus yard runs during Friday’s victory over Minarets. Rollins came off the bench to rush for 101 yards and a touchdown.  The Liberty Hawks football team knew its Homecoming battle with the Minarets Mustangs was going to be a battle.  The game was billed as the small school game of the week with both teams entering Friday night undefeated. However, the Mustangs were held witho

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Jayden Martinez makes a tough catch over the middle during Friday’s loss to the Bullard Knights. Martinez scored four of Madera’s five touchdowns in the loss, and caught six passes for 181 yards.  The Madera Coyotes almost overcame the loss of their starting running back for a comeback victory over the Bullard Knights while the Matilda Torres Toros comeback fell a little short in Friday night league battles. The Coyotes lost star fr

For The Madera Tribune Justin Caballero. For the first time in recent memory, the Madera South Stallions football team came back from a fourth quarter deficit to pick up a victory.  The Stallions trailed the Fresno Warriors, 19-14 with about five minutes left Friday night at McLane Stadium. Then, the Stallions put together a nine-play, 50-yard drive to punch the ball into the end zone with less than a minute left to play for a 22-19 victory.  Although the Stallions were out g