Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Isabella Aguirre delivers a pitch during Wednesday’s home loss to Clovis East. Aguirre allowed three unearned runs on just two hits over the final five innings. She also delivered an RBI single in the 8-6 loss. The Madera Coyotes softball team won the West Valley Invitational after playing three games in the Arizona heat on Saturday, and then drove more than eight hours home on Sunday. Three days later, the Coyotes still looked ti

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Sammy McDonald reaches up for a kill attempt in Tuesday’s four-set loss to Hoover. McDonald led the Coyotes with 16 kills. With the fans not blowing in Joe Flores Gym, players and fans had to tolerate the heat on the hottest day of the year in the Madera Coyotes boys volleyball match against Hoover. The Coyotes out hit the Patriots 48-36, but too many hitting errors hurt the Coyotes in a four-set loss in Tuesday’s loss. Sammy McDo

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South lead-off batter Josiah Ortiz swings at a pitch in Tuesday’s loss to Roosevelt. The Stallions only had two hits in the 14-2 defeat at Eddie Chapa Field. The Madera South Stallions had trouble on the field, and it hurt in a 14-2 loss to the Roosevelt Rough Riders at Eddie Chapa Field. The Stallions committed as many errors as Roosevelt had hits (8) in Tuesday’s loss. To make matters worse, the Stallions only managed two hits, an

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune The Madera Coyotes softball team celebrates with their medals and the West Valley Invitational championship trophy after defeating Tucson for the title Saturday at Verrado High School in Buckeye, Arizona. TOLLESON, ARIZONA — The Madera Coyotes softball team snapped its early two-game losing streak in style with six straight victories at the West Valley Invitational in Tolleson, Arizona, over the weekend. The Coyotes defeated Tuscon, 8-4, to ca

Georgia’s Lane Christensen made the most of a one-race opportunity at Madera Speedway. The 14-year-old led an international field of drivers in the season opener for the 51FIFTY Jr. Late Model Series, steering to victory in his debut start in a 70-lap feature. Christensen was selected to compete following January’s Madera Jr. Late Model Combine, where he outperformed a group of 15 young racers to earn the ride in the season opener.

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Emilio Torres rises over the Torres block to put down a kill in Tuesday’s three-set victory over the Toros. Madera had 37 kills as a team in the win. Five days after picking up a three-set rivalry victory over the Madera South Stallions, the Madera Coyotes boys volleyball team recorded a three-set victory over the Matilda Torres Toros. Even with a slight line-up change, the Coyotes controlled most of the match. Torres took advantag

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Angel Duenas celebrates at second base after a second inning double in Monday’s big win over Tranquility. Duenas drove in four and scored three runs in the 18-hit attack. The Madera South Stallions took advantage of a lesser Tranquility squad to score 26 runs in a rout at Eddie Chapa Field. The 26 runs is among the most in a game for the Stallions, and may even be the record, pending more research. The Stallions scored 11 ru

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Jayden Martinez punches over a ball during Thursday’s three-set victory over Madera South. Martinez tied for the team lead with six kills while the Coyotes outhit the Stallions 40-28. The Madera Coyotes boys volleyball team controlled most of the match in a three-set sweep over the Madera South Stallions in Joe Flores Gym. However, Madera head coach Rhonda Jefferson-Counsel had to call late time outs in two of the three sets befor