

Big innings leads to City win over County
Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune The Madera-area City/County Baseball All-Stars get ready for Sunday’s game playing for the County in a 14-5 loss. From left are Eric Nelson (Madera), Anthony Gaitan (Liberty), Zach Sanchez (Madera), Nicola Cercone (Liberty), Davion Pino (Madera) and Alonzo Del Toro (Matilda Torres). FRESNO — Even with the help of six Madera-area baseball players couldn’t hold off the City in the 59th annual City/County All-Star Baseball game held at Chukchansi
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6 days ago


Toros heads to Div. VI semifinals
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Matilda Torres lead-off hitter Austin Meza had three hits and scored three runs in Tuesday’s upset playoff victory over Rosamond. The Matilda Torres Toros baseball team closed out its quarterfinal Div. VI Central Section playoff game with runs in the final three innings for a 13-5 upset victory over the Rosamond Road Runners. The Toros, the defending Div. VI Champions, went into Tuesday’s game after a first-round victory over Lindsay. The si
Tyler Takeda
May 27
2026 Kenny Taylor Spirit of Sport Award Winners
Madera Coyotes Fall Spirit of Sport Alex Prim — Water polo Sports: Water Polo, 3 years, Swimming, 4 years GPA: 3.80 Awards: 4-time Scholar Athlete; 4.0 Award-Sophomore and Junior year; MVP for water polo-Freshman year; Water polo Champ Award. Volunteer: My church as the church’s video man; Block M club for all 4 years of high school; FCA club for all 4 years; FCCLA club for all 4 years; Link Crew club for 1 year of high school. Annaiya Franco — Tennis Sports: Tennis, 4 years,
Tyler Takeda
May 27


Coyotes advance to semifinals
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera catcher Maddisson Anguiano makes the tag on the incoming Clovis West runner to end the first inning. The Coyotes used the momentum to score three runs in the bottom of the first in Wednesday’s 6-4 playoff victory over the Golden Eagles. The Madera Coyotes softball team played a complete team game and took advantage of the many opportunities provided by the Clovis West Golden Eagles for a 6-4 victory in the Div. I Central Section quar
Tyler Takeda
May 27


Toros defend title with win
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Torres’ Trey Garcia gets congratulations from head coach Bryan Rubalcaba after his fourth inning run-scoring triple in Friday’s 10-8 playoff victory over Lindsay. The Matilda Torres Toros baseball team took the first step to defend its 2025 Div. VI Central Section championship with a 10-8 victory over the Lindsay Cardinals in the first-round of the playoffs at Torres. The sixth-seeded Toros jumped out to a 10-4 lead, but things got hairy whe
Tyler Takeda
May 23


Softball teams advance to quarters
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Matilda Torres’ J’Lynn Mitchell celebrates at second base after a double. She also hit an inside-the-park home run and drove in three in a 16-3 victory over Washington Union in the first round of the Div. V Central Section playoffs. Seven of the eight Madera-area bat and ball teams were in action for the first round of the Central Section Playoffs on Friday and Saturday, and all three softball teams advanced, as well as the Matilda Torres b
Tyler Takeda
May 23


Melchor brothers make Central Section history
Wendy Alexander/the Madera Tribune The Melchor brothers proudly display their Central Section Boys Tennis Championship plaques. Mark, left, led the Toros to the Div. IV title while Nathan led the Stallions to the Div. V title. In a match that was moved to the morning because of the impending heat wave, the Madera South Stallions boys tennis team cruised to a 6-1 victory over Granite Hills. The top-seeded Stallions finished their win at about 1 p.m. last Tuesday afternoon wh
Tyler Takeda
May 23


Former XC champ completes Boston Marathon
For The Madera Tribune Madera Rebeldes Club runners Isai Orea and Miguel Gonzalez show off their bib numbers before completing the historic Boston Marathon in April. Madera’s Isai Orea recently completed the Boston Marathon, and came away with a personal record while moving up more than 400 places than was anticipated. Orea, a 2008 Madera High School graduate, who was a runner-up in the Central Section Cross Country Championship and won three team Valley Titles, completed th
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May 20



