Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Liberty’s Ethan Dunn finishes off a 63-yard run during the first quarter of Friday’s victory over Chowchilla. Dunn rushed for 177 yards and threw for 118 yards. For the third time in the 22-year history of the Liberty Hawks football team, they have finished the regular season with a 10-0 mark after a 49-27 victory over Chowchilla on Friday.  In 2022, the Hawks lost a tight 14-13 game to Shafter in the Div. VI Central Section playoffs after rece

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Torres running back Angelo Adame runs past Madera South’s John Ledesma during one of his five touchdown runs in Thursday’s victory over Madera South.  After following in the footsteps of Matilda Torres running backs Joseph Bass and Amani Sua, Angelo Adame did something neither of them accomplished — rushing for more than 300 yards in a game.  Adame had a stat line to remember in Thursday’s 49-16 victory over the Madera South Stallions in the

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Matilda Torres’ senior Alana Cook sends a ball over the net during Thursday’s playoff sweep over Dos Palos.  The Matilda Torres Girls Volleyball team has ventured into unchartered territory after a three-set victory over 10th-seeded Dos Palos to advance to the semifinals of the Div. VI Central Section playoffs. After some shaky times in the playoff opener against Tranquillity, the second-seeded Toros played three complete sets, and outscored

Despite Madera Coyotes’ sophomore quarterback Elias Mena throwing for almost 400 yards, the Justin Garza Guardians scored 49 second half points for a 55-35 victory to close out the regular season.  Mena threw for 387 yards and four touchdowns. He had two receivers with more than 130 yards receiving, but it wasn’t enough to keep up with the Guardians.  Jayden Martinez caught seven passes for 139 yards and Lawrence Flores caught six passes for 136 yards and two touchdowns. Davi

This year’s Retired Teachers Week, November 2-8, is especially meaningful. After decades of advocacy, retired educators finally achieved fairness when the Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law in January. This historic victory repealed the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset policies that had unfairly reduced the earned benefits of retired teachers and other public servants. The California Retired Teachers Association (CalRTA) was proud to

Having read and been horrified by Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novels, The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments, I was disappointed by The Heart Goes Last (2015, 380 pages in softcover format). Perhaps my review is biased by my own experience when I was a child. My family was poor, living paycheck to almost paycheck. By that I mean that the money often ran out before the next paycheck came in. So, we’d charge our food at the local grocery store for a day or two until Dad got hom

For The Madera Tribune Alapoleno, Joaquin Murrieta’s cook, is seen here panning for gold near Coarsegold. Joaquin Murrieta — legends about him are legion, and so conflicting are these stories of his life, that it has often been asserted that there were as many as five outlaws by that name. Whatever the truth behind the lore, one curious anecdote has escaped the history books. William Henderson, the man who fired the shot that killed Joaquin Murrieta, and Alapoleno, the bandit

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune A flag with the name of former Maderan Oliver Ralph Hill, who served in the army in Vietnam hangs in Courthouse Park during the Veterans Day service. The Madera American Legion Post 11 is trying to find veteran families to give their flag back to them. Although Madera’s American Legion Post 11 closed its doors, they aren’t totally out of commission.  While cleaning up the facility, members came across numerous casket flags donated by familie