Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Matilda Torres’ Jose Velasquez throws one of his 94 pitches over six innings in Friday’s 4-3 victory over Roosevelt. Velasquez only allowed four hits and struck out six. The Matilda Torres Toros baseball team pulled out a scrappy and resilient 4-3 victory over the Roosevelt Rough Riders at Matilda Torres. The Toros played Friday’s game without three starters who were ill. Roosevelt just came out of a game Tuesday where they defeated Madera

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Matilda Torres’ Ariana Garcia connects for one of her four hits in Thursday’s loss to Los Banos. He had a triple, scored two runs and drove in three more. By the time the dust settled, the Matilda Torres Toros and the Los Banos Tigers softball teams combined for 18 runs, 29 hits and 17 errors in a non-league game at Torres. The Toros cut the Tigers’ lead to four in the fifth, but the Tigers scored four runs in the seventh to pull away for

For The Madera Tribune Madera’s Joseph Holiday, middle back, stands at victory lane with his crew and family after winning the season opener of the Pro Sportman division at the Madera Speedway on Saturday. 2025 Pro Sportsman champion Joseph Holiday of Madera prevailed in Saturday’s 40-lap season opener for the growing division at Madera Speedway. It was a part of a two-pronged night of feature racing which also saw Austin Carter win the season opener for the NCMA Sprint Cars

Amy Brenner is a second-year medical student whose ultimate goals in terms of specialization are not clear, except that she knows that she does not want to be a psychiatrist.Eight years ago, when she was 16, her best friend Jade Carpenter had been confined to a mental hospital, and Amy visited her.It was an experience that left a lasting scar on her memory. However, Pauline Walter, Administrative Assistant to the Chief of Psychiatry has assigned Amy to an overnight rotation

In Fresno recently, a gentleman convicted of possessing child sex abuse material took out papers to run for the Fresno City Council. A political firestorm erupted. Plans were made to introduce a law in the state assembly to prevent convicted sex offenders from running for local or state public office. However, the gentleman in question could not get 20 registered voters to sign his paperwork to run and, therefore, will not appear on the June ballot. Sometimes things take care

For The Madera Tribune Sheriff Samson Westfall. When Samson Westfall ran against John Jones in 1910, and jerked the sheriff’s badge away from the two-term lawman, he thought the job would be a breeze. After all, he had served once before as sheriff of Madera County, from 1895 to 1899, and things had gone along smoothly then. He had reckoned, however, without Thomas Cook, who had been a thorn in the side of Westfall’s predecessor for months. According to police records, Cook w

For The Madera Tribune Edgar Enriquez. MENDOTA — Edgar Enriquez was discovered missing from the satellite camp adjacent to the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Mendota in Mendota, California on Sunday at about 9 a.m. Enriquez is a 38-year-old White Hispanic male with black hair, brown eyes, is 5-6 tall, and weighs approximately 174 pounds. The United States Marshals Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other law enforcement agencies were notified. An internal

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune A group of Madera South High School athletes show off the items they received during the Project Run Madera distribution. For the fourth year, Project Run Madera helped out all three middle school and high school track athletes with a bag of gear this week. PRM founder Alisha Brown hosted a giveaway day Tuesday at Madera South, and gave away approximately 400 bags of gear that included shoes, shirts and socks with sports bras to the girls.