For The Madera Tribune Brody Adams. The Madera County School Board Association (MCSBA) selected Freedom Home School graduate Brody Adams, Madera South High School graduate Karina Martinez, and Matilda Torres High School graduate Angelica Ortiz-Duran, along with Yosemite High School junior Emily Kirby and Madera South High School freshman Manuel Reyes-Herrera, “Success Stories” individuals. Brody Adams Adams attended Freedom High School. He aspires to be a Rodeo Cowboy, compet

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune The County All-Stars defeated the City All-Stars at the 44th annual City/County Softball All-Star game June 17 at Margie Wright Field at Fresno State. Liberty represented the County while Madera, Madera South and Matilda Torres played for City. From left are Malea Ricks (Madera), Carly Jimenez (Liberty), Xochil Miranda (Madera South), Destinee Avila (Madera), Ariana Garcia, (Torres) and Macie Webster (Liberty). FRESNO — Capitalizing on seven Co

Most Valuable Players Davion Pino Senior 2B Madera Stats: .435 BA, 41 hits, 4 2B, 26 runs. All-League: County/Metro Athletic Conference 1 1st Team Pino was a player that head coach Andy Underwood could always count on. Underwood could have chiseled Pino’s name at the top off his scorecard for every game. After the first couple of games, Pino cemented himself at the lead-off spot in the order and never let it go. He led the team in batting average by more than 50 points. He a

Messages of peace, friendship and freedom, authored by students from North Fork Elementary School, were found in the High Sierras and returned to the school 36 years after they were airmailed in a time capsule balloon. On Jan. 25, 1990, the students at North Fork Elementary wrote letters to the world, launched them in the air and thought they would never see them again. Much to the surprise of the school staff, a few weeks ago, they received a packet of letters, the exact one

The Madera Odd Fellows Lodge #327 awarded $1,000 Faye Shields Memorial Scholarships to 12 graduating students at Madera High Schools as part of the recent Scholarship Awards Nights. Madera High School students receiving scholarships are Eric Nelson, Isaac Nolan, Landon Rodriguez, and Addison Rollins. Madera South High School recipients are Justin Caballero and Victoria Herd. Matilda Torres High School students are Mara Cervantes, Latigo Garlick, and Abraham Melgoza-Barajas. L

Courtesy of Madera Rotary Club/For The Madera Tribune Front row, from left, are Hailey Mejia, Maribel Ortiz-Garcia, Janet Ramirez Santiago, Dulce Avila Vargas, Crystal Giron, Alma Vasquez Lopes, Marina Vasquez Lopez and Michelle Ramirez Rueda. Back row, from left, are Angelina Santiago, Celine Patlan, Karis Rodriguez, Latigo Garlick, Matthew Machado and Destinee Avila. The Madera Rotary Club hosted 16 scholarship winners at Madera Rotary Club’s annual celebration dinner for s

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Liberty’s Carly Jimenez has been named one of The Madera Tribune’s Softball Most Valuable Players. Both players hit over .500 for their respective teams while leading the Hawks and the Coyotes to league championships. Both players hold records for their program with Ricks holding six records. They, along with the other Players of the Year, received a certificate from sponsor, Perko’s Café for a free meal. This year was a banner year for softbal

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera first baseman Destinee Avila is one of three Madera Coyotes who will play in Wednesday’s City/County All-Star Softball game at Margie Wright Diamond at Fresno State. She will be joined by teammates Malea Ricks and Brilynn Santiago on the City team. The 44th annual City/County All-Star Softball game is set for Wednesday at Margie Wright Diamond at Fresno State. Seven Madera-area softball players are set to play their final high school