Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Liberty’s Henry Bilskey turns the corner during a run in Friday’s 41-20 victory over Riverdale. Bilskey led all rushers with 149 yards and two touchdowns. It wasn’t the prettiest of wins, but the Liberty Hawks football team will take it after a 41-20 victory last week to keep them undefeated heading into the season finale against Chowchilla on Friday. With the win, the Hawks assured them of at least a share of the Northwest Sequoia Conference c

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Torres’ Jordan Garica turns the corner to head into the end zone to score Torres’ final touchdown in Friday’s Senior Night loss to Sunnyside. The Matilda Torres Toros had a chance to send out its seniors with a win last week against the Sunnyside Wildcats, but the Wildcats scored a late touchdown for a 33-27 victory at Toro Stadium. Jordan Garcia caught a 21-yard touchdown pass from Nathaniel Pichardo to score a game-tying touchdown late in

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Jayden Martinez steps over a Sanger defender during his two-yard second quarter touchdown run in Friday’s 46-28 loss to the Sanger Apaches. The Sanger Apaches closed out the game with 15 fourth quarter points to put a damper on Homecoming festivities for the Madera Coyotes in a 46-28 victory. The Coyotes kept the game close through the third quarter, but Sanger took over in the fourth. Sanger rushed for 352 yards while the Coyotes a

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Janyah Spotwood reaches up to catch a conversion pass during Thursday’s 26-0 victory over Madera South. The Madera Coyote flag football team closed out the season with a dominating 26-0 victory over the Madera South Stallions to stake their claim as the top team in Madera after an earlier victory over Matilda Torres. The Coyotes punctuated their victory with 12 second half points to put away the Stallions on Thursday at Stallions St

The fall sports second season began this week for girls tennis and girls volleyball teams. The Liberty Hawks and Matilda Torres Toros girls volleyball team each earned No. 2 seeds in their respective division, and hosted home games Tuesday. Liberty is the No. 2 seed in Division V, and hosted, ironically, Golden Valley-Bakersfield on Tuesday (Liberty is in the Golden Valley Unified School District). The winner of Tuesday’s match plays Thursday against the winner of No. 7 North

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Melanie Fuentes sends a kill past the McLane block during Tuesday’s loss to the Highlanders on Senior Night.  On a night to honor five Madera South Stallions’ girls volleyball seniors, it was the McLane Highlanders that came out with more energy in a three-set sweep Tuesday evening.  The Highlanders put down 27 kills and 12 aces in a 25-23, 25-15, 25-16 win. The Stallions recorded 26 kills, but also missed nine serves while re

Jorge Orozco/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Anthony Bursey runs into the end zone to give the Coyotes the lead in last week’s loss to San Joaquin Memorial.  After a relatively calm first half with the teams combining for 28 points, the Madera Coyotes and the San Joaquin Memorial Panthers combined for 68 second half points in a 50-46 Memorial win last week.  The Coyotes had a chance for a game-winning drive, but a fumble recovery in the end zone helped give the Panthers the victo

The 19th annual Pumpkin Smash Halloween Bash Enduro race features a full field of fearless drivers racing Saturday on a Madera Speedway filled with obstacles such as slimy pumpkin guts, soap, water, and other debris in a 200-lap spectacle.  Drivers race 100-laps in each direction around the one-third mile asphalt oval with sights on the cash prize and the trophy. All seating is general admission with tickets available at the gates. Adults are $15 and youth ages 6-12 are just