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Stallions open with two wins

Photo - Madera South’s Savaanah Garcia runs past the Corcoran catcher to score a run during Saturday’s 14-0 victory at the Kerman Easter Classic.

KERMAN — The Madera South Stallions softball team did what they were supposed to do to open the Kerman Easter Classic. The Stallions outscored Sunyside-Fresno and Corcoran 24-0 with domination head coach Peter Gallegos was expecting. “It felt great to get the two wins,” he said. “We worked to get ready for this tournament. We […]

Coyotes fall to Apaches in four

Volleyball players in action at Madera high school gym.

After a four-set victory over the Clovis North Broncos the week before, the Madera Coyotes boys volleyball team hoped to open the County/Metro Athletic Conference with a victory over the Sanger Apaches. However, the Apaches recorded back-to-back 25-23 set victories over the inconsistent Coyotes for a 3-1 match win Thursday in Joe Flores Gym. “We […]

Doss makes last lap move to win SRL opener

Jeremy Doss started his 2018 SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour title run with a bang, leading only the final lap to win Saturday’s Season Opener 125 at Madera Speedway. The two-time championship runner-up charged through the pack after falling as low 10th to take the lead from four-time champion Derek Thorn in dramatic fashion. A brief […]

History in the Week of March 25

Photo - One hundred years ago R.L. Bennett, shown here in the middle, lost one of his bicycles to a “wheel” thief. It was discovered in Fairmead and returned. Bennett’s bicycle shop was one of three such businesses located in Madera.

50 Years Ago Week of March 25, 1968 MADERA MARINE RECEIVES WOUND IN VIET ACTION — Marine Pfc. Richard Gutierrez, 20, son of Mrs. Lupe Gutierrez, of 27385 Saunders Road, has been wounded in Vietnam. Gutierrez is in the Oakland Naval Hospital with a fragmentation wound in the left leg received from hostile artillery fire […]

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