Super Bowl treats help Catholic women’s group
The women of the Saint Joachim Church’s Young Ladies Institute gathered at dawn on Saturday at the Ben Hayes Hall at the Madera Farm Bureau. “I got here at 6:30 a.m.,” said longtime YLI member Debbie Chairez of Plaza Flower Shop. This event has taken place every year since the 1980s, she said. The other […]
Pancakes help to fund Howard School 4-H activities
In the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, while the championship dreams of 49er and Kansas City fans were all still alive a local group prepared a morning feast. Joe Van Alen Hall at the Madera District Fair grounds drew a crowd of parents for the Howard School club’s Super Bowl Sunday pancake breakfast. The year’s annual […]
Stallions crowned decathlon champs
For the first time in Madera County Academic Decathlon history, Madera South High School prevailed, making the Stallions the champions of the 38th Madera County Academic Decathlon. Madera South will advance to the state competition March 27-29. The decathletes earned a score of 30,812.30, and will advance to the California Academic Decathlon and compete against […]
Hawks win second straight title
CHOWCHILLA — By advancing eight wrestlers into the North Sequoia League championships, the Liberty Hawks wrestling team jumped out to an early lead and held on to win its second straight NSL championship. Ryan Avila (126 pounds), David Portnoff (220 pounds) and Brad Wallace (285 pounds) won individual NSL championships Friday at Chowchilla High School […]
Stallions keep streak alive
With a goal with less than five minutes left in the match, the Madera South Stallions boys soccer team extended its home unbeaten streak to 25 matches and, most importantly, kept its chances of winning the County/Metro Athletic Conference championship alive. The Stallions got a penalty kick goal from David Salas, his second goal of […]
Stallions no match for Panthers
The Madera South Stallions boys basketball team were no match for the San Joaquin Memorial-Fresno Panthers, who have the ability to bring in players they want, The Panthers scored 23 points in the first two quarters for a 24 point halftime lead and outscored the Stallions by 12 in the second half for an 87-51 […]
Liberty cruises to win against Sierra
For the second time this season, the Liberty girls soccer team cruised to a blowout win against Sierra. The Hawks, who won 7-0 on Jan. 14, downed the Chieftains 3-0 at Liberty on Thursday. “I was satisfied with how we were playing,” Liberty coach Erick Walker said. “We were moving the ball well and we […]
Madera recovers from deficit for tie
For 68 minutes, nothing went right for the Madera Coyotes boys soccer team. The team failed to convert multiple opportunities throughout the game and found itself down 2-0 against Bullard-Fresno. In the final 12 minutes, however, the Coyotes converted two penalty kicks and forced overtime. Both teams then failed to score a game-winner in the […]
Opinion: Madera’s ‘growing pains’
I happened to find myself being self-assigned on Tuesday to deliver copies of The Madera Tribune to the coin racks we have around the city, and I discovered something unexpected: The city is growing. It is spreading out. There is more traffic. There are more small businesses. There are more places where one can exercise. […]
Letter: Resident grateful for local authorities
My husband, Steve, and I very much appreciate the help of Officer Wayson Juarez, Community Liaison Officer of the Madera Police Department, to vacate a homeless person from our property. My husband had a stroke in July of 2019 and is still physically weak and unable to speak. It’s hard to know how to balance […]