Hawks rebound for home opening win
The Liberty Hawks football team dominated the Caruthers Blue Raiders in front of a packed home stadium for its first victory of the season. The Hawks defense allowed just 111 yards of offense from the Blue Raiders until the last drive of the game against mostly reserves. Meanwhile, the Hawks rushed for more than 300 […]
Stallions show force in only home meet
In hosting the DeWitt Invitational for the first big meet out of the pandemic, Madera South cross country coach Sky Fierro had other problems falling on top of him — the sky. Although the meet was happening for the first time in two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fierro had to move up times […]
Coyotes dismantle Selma in opener
Having its season opener pushed back a week, the Madera Coyotes football team was eager to get on the field and it showed in a 35-0 victory over the Selma Bears. The Coyotes scored all 35 points in the first half and a running clock was instituted for the second half. “Their coach asked for […]
Short-handed Coyotes fall to Yosemite Badgers
Missing three players due to health reasons, the Madera Coyotes girls volleyball team is having a tough start to the 2021 season. The Coyotes suffered a three-set (25-19, 25-15, 25-13) loss to the Yosemite-Oakhurst Badgers on Thursday in Joe Flores Gym. “It’s new and we’re down three girls to health stuff,” head coach Meghan Haas […]
Torres volleyball showing improvement
Although the Matilda Torres Toros girls volleyball team was losing late in a match against the Chowchilla Tribe, one wouldn’t know it by hearing the enthusiastic cheering coming from the bench. The Toros used that enthusiasm to almost outscore Chowchilla after falling behind 11-1 in the third set Thursday night. They lost the match, 25-10, […]
Preparations made for recall election
At the request of the Madera County Clerk-Recorder, Registrar of Voters Rebecca Martinez a panel of local civic leaders assembled recently to inspect the vote counting procedure to be used on recall election night on Sept. 14. She and Elections Division Manager Stephanie Sibley demonstrated to the group the purpose and function of the three […]
Opinion: Is anyone listening?
One courageous voice in our community has been sounding the alarm that our precious aquifer, lifeblood of our economy, households, and public facilities, is in imminent collapse. For the better part of this year, Matt Angell, managing partner of Madera Pumps Inc., has been reeling his video camera down failing wells across the county, stunned […]
Rescue from disaster: A father and son’s story
Readers who would be willing to share stories of miracles in their own lives or the lives of others are encouraged to contact Coate by phone (706-5297) or email (bscoate@aol.com). The son held the gun; there was a blast. His father froze, someone whispered in the older man’s ear. It was a miracle. Forty years […]
Opinion: How Newsom got himself into this fine mess
Gavin Newsom might be asking himself these days, as Oliver Hardy first did in a 1930 film, how he got into this fine mess. And Newsom truly is in trouble: One sometimes-accurate public poll in early August found voters favoring the firing of the governor by 11 percent, while most other surveys have that question […]
MUSD and Linkage announce Hall of Fame
The Linkage Foundation, in partnership with Madera Unified School District, is excited to announce the Student Champion Hall of Fame. As a hall of fame, it will induct up to 10 staff every year that have made an impact on the lives of students that have attended Madera Unified schools. The Hall of Fame started […]