Madera’s namesake flew missions in Vietnam skies
Lt. Hugh Magee, fellow pilot Lt. Bill Rezek, and aircraft mechanic Airman “Rog” Rogers were based at Lemoore Naval Air Station when their unit, Attack Squadron 146, better known as the “Blue Diamonds,” was ordered to Southeast Asia in 1965. Soon after receiving their combat orders, Magee and Rezek found themselves flying their A4C Skyhawk […]
The corners of my mind
When I was five years old, my family moved from a big old farmhouse in Iowa to a little new house in a small town in central Florida. We had moved to Iowa when I was a baby, because Daddy got a job working in a fertilizer plant there. We lived in that old farmhouse […]
The Pact Act
Veterans’ Voices is directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this country. This is an area where you may share your experiences, or read of other veterans’ experiences. We thank you for your service, and hope that you know how much you are loved and appreciated. […]
Torres makes history with rout
The Matilda Torres Toros girls basketball team earned the No. 2 seed in the Div. VI Central Section playoffs and made school history. With the tip-off Tuesday evening, the Toros became the first team to host a playoff game on the Torres campus in school history. About an hour-and-a-half later, the girls became the first […]
Coyotes score home playoff win
The last time Joe Flores Gym saw the Madera Coyotes boys basketball team play a playoff game was in 2009. This year’s version of the eighth-seeded Coyotes didn’t allow the home fans go home unhappy with a 75-60 victory over the ninth-seeded Immanuel-Reedley Eagles in the first round of the Div. IV playoffs on Wednesday. […]
Stallions get lead, Coyotes win opener
For the first time since 2019, the Madera South Stallions softball team took a lead over the Madera Coyotes, but the Coyotes closed the game with 11 straight runs for a mercy-rule victory at Zimmerman Field. The Stallions took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning of an April, 2019 game that […]
Stallions fall in first round game
The Madera South Stallions girls basketball team came up short in the first round of the Div. III playoffs against the Kerman Lions. The sixth-seeded Stallions tried to rally after falling behind early, but it was the 11th-seeded Lions who held on for a 46-37 win on the road. Kerman held a strong lead for […]
Wrestlers advance to Masters
The Madera Coyotes, Madera South Stallions and Liberty Hawks wrestling teams competed in the Division tournaments with a berth at the Central Section (Master’s) championship this weekend at Buchanan High School in Clovis. The Coyotes had nine wrestlers from the Div. II championship tournament in Bakersfield to advance to the Master’s. Heavyweight Vicente Rodriguez captured […]
Meeting held to discuss Supes’ pay raise
A special meeting was held by the Madera County Board of Supervisors, to start the process of repealing and revoking a proposed pay increase for the Board of Supervisors, as referenced in Ordinance 701. There were two discussion items on the agenda for the Tuesday meeting. The first item was consideration to adopt a Resolution […]