More than expected in attendance for Black History Month Celebration
Black Saints United hosted the third annual Black History Month Celebration over the weekend at McNally Park and it drew the biggest crowd ever. “I had 100 chairs and every last one of them and saw about another 40-50 people standing,” said host and Madera City Councilwoman Anita Evans. “We went over the 100 I […]
Stallions, Toros advance to basketball semifinals
While the Matilda Torres Toros needed a buzzer-beating bucket to advance, the Madera South Stallions had to hold off the home team as both teams advanced to the semifinals of the Central Section playoffs this week. Matilda Torres Toros The fourth-seeded Torres trailed in the final seconds of its Div. VI quarterfinal game against No. […]
Late run sends Toros to semis
The Matilda Torres Toros girls basketball team found itself trailing by nine midway through the fourth quarter, but closed the game on a 17-0 run for a convincing 47-39 victory over the Santa Ynez Pirates in the Div. VI Semifinals. The second-seeded Toros recorded eight turnovers in the run and helped seal the game by […]
Ruiz leads Stallions to first victory
Madera South Stallions baseball head coach Alan Sandoval turned to Nathan Ruiz against the Minarets Mustangs and he didn’t take the ball from him in a 3-2 victory at Eddie Chapa Field. Ruiz tossed 104 pitches in a complete game victory for the Stallions’ first win of the season. He struck out 10 and allowed […]
Hawks make most in home win
Although the Liberty Hawks baseball team banged out just four hits, it was enough for a 10-0 victory over the Firebaugh Eagles in a non-conference game. The Hawks took advantage of seven Firebaugh errors to score eight unearned runs Friday afternoon. Colton Acevedo, Gabriel Casares and Hudson Groh (2) had the hits for the Hawks. […]
Opinion: Doing nothing can be something
First published in The Madera Tribune, on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 For reasons too inconsequential to mention, I found myself in Fresno doing nothing Saturday. That, in itself, is odd for me. Although I would never be described as a dynamo, I usually always am busy with something, and almost always have a task waiting […]
The Vietnam veteran
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