Toros capture wrestling title
After the Matilda Torres Toros boys cross country team capture the first Central Section championship in school history in the fall, the wrestling team easily captured the Div. V title this weekend. The Toros, who hosted the tournament, easily outpointed Woodlake 170.5-132.0 to win the championship. The Toros had 10 wrestlers compete on Saturday and […]
Coyotes, Toros earn home games
The Central Section released its soccer and basketball seedings this weekend and the Madera Coyotes boys basketball team and the Matilda Torres Toros boys and girls basketball teams both earned home games. In addition, the Torres boys soccer team also earned a home playoff game. For the Toros, the basketball games will be the first […]
Hawks walk-off for win over Stallions
In a rematch of the Div. IV Central Section semifinals from last year, the Liberty Hawks baseball team got a measure of revenge with a walk-off 6-5 victory over the Madera South Stallions. The Stallions scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to tie the game. However, Daniel Sandate led off the […]
Opinion: This cat is not a killer, Sizemore
First published in The Madera Tribune on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The cat who allows us to share her house has been looking over her shoulder lately, on the lookout for Grant Sizemore of the American Bird Conservancy. Sizemore wants us to round up as many as 80 million unowned outdoor cats, take them to […]
Getting all ‘choked’ up
A few nights ago, I was able to have one of my favorite dinners: crab and artichoke. I found some Dungeness crabs at a price that did not make me feel like I was being robbed. While I had those in my shopping cart, I also noticed some beautiful artichokes, and they turned out to […]
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