{"id":7905,"date":"2019-08-21T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=7905"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:28:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:28:41","slug":"coyotes-tribe-look-to-shake-off-rust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/coyotes-tribe-look-to-shake-off-rust\/","title":{"rendered":"Coyotes, Tribe look to shake off rust"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It was a fumble-fest in the first of half of the scrimmage between the Madera Coyotes and Chowchilla Tribe football teams.<\/p>

Madera forced the first fumble in the second quarter Friday night, setting up a Coyotes\u2019 rushing touchdown from inside the 10-yard line.<\/p>

Chowchilla fumbled, again, on the next possession, helping Madera set up in prime position for another score.<\/p>

However, it was Chowchilla who forced the fumble the next time and returned it ball 90 yards for a touchdown.<\/p>

\u201cI know it\u2019s a product of the early season, getting the kinks out.\u201d Madera head coach Kenny Paolinelli said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want that stuff to happen, but we got it fixed. Hopefully, next week the ball won\u2019t be on the ground as much as it was tonight.\u201d<\/p>

Chowchilla held the ball for a large portion of the first quarter and drove inside the 20-yard line. But they found themselves moving back after a couple of penalties, leading to a turnover on downs.<\/p>

\u201cThat\u2019s what a scrimmage is for. The speed steps up a big notch. Things that you would get away with against your scout team in practice, you don\u2019t get away with out here,\u201d Chowchilla head coach Alex Pittz said. \u201cThat raises the stakes and causes some mental and physical mistakes.\u201d<\/p>

Paolinelli said he was happy to see his defense hold up despite staying on the field for a long time.<\/p>

\u201cI think it was a good test of some adversity for us,\u201d Paolinelli said. \u201cThey were eating up the clock and it tested our mental toughness as well as our conditioning. I thought our defense held up and was able to get stops at an important time.\u201d<\/p>

The Coyotes came out on fire in the second half, going 80 yards in less than three minutes and capping it off with a 10-yard touchdown catch.<\/p>

Madera put together another along drive later in the third quarter, but it ended with an interception in the endzone.<\/p>

\u201cI feel okay with where we are at conditioning wise, but we have to fix some things,\u201d Pittz said. \u201cWe have to pursue the ball better and put four quarters together.\u201d<\/p>

The Coyotes added one more touchdown before the final whistle in the fourth quarter.<\/p>

\u201cOnce they started playing within themselves and running the offense, we were perfectly fine,\u201d Paolinelli said. \u201cYou saw that thing moving. Our conditioning showed up too. We want to play fast, so it was good to see us calm down and just play ball.\u201d<\/p>

Madera High will kick off the season at home against Washington Union on Friday. Chowchilla will also kick off at home Friday against Fresno High School.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a fumble-fest in the first of half of the scrimmage between the Madera Coyotes and Chowchilla Tribe football teams. Madera forced the first fumble in the second quarter Friday night, setting up a Coyotes\u2019 rushing touchdown from inside the 10-yard line. Chowchilla fumbled, again, on the next possession, helping Madera set up in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":26763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-7905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-schools"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}