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Madera coach Judy Shaubach picked up her 700th career win last season and now her fourth section title.

The Madera softball team won the division II Central Section Championship with a 4-2 victory over Frontier. The Coyotes were guided by freshman Malea Ricks who went 3 for 3 and shined in the division II title game. “All I thought was, I need to go out and play and do it for my teammates” […]

Fresno State freshman third baseman Murf Gray has been tabbed the Mountain West Freshman of the Year. The Madera native started in 39 games at third base for the Diamond ‘Dogs in his first season. The Madera South product hit eight home runs and finished the year and has the second-best batting average for Fresno […]

Madera’s Brianah Hamilton connects on a first inning home run for her school record-extending 19th homer of her career in Friday’s win over Selma. The 12th seeded Selma Bears advanced to the Div. II softball Central Section semifinals after an upset win in the first round, but the Madera Coyotes put away any thoughts of another upset by scoring in the first five innings for a dominant 8-1 victory.

Courtesy of Ethan Smith/Madera Speedway. Jacob Smith celebrates his first win of the season at Madera Speedway after an Pro Late Model win Saturday. Jacob Smith earned his first career MAVTV-televised Lunkerdaddy Pro Late Model Series victory, and became the fourth different winner of the 2023 season at Madera Speedway.

The Frontier High School softball team will have a game with Madera High School on May 26, 2023, 21:00:00 CST.

The goal of every baseball coach is for his team to put up crooked numbers on the scoreboard as much as possible. The fifth-seeded Matilda Torres Toros put up crooked numbers in the even innings to record a 13-2 victory over fourth-seeded Coalinga on Friday in the Div. VI quarterfinals.

Madera South’s Gilbert Moisa reaches down to hit a two-run second inning single during Wednesday’s 15-10 victory over Selma in the Central Section playoffs. The Madera South Stallions baseball team jumped out to an early 14-1 lead in its Div. IV first round Central Section playoff contest against Selma. However, they had to withstand eight late inning runs to record a 15-10 victory.

Mens and Coed adult league softball leagues will begin June 27 at the Sunrise Rotary Sports Complex (1901 Clinton St.). The cost is $350 per team. Men’s league will play every Monday while the Coed league will play on Tuesdays. Register online at madera.gov/register by June 28. For information, contact the Parks Department at 661-5495 or parksinfo@madera.gov.

The Central Section softball and baseball playoff brackets were released over the weekend and Madera-area teams received beneficial seedings. Of the seven teams in the baseball and softball playoffs, six received home seedings, including Northwest Sequoia Conference Champions, Liberty baseball, who received the top seed in Div. III. Softball first...

The Madera Coyotes softball team seemed to be cruising along by taking a 6-0 lead into the sixth inning of its Div. II Central Section playoff game against Arroyo Grande. Pitcher Nastasha Griffin carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, but ran into a wall. The 13th-seeded Eagles broke the no-hitter with a single and then ripped a two-run home run. Arroyo added three more runs in the inning, two unearned, to cut the lead to 6-5.

From left, Mathew Machado, Anita Giron, Caleb Fant and Oswaldo Montes hold awards they won during the state competition at Cal Poly on May 5. More than 2,000 high school students from across the state competed at the annual California State FFA Finals competition at Cal Poly. The Madera FFA...

Torres’ Joseph Bass (3) congratulates Ryan Lutz after Lutz scored a second inning run during Tuesday’s history-making victory over the Avenal Buccaneers. The win was the first playoff win Toros baseball program history. The Matilda Torres Toros baseball team put any thoughts of playoff jitters to rest with...

Madera’s Kailea Ricks (dark shirt) and Brilynn Santiago (11), celebrates wtih Destinee Avila, middle, after she scored the game-winning run in Friday’s 5-4 extra inning victory over the Sanger Apaches. With second place in the County/Metro Athletic Conference on the line, the Madera Coyotes softball team walked off...

Matilda Torres’ Harnoor Hans throws a pitch during Friday’s victory. Hans wasn’t involved in the decision, but tossed the first 5 2/3 innings for the Toros. The Matilda Torres Toros used a two-run seventh inning rally to spoil the Madera South baseball team’s Senior Night Celebration at Eddie Chapa Field.

Madera Speedway honors one of the valley’s greatest racing families with Saturday’s Vukovich Classic. The “Vuky” is led by the Winged Sprints vs. Super Modifieds plus a full card of MAVTV-televised stock car racing with the Lunkerdaddy Pro Late Models and 51FIFTY Jr. Late Models. Vintage racing will also hit the fastest one-third mile in the west with Legends of Kearney Bowl, California Hard Tops, and BCRA Vintage Midgets.

(Madera, CA) Ethan Thomas was the lone representative of the Mt. San Antonio College Men's Golf team at the 2023 California Community College Athletic Association State Championship held at Dragonfly Golf Club in Madera on Sunday and Monday, May 14-15. Thomas represented well with a two-round 140 on the par-73 course, tying for third in the individual competition and earning him All-State status. On the second day of play, Thomas carded a six-under-par 67, tying the tournament's single-round low score attained by three others—Reedley College's Elias Pettersson, Napa Valley College's A.J. Tomasini, and Reedley's Chase Bird.

MADERA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The junior college state championship for men’s golf is taking place in Madera this year, at Dragonfly Golf Club. Reedley College began the final day in the lead, and ended the day in the lead. The Tigers won their first state championship since 2016. Reedley’s team score was 19-under-par. According to […]