Wendy Alexander/The Madera TribuneMatilda Torres’ Angel Garcia reaches up to get a kill attempt past the block of Madera South’s Fer Gutierrez during Thursday’s season finale win over the Stallions.The Matilda Torres Toros closed out the regular season by sending out its seniors with a rivalry victory over the Madera South Stallions on Thursday. The Toros honored seniors Gezer Morales, Anthony Lahr and Kevin Chavez with a four-set victory to send the Toros to the Central Section Div. II...
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SAN JUAN — PSJA High battled past San Benito 9-4 in a Region IV-6A bi-district one-game playoff Thursday at PSJA High School to punch its ticket to the area round. The first-round playoff win by PSJA High (25-5, 8-2) is the program’s first in five seasons. San Benito’s season ends at 10-14-2 overall. “We knew […]
We all sign up for baseball knowing that it isn’t fair. You can square up a ball perfectly and have it go for an out; you can throw a gem on the mound and still get tagged with an “L.” Perhaps nothing is more frustrating in baseball than being a pitcher and seeing how your hours of hard work can be undone with one swing. Tonight Bryce Miller outdueled Braves starter Max Fried in every way except, unfortunately, where it counted—on the scoreboard—and the beautiful sand castle he’d spent hours...
By Philip Heijmans (Bloomberg) — This was supposed to be the year that Vietnam reaped the benefits from one of its largest natural gas discoveries. An estimated 150 billion cubic meters
Rafael Nadal continued his comeback from injury on Monday at the Mutua Madrid Open on Monday, when he battled past Pedro Cachin 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-3 to reach the fourth round.
On Saturday, just as Utah Republicans were gathering for their annual nominating convention, former President Donald Trump endorsed Senate candidate Trent Staggs, an upstart small-town mayor who has been carefully cultivating endorsements from national MAGA celebrities. The endorsement helped Staggs prevail over nine other candidates in the crowded convention race to replace retiring Sen. Mitt […]
After starting eighth, the 43-year-old New Zealander took advantage of the race's only caution to temporarily halt the 85-lap contest and switched to an alternate strategy. The outcome cycled him to the lead but forced him into fuel conservation. Dixon was able to fend off the Colton Herta, who was running an opposite strategy that allowed him to push for maximum pace, and win at the 11-turn, 1.968-mile street circuit by 0.9798s. After a Race Control issue led to the race starting under caution,...
(Photo courtesy of Syracuse Athletics). The Cavaliers showed up to the Dome
The Phillies overcame a rare shaky start from Zack Wheeler to beat the
HARLINGEN — The Brownsville Veterans Chargers had three opportunities to claim an outright District 32-5A championship the last two weeks and the third time proved to be a charm. The Chargers defeated Harlingen South 8-7 in a back-and-forth eight-inning battle Friday at Harlingen South to win the 32-5A district title outright for the first time in […]
A CONFECTIONERY firm has won a £470,000 tax battle after judges ruled its giant marshmallows are not sweets. HMRC insisted Innovative Bites was liable for the huge VAT bill on the sugary treats. Bu