Softball Recap: Madera Find Success

While Madera put up some runs on Tuesday, the same can't be said for Sanger West. The Coyotes walked away with a 4-0 win over the Hornets. The Coyotes haven't had any issues with the Hornets recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.

Isabella Aguirre

Batters Struck Out

03/10/26 vs Hanford West	1
03/12/26 vs Chaparral	1
03/18/26 vs Clovis East	1
04/07/26 @ Sanger West	1
03/14/26 vs Sunrise Mountain	2

Not much got past Isabella Aguirre, who gave up just two hits and racked up 14 Ks to keep Sanger West off the board. Those 14 strikeouts set a new season-high mark for Aguirre.

On the hitting side, Madera's win was truly a team effort as three different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Destinee Avila, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI. That's the most RBI Avila has posted since back in March. Another was Brilynn Santiago, who went 2-for-3 with one stolen base and one RBI.

Madera's victory bumped their record up to 16-9. As for Sanger West, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 12-11.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Madera is set to face off against their familiar foe Sanger at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Coyotes 3.2, the Apaches 3) so any runs scored will be well earned. Meanwhile, Sanger West will square off against rival Bullard at 3:00 p.m. on Friday.