Brian Wilkinson

Archive by category ''Brian Wilkinson

  • SPORTS

    Casey takes third at Section Division II swim meet

    Yosemite High School's 5-foot-11 senior, Molly Casey, led the Badger girl's swim team to a third place finish at the May 18 Central Section Division II Swimming and Diving Championships held at Tulare Union High School. There were 33 teams in th

  • SPORTS

    Hughey finishes 8th at Masters Championship

    Yosemite High School distance runner Brittney Hughey was the highest Badger finishers at the May 18 Central Section Masters Championships at Fresno's Buchanan High School, placing eighth in the 1,600 meter run. She was ranked No. 11 going into the ra

  • BRIAN WILKINSON

    Proponents pitch Mono casino to Senate committee

    Proponents of the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians appeared at a Senate government Organization Committee hearing May 15 in support of AB 277, the vehicle that would ratify the state/tribe compact for the proposed $350 million casino on Highway 99, no

  • SPORTS

    Olympic Hopefuls

    Cheyenne Coffman used to swim in the Yosemite High School pool, competing against the Badgers when she lived in Prather and was a member of the Sierra High swim team. She was named the North Sequoia League MVP swimmer four times. She also played water pol

  • BRIAN WILKINSON

    Clean Sweep

    The shores of Bass Lake were a lot cleaner last Saturday after nearly 70 volunteers participated in the 15th Annual Bass Lake Spring Clean. More than 150 large plastic bags of trash was collected between 9 a.m. and noon and brought to Recreation Point at

  • BRIAN WILKINSON

    Ending the year on a high note

    Toes were tapping and hands were clapping throughout the The Yosemite High School Music Department's free "End of the Year Concert" May 9 in the school's cafeteria.

  • BRIAN WILKINSON

    Department head responds to grand jury report

    Kelly Woodward, director of the Madera County Department of Social Services, has sent an 11-page response to a grand jury report that was critical of her department.

  • BRIAN WILKINSON

    Disappointment in closing of Sierra Lanes

    Mountain Area bowlers, volunteer coaches and parents were not happy to hear the recent news that Oakhurst's Sierra Lanes would close June 7. The bowling alley that has served the Mountain Area for the past 27 years, will be converted to a Grocery Out

  • BRIAN WILKINSON

    Yosemite High valedictorians honored

    Yosemite High School's 17 valedictorians for 2013 -- seniors who will graduate June 7 with 4.0 cumulative grade point averages or higher -- were honored May 2 during the 27th Annual Paul & Martha Pitman Awards Banquet at Sierra Meadows Country Cl

  • SPORTS

    Fisherman almost released $10,000 fish

    Pete Antonino, 83, of Fresno, caught a $10,000 trout last Saturday during the 30th Annual Bass Lake Fishing Derby and almost threw it back in the lake.

View More Stories