By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS There are those people who are known as defensive purists or specialists. The only problem they may have with a 0-0 final score is that their team didn’t win. For the first time in its history last Saturday night the RGVCA East-West All-Star Football Game ended with neither …
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May 23
Port Isabel Tarpon student-athletes receive honors
Special to the PRESS The following Port Isabel High School students have been nominated for the following honors. Winners will be announced on June 11. • 2012-13 Sub 5A Girl Athlete of the Year: Daniella Murchison • 2012-13 Sub 5A Girls Team of the Year: Lady Tarpon varsity volleyball team • 2012-13 Sub 5A Boys …
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May 16
SIMPLY THE BEST: Hard work earns Murchison state title
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS r…@portisabelsouthpadre.com Despite spending a good amount of time with state champ Daniella Lynn Murchison for this story, it was still hard to determine if the gravity of what she has accomplished last weekend had sunk in yet or if the young Ms. Murchison was just that laidback and …
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May 16
Several Lady Tarps receive All-District honors
PRESS Staff Report The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons finished the 2012-2013 softball season with an impressive 18-8 record, earning the 32-3A district championship and an area crown along the way, but the accolades continue to pour in. The Lady Tarps were well-represented in the 32-3A All-District selections, with five players receiving first team honors and …
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May 09
Ladies to take on Kingsville
PRESS Staff Report Jesse Garza, the Lady Tarpon Varsity Softball Coach could hardly contain his excitement Friday night, and who could blame him? After an impressive 7-2 smashing of the Robstown Lady Cotton Pickers in Raymondville, Coach Garza and his squad of young Lady Tarpons accomplished what they had set out to do – not …
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Apr 25
ON A GOOD NOTE: Ladies, boys race into playoffs fresh off big wins
PRESS Staff Report There’s no better way to enter the playoffs than on a winning note. And that’s exactly what the Port Isabel Tarpon baseball and Lady Tarpon softball teams have done. The District 32-3A champion Lady Tarpons recently survived a dramatic comeback orchestrated by the Rio Hondo Lady Bobcats. In the season finale, the …
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Apr 25
Athletes encouraged to take part in physical program
Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High School is hosting free pre-athletic physicals for all Junior High and High School student athletes. All students need to be enrolled in athletics and be enrolled at PIISD to participate. Physicals will be held at Port Isabel High School in the athletics wing from 8 a.m. to 12 …
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Apr 18
DISTRICT CHAMPS: Ladies down La Feria for crown
Special to the PRESS When the final out was recorded on Tuesday night, the Port Isabel Tarpons celebrated a lot more than just a victory. The girls had just accomplished something that had never been done before. For the first time in school history, they’re District 32-3A champions. With a 3-0 win over La Feria …
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Apr 18
Port Isabel remains in playoff contention
PRESS Staff Report The race to the state baseball playoffs is tightening up in District 32-3A as three ball clubs are within a half game of each other for the second seed. The Port Isabel Tarpons were battling to stay in contention for a district crown throughout the season and, as of Thursday, April 11, …
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Apr 18
Guy Lewis elected to Hall of Fame
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Former University of Houston head basketball coach, Guy V. Lewis, who won nearly 600 games and took his teams to five Final Fours, has been elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Lewis is the father of South Padre Island businessman and former Houston Cougar player Vern …
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All-Star football game goes scoreless…
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS There are those people who are known as defensive purists or specialists. The only problem they may have with a 0-0 final score is that their team didn’t win. Continue reading
Port Isabel Tarpon student-athletes receive honors…
Special to the PRESS The following Port Isabel High School students have been nominated for the following honors. Winners will be announced on June 11. Continue reading
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By CHRISTINA R. GARZA Staff Writer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com A man is behind bars for allegedly kidnapping and raping a local woman. Continue reading
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