Jan 03 2020
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS The Men’s basketball team participated in the Brahmas Holiday Shootout Tournament and came out with a 3-1 winning record. The Tarpons took the first game against the 5A CC Moody Trojans 60-58. The Tarpons lost game 2 to 6A PSJA North 69-55. On the second day of …
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Jan 03 2020
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS A contender for state Senate held a meet and greet in Port Isabel Friday evening, December 13, to introduce himself to residents of the Laguna Madre area in hopes of winning their vote in the upcoming March primary elections. “I think …
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Jan 03 2020
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons hoops team split their four games at the Lyford Holiday Classic tournament last weekend. In the team’s first game on Friday a 44-30 win was recorded over IDEA-Donna. That afternoon they lost to eventual tournament champion, Santa …
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Jan 03 2020
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The team that a particular player starts the season with is not necessarily the one he’ll be playing with once the district season starts. One such Port Isabel High player is sophomore Josue Navarro. “I …
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Jan 03 2020
By LAURA LYLES REAGAN Special to the PRESS Point Isabel ISD proudly announced on December 17 that the Port Isabel High School Mariachi Plata earned a Division 1 Superior Rating at the Texas Association Mariachi Educators South Area Contest. It qualified them to compete at the state …
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Dec 27 2019
By Angie Gamez Special to the Press Most of us love the ocean, live near it or wish we did. For artist Connie Lovell, who lives in Harlingen, the ocean is her “heart and soul.” Lovell was so bothered by trash on the beach left by beach goers, trash that washed ashore, and trash in …
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Dec 27 2019
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel Rotary Club dedicated several new kennels to the Isabel Y. Garcia Animal Shelter in Port Isabel last Friday, December 20. The kennels’ funding and repair were the Port Isabel Rotary Club’s yearly service project, where the group seeks out a local organization in need of help. Some …
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Dec 27 2019
By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS The year 2019 is rapidly drawing to a close, so even though we’re only halfway through the school year your instrumental music reporter just thought it would be an opportune time to consider the “State of the Program” and remind everybody how grateful we should all be to …
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Dec 27 2019
By Joanna “Luna” Sanchez Special to the PRESS Welcome back to The Most Haunted Places in the RGV. Two weeks ago, we explored the history of Brownsville’s Daisy Starck, a young girl trampled during a parade in 1897. This week, we are taking our investigation to the old Mercedes fire station, located in Mercedes,Texas, where …
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Dec 27 2019
By: Constancio Martinez, Jr. Special to the PRESS This past Friday, the Boys Port Isabel Basketball team picked up a 49-48 win against the 5A PSJA Memorial Wolverines. Just like the previous game versus the Santa Maria Cougars, some last-minute steals by Cole Pinkerton and Kaiden Martinez helped secure the win. The team was led …
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