Nov 07 2019
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS Even when two teams are having a down year, the Friday night lights atmosphere is like no other. As such was the case when long-time rivals, the Port Isabel Tarpons (3-4) and Rio Hondo Bobcats (4-4), met this past Friday night for the 68th time. Their long-standing …
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Nov 07 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Sabrina Gonzalez may be the shortest player on the court in any game Port Isabel plays this year. She’s a spark plug, though, on offense and defense, and she took time out from practice this week to talk with the Press about what kind of team she’ll be …
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Nov 07 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Kyle DeMoss is doing double duty as a Port Isabel High athletic coach these days. In August, he began his second season as an assistant football coach on Head Coach and Athletic Director Jason Strunk’s staff. Now, and by now I mean just within the last three weeks, …
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Nov 07 2019
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel freshman football team capped their season with a 38-6 win over the Rio Hondo Bobcats. The Tarpons entered the game riding an 80 undefeated record, with key wins over Hidalgo, La Feria, Raymondville and a pair of 6A squads in Harlingen Cano and …
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Nov 07 2019
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS Despite vigorous challenges from their opponents, Ken Medders, Jr. and Kerry Schwartz prevailed in the Tuesday, November 5, city council election, keeping their positions on the South Padre Island City Council for another term. The City of SPI released the unofficial tally Tuesday night, around 7:45 p.m. In …
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Nov 07 2019
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS The Laguna Madre Youth Center held a special meeting this past Thursday, October 31, with three vacant Board of Director seats being the highlight of the agenda. Margie Jacobs, James Baxter and Leah Gay Roustan, all Youth Club volunteers, were unanimously voted to join the Board of …
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Nov 07 2019
By PAMELA CODY Special to the PRESS The newly christened Port Isabel Shrimp Cook Off and Seafood Festival carried on the same storied tradition as its predecessor, with the 26th year of the event taking place this past Saturday …
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Nov 07 2019
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com On November 5, Cameron County voters overwhelmingly voted in favor of the ten proposed Texas constitutional amendments proposed on Election Day. In all, 10,568 votes were collected from 62 precincts. In all, 210,335 people are registered to vote in Cameron County. Only 12 percent of registered voters in Texas voted …
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Nov 07 2019
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Nov 07 2019
By DAVID LEE ZAMORA Special to the Parade Terminator: Dark Fate is the latest installment in the extremely bloated Terminator film series, but unlike the last three or four films that feel like shallow, poor imitations of the original films, that feel more like cash grabs that got way too messy with their plots, Dark …
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