Category: News

A story never told: Podcast chronicles night of Causeway collapse

  By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com  The Queen Isabella Causeway collapse is a story more recited than told. But a new podcast is seeking to tell the collapse’s story in more detail than ever before, from those who were there, nearly 20 years later.  “The True Story of the Queen Isabella Causeway Collapse” podcast first debuted …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2021/03/12/a-story-never-told-podcast-chronicles-night-of-causeway-collapse/

Quartet of Lady Tarpons Off to State

By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS Four Port Isabel High Lady Tarpon powerlifters have qualified for the state meet in Corpus Christi next week.  Sophia Aguilera, Madalyn Galvan, April Puente, and Chelsea Gonzalez will all advance to state competition by finishing in the top four of their respective weight classes at Tuloso-Midway High School …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2021/03/12/quartet-of-lady-tarpons-off-to-state/

Camacho Double Gold at Rio Hondo

By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS Will Camacho earned two gold medals at last week’s Roberto Garza, Jr. Relays in Rio Hondo. Camacho won the long jump and triple jump events at Bobcat Stadium.  Camacho also showed up well in the 400-meter run with a fourth-place finish in that event.   The Press found head …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2021/03/12/camacho-double-gold-at-rio-hondo/

Ramos Gets Gold at Rio Hondo

By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS Madison Ramos was golden at the Roberto Garza, Jr. Relays at Rio Hondo last Saturday.  She won the high jump competition with a personal best leap of five feet two inches, and took home the gold medal for her efforts.   “She did an amazing job,” head P.I. girls …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2021/03/12/ramos-gets-gold-at-rio-hondo/

Tarpons Make “Sweet 16,” Fall to Boerne

By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS The 2021 season has come to an end for the Port Isabel Tarpon Basketball squad.  They dropped a hard-fought game to Boerne, 68-55, in the regional semi-final contest Tuesday night in Corpus Christi.   The loss followed two playoff wins last week, the second of which, a 95-70 win …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2021/03/05/tarpons-make-sweet-16-fall-to-boerne/

Galvan Lone Tarpon Placer at Hidalgo

By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS Evan Galvan was the lone top-six finisher at last Saturday’s Pirate Relays track and field meet at Hidalgo. Galvan, a middle-distance runner, ran 5th in the 400-meter race with a time of 59.84 seconds.  He was a little over three seconds behind the winner of the event, Noah …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2021/03/05/galvan-lone-tarpon-placer-at-hidalgo/

Good Start for Lady Tarpons Track

By Larry Gage Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High girls track team was finally able to get in its first meet of the 2021 season last week, and the results were pretty good.  The PRESS found head Lady Tarpons track coach Julie Breedlove at the high school on Monday, and she certainly liked …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2021/03/05/good-start-for-lady-tarpons-track/

Part I: Depression Era Basketball: In the 1930s, Tarpons dominated the dirt courts

By RENE TORRES Special to the PRESS/NEWS With the 2020-21 edition of the Port Isabel Tarpon Basketball Team heating up the courts straight into the postseason, this writer thought it would an appropriate time to reissue an article compiled and published in 2015 detailing the Post-Depression-Era Tarpons and their historic run on the courts that …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2021/03/05/part-i-depression-era-basketball-in-the-1930s-tarpons-dominated-the-dirt-courts/

Musk pursues incorporation of Boca Chica Village into new city

By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk wants to incorporate Boca Chica Village,  into a new city named Starbase, Texas.  Musk alluded to the incorporation inquiry on his Twitter account this week, just before SpaceX’s SN10 rocket launched and landed upright on Mar. 3. The rocket exploded on its launch pad minutes …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2021/03/05/musk-pursues-incorporation-of-boca-chica-village-into-new-city/

Rio Grande Distillery brings moonshine to the RGV

By Gaige Davila Los Fresnos, Texas, may be the last place anyone would expect to find moonshine, but it’s there, and it’s presence is becoming more known.  Jerrod Leon Henry, owner and master distiller of Rio Grande Distillery, makes Magic Valley Moonshine from his storefront on Highway 100 in between Laguna Vista and Los Fresnos …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: https://www.portisabelsouthpadre.com/2021/03/01/rio-grande-distillery-brings-moonshine-to-the-rgv/