Jun 06 2011
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Ten Port Isabel Tarpons were recently named to the All-District 32-3A baseball team. Making the All-District first team were pitcher Bobby Barker, 1st baseman Blake Sapp, and 3rd baseman Jesse Loera. Named to the second team All-District were pitcher Johnny Loera and outfielder Armando Fierro. The honorable mention …
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May 26 2011
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Four Port Isabel Tarpon football players played one last high school game last Saturday night in Weslaco. It was the Valley Football Coaches Association East-West All-Star game at Bobby Lackey Stadium. The West squad, coached by Mission Veterans’ head man David Gilpin, won the game, 30-12, breaking the …
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May 19 2011
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Armando Fierro is a young man literally on the run. A junior at Port Isabel High, Fierro got the bronze medal for his third place finish in the 3200-meter run at the UIL State Track and Field Meet in Austin last week. It was the final organized competition …
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May 03 2011
By LARRY GAGE The Port Isabel Tarpons lost to Rio Hondo, 10-5, on the road on Saturday in their final regular season game. The team is now busy preparing for their first-round playoff matchup against Orange Grove. It will be a best-of-three series, the first game of which will be at Edinburg Economedes High School …
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Apr 29 2011
By LARRY GAGE Port Isabel High track and field athletes are hard at work this week preparing for the Region IV meet at Corpus Christi Callallen next week. Four Tarpons have qualified for regional competition in individual events. Two additional athletes will team up with two of the aforementioned to run the 4×400-meter relay. For …
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Apr 29 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. Friday afternoon the bus will pull away from Port Isabel High School around 3 p.m. and the Lady Tarpon Softball team will officially begin their journey into the play-offs for a first time since the 2002 season. Riding a stout defense that stands behind a young pitcher that …
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Apr 25 2011
By LARRY GAGE Here are the results from the District 32-3A Junior-Varsity Track and Field Meet in Rio Grande City on April 7, 9. Lady Tarpon Finishers Pole vault: Nyssa Salinas, 2nd, 6 ft. 0 in. Long jump: Shelly Campos, 6th, 11 ft. 10 in. 3200-meter run: Shelly Campos, 3rd, 14:43.08 100-meter dash: Jessica Perez, …
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Apr 25 2011
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. A shutout win over Rio Hondo Friday afternoon has led to the Port Isabel Lady Tarpons advancing to the playoffs for the first time in over eight years. Head Coach Belinda Trevino was hoping that her team could make the run after they dropped a tough game to Laferia last …
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Apr 25 2011
By LARRY GAGE The Port Isabel Tarpons baseball team took care of business at home Thursday night in shutting out Donna IDEA Academy, 10-0. With Grulla’s 11-1 win over Rio Hondo on Friday Port Isabel has made the playoffs for the first time since 2009. The Tarpons led 1-0 after one inning, then put six …
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Apr 21 2011
By LARRY GAGE The Port Isabel Tarpons handled the Progreso Red Ants by the score of 16-1 on the road Tuesday night, and are now aiming for a playoff spot with two games remaining. As mentioned previously, the Tarpons control their own destiny. Win these last two games and the playoffs are assured. Pitcher Bobby …
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