By LARRY GAGE The Lady Tarpons softball team blew out Donna IDEA Academy, 16-0, Tuesday night and came one step closer to making the post-season playoffs. They did it with the usual things, hitting, fielding, and pitching, with the emphasis on the latter. Freshman pitcher Daniela Salinas threw another perfect game, and she didn’t …
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Apr 18 2011
Baseball; P.I. Takes La Feria 4-0
By LARRY GAGE The Port Isabel Tarpons got past the Lions of La Feria 4-0 on the road on Friday night. They did it with good fielding and hitting and another strong performance on the mound by pitcher Bobby Barker. The Tarpons have good speed on the base paths and they used it to good …
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Apr 18 2011
Tarps compete in district golf tourney
Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons Boys & Girls Golf teams traveled to the Tony Butler Golf Course in Harlingen last Wednesday to compete in the District 32-3A Golf Tournament. The Tarpons Boys team finished a close third place behind district champion Zapata and runner-up La Feria. The Tarpons were led by Sophomore …
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Apr 18 2011
Rivera guards the plate for Tarpons
By LARRY GAGE Some high school athletes specialize in one sport. Others compete in several, often two at the same time. One of Port Isabel High’s multi-sport men is Victor “Bucky” Rivera. From August to November it’s all football for Rivera, who played on the offensive line for the Tarpon’s 2010 co-district champion team. The …
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Apr 18 2011
Salinas a force on the mound
By LARRY GAGE Daniela Salinas is a pitcher for the Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons varsity softball team. Only a freshman she has, so far this season, pitched a no-hitter and a perfect game. The team is currently tied for second-place in the district standings, and control their own destiny for making the post-season playoffs. …
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Apr 12 2011
Junior High Track finishes strong
The District 32-3A Jr. High meet was held last Saturday, April 2nd at Tarpon Stadium. The Lady Tarpon track teams came into the meet with high hopes as the disappointment of last year’s meet still hung in the air for the eighth grade girls who wanted to avenge their 12-point loss of last year …
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Apr 12 2011
Freshman pitcher Salinas hurls gem in road win
By JOE R. BOWLING, JR. Friday marked perfection for the Port Isabel Lady Tarpons softball team. A road win over Grulla with a 13-0 score marked a fourth consecutive shut out and it was highlighted as Daniela Salinas pitched a perfect game. “Nobody said a word,” said Head Coach Belinda Trevino, “as a matter of …
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Apr 04 2011
Lopez takes second at state
By LARRY GAGE Jerry Lopez place second in the Men’s State Powerlifting Meet in Abilene last Saturday. His total lift of 875 pounds broke down as follows; squat lift, 360 pounds; bench press, 185 pounds; and dead lift, 330 pounds. He tied his personal best in the bench press. His PB on the squat lift …
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Apr 04 2011
Barker takes second no-hitter
By LARRY GAGE Bobby Barker tossed his second no-hitter of the season Friday night at Tarpon Field, as Port Isabel ran away from Rio Hondo by the score of 13-0. The game was called after five innings due to the 10-run rule. Barker struck out six Bobcat batters and walked only two. “Everybody came out …
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Mar 28 2011
Hernandez so close to gold
By LARRY GAGE It came down to her final attempt on the last lift, the dead lift. Port Isabel Lady Tarpon powerlifter Marissa Hernandez had already locked up second place at the Women’s State Powerlifting Meet in Corpus Christi last Saturday. Breanna Johnson of Giddings had completed her lifts and was in first place with …
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