Jan 04 2019
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons basketball team is ready to resume district competition after taking Christmas week off, and competing in a tournament last week in Kingsville. In Kingsville, the Tarpons split their four games and made it to the championship game of the consolation bracket. Their first round …
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Dec 28 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The future does indeed look bright for Port Isabel High sports, and in some ways the future is now. For the second year in a row the Tarpon football program started with a new coach. In 2018, the Tarpons were coming off a season in which they won …
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Dec 28 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons played defense as well as they ever have last Friday night at La Feria. They shut out the Lions, 5-0, in the first quarter, held them to nine points in the second, and won the District 32-4A basketball game, 51-36. “We were playing some …
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Dec 28 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons traveled to La Feria and lost a hard-fought district basketball game, 50-41, last Friday night. P.I. led by five at the end of a quarter of play, was outscored 17-5 in the second quarter, and could never quite catch up in the second …
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Dec 21 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons handled the Lady Red Ants of Progreso, 60-31, Friday night in a District 32-4A basketball game at Tarpon Gym. Port Isabel led 2-0 on a bucket by Sabrina Garza before Progreso made a three-pointer about a minute into the contest. It was the …
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Dec 21 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The football season may have ended for the Port Isabel Tarpons after their bi-district playoff loss to West Oso last month, but the off-season has just begun. The PRESS found Head Coach Jason Strunk in his office last week and was updated as to how the off-season workouts …
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Dec 21 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Rebecca Ramos and Gabby Torres played in their last official high school volleyball match last Sunday. They both played in the RGV All-Star Volleyball Showcase in McAllen. Julie Breedlove was their coach when they suited up the past two seasons as teammates on the Port Isabel Lady Tarpons …
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Dec 14 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The boys’ basketball team went on the road Tuesday night for a game with the Cardinals of La Villa, and came home with an 80-47 win in their final non-district game of the season. Port Isabel finishes their district pre-season with a 13-2 record and will host Raymondville …
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Dec 14 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel Lady Tarpon volleyball players Rebecca Ramos and Gabby Torres have been chosen to play in this Sunday’s RGV All-Star Volleyball Showcase in McAllen. It will be East vs. West and Ramos and Torres will play on the East squad, which is made up of players from …
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Dec 14 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons made the long trip up the Rio Grande Valley to Zapata Tuesday to play their district opener basketball game, and were defeated, 52-44. “We put ourselves in a hole,” Head Coach Hannah Burleson said Wednesday morning. “We start off 0-1 in district against …
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