Aug 24 2018
By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The University Interscholastic League (UIL) State Executive Committee (SEC) has handed down a one-year suspension and public reprimand of former Tarpon Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Jaime Infante. The public censure also includes a 3-year probationary period. The SEC reached the decision by a unanimous 9-0 vote …
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Aug 24 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Last Friday the Tarpons traveled to Brownsville for a morning scrimmage with the Pace Vikings and apparently did pretty well. Earlier this week two Tarpon assistant coaches shared their thoughts and observations on last Friday’s action. “It went very well,” Joshua Kirton told the PRESS. “They had a …
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Aug 24 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Silver Tarpon Marching Band is working on making the transition from parking lot to stadium. The Silver Tarpon band regularly practices in the main parking lot behind the high school. It’s marked off with yard lines, just like the field at the stadium, and that’s …
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Aug 24 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons volleyball team played a road match Tuesday evening and lost in straight sets to the Brownsville Pace Lady Vikings. Pace won by the scores of 14-25, 18-25, 6-25. “The first game we struggled a little bit to find our way,” volleyball Head Coach …
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Aug 17 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It’s tournament season for the Port Isabel High Lady Tarpon volleyball team. This week, they’re hosting their annual Volley at the Beach Tournament, which was set to begin with pool play on Thursday. Last week the Lady Tarpons played in the season’s first tournament at McAllen. And while …
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Aug 17 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpon football team will play their first scrimmage of the 2018 pre-season this Friday at Brownsville Pace High School. The scrimmage is set to begin at 9 a.m. The PRESS met with Tarpon assistant and former Tarpon player William Bodden to learn how practice is …
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Aug 17 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Silver Tarpon Marching Band started outdoor practices last week and the outdoor work continues this week. Directors and student musicians alike are hard at work getting ready for the band’s first performance of the 2018 marching season, which will be two weeks from this …
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Aug 10 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Tarpon football practice got underway this week and not a day too soon. Preparations for the next season always start almost as soon as the previous season comes to a close. And when the previous team ended the year with only two wins, that makes the sense of …
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Aug 10 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It seems that most high school football coaches don’t do much world traveling. One exception, maybe the only one on the Port Isabel High coaching staff, is Johnny Nieto. Nieto is a life-long resident of Port Isabel and saw Varsity action in football all four years of his …
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Aug 10 2018
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpon volleyball team opened the season at home this week, and they lost their first match of the year to La Joya in straight sets Tuesday. The Lady Coyotes won 25-22, 26-24, 25-19. The Lady Tarpons were competitive and stayed with La Joya for …
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