Jul 31 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS A year ago William Wells came down all the way from Ohio to take charge of the low brass section of the Silver Tarpon Marching Band. The results were good and Wells is back for another marching season. He took time out from a band staff meeting this …
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Jul 31 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Snare drummers once used deep, old-style field drums that were clipped to a strap that went over their right shoulders. There was a curved metal bar at the bottom of the drum that kept it braced against the drummer’s left leg just above the knee. It wasn’t that …
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Jul 21 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS By now it’s no secret among Tarpon football fans, Port Isabel players and probably all 2017 opponents, that the Tarpons may be using a slightly different kind of offense this season. For the first time since the 2000 season a head coach not named Montgomery Stumbaugh will be …
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Jul 21 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Of course, all high school musicians are young but this 2017 version of the snare drum line will be one of the youngest to take the field on Friday nights this fall in years. There’s not a single junior or senior in the group and to further emphasize …
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Jul 14 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It began with the frontal ensemble two weeks ago and everybody took the week of July 4th off. This week the snare, tenor and bass drummers have started showing up at the band halls of Port Isabel High School. Next week the band as a whole will start …
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Jul 07 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS As with all football coaches at this time of year, new Port Isabel High athletic director and head football coach, Jaime Infante is hard at work these days as he plans for and looks forward to the 2017 season. Because Tuesday was the Fourth of July Tarpon Gym …
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Jun 30 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Practice for the Port Isabel High volleyball team will not start until Aug. 1. The Tarpon football squad will hold its first practice on Aug. 7. There’s one group of students who have already started coming together to prepare for the upcoming season. That would be the Port …
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Jun 23 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Senior volleyball player Olivia Soliz wants very much to make her final season of volleyball at Port Isabel High a success. The Press recently found Soliz in the weight room at the athletic department and she talked about her preparations for the upcoming season and the general state …
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Jun 23 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The 2017 spring season has come to an end for the Port Isabel 7-on-7 football team. They finished second in their pool at last Saturday’s state qualifying tournament in McAllen, then lost in a playoff against Rio Hondo. The Tarpons were placed in Pool A with La Feria, …
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Jun 16 2017
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel 7-on-7 football team will play in this Saturday’s qualifying tournament at McAllen. The state 7-on-7 tournament will take place June 28-29 at College Station, and the Tarpons can qualify for state competition if they finish as one of the top two teams at McAllen. The …
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