Category: Sports

All-District Football, Volleyball selections announced

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The votes are in and the Port Isabel football and volleyball teams are well represented in the All-District selections for both sports. In volleyball, senior Lady Tarpon player Simone Harry was named to the First Team All-District 32-4A.  Teammate Olivia Soliz was selected for Second Team all-district, and …

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Tarpons Off for Thanksgiving

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpon high school hard court men will take the rest of Thanksgiving Week off after a home game against Brownsville Athlos Academy Tuesday night.  The game was played after the paper went to press Tuesday. The team played its second game of the new season …

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Lady Tarpons on Track for District

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons basketball team is on track for the start of the 2016-2017 district season.  In the span of seven days, starting last Tuesday, Nov. 15, the girls played seven games, and take a 3-5 win/loss record into this week’s Thanksgiving Break. After winning huge …

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Sweeny Sends Tarpons Home, 36-21

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Sweeny Bulldogs came from behind to defeat the Port Isabel Tarpons, 36-21, in a first-round, bi-district playoff game last Friday night in Sinton. Sweeny (7-4) advances to play Geronimo Navarro this Friday in Halletsville in an area round playoff game.  Port Isabel’s season ends with a 9-2 …

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Lady Tarpons All Over IDEA, 58-14

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons hoops squad appeared to have its game all in order Tuesday night as they overwhelmed the visiting Chargers of IDEA Frontier Academy, 58-14, at Tarpon Gym. It was something of a mismatch and Port Isabel had it under control from the start.  The …

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Tarpons Win at MMA, 46-36

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons basketball team won its opening game of the 2016-2017 season Tuesday night, as they took a 46-36 decision over the Leathernecks of Marine Military Academy in Harlingen. They are now becoming a complete team as the player roster has grown with the arrival of …

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Tarpons, Lady Tarpons Prep for Openers

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High boys and girls hoops squads continue to work hard this week as they prepare for their season opening contests. The Tarpons and Lady Tarpons both play their first games next Tuesday.  The former will be on the road for a game with traditional early …

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Silver Tarpon Band Back from State

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Silver Tarpon Marching Band returned Monday from the UIL State Marching Contest.  The contest is held annually in the Alamodome in San Antonio. The band gave as good, or better, of a performance in Monday’s prelims as it has given at any contest this …

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Tarpons Take Down Bears, 43-20

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons ended the regular season on a winning note last Friday night, as they maintained focus and again took care of business with a 43-20 road win over the Bears of Corpus Christi West Oso. With the win — its fourth straight in district play …

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On to State for Silver Tarpon Band

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Silver Tarpon Band has qualified for the state marching contest.  They did so by placing first in Class 4A in the area contest at Gregory-Portland High School last Saturday. At the area contest all bands march in the preliminaries and then again in the …

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