Category: Sports

Garza Qualifies for State Meet

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High runner Natalie Garza has qualified for the UIL State Track and Field Meet.  She did it by placing a close third in the 400-meter dash at last week’s Region IV meet in Kingsville. Garza ran a personal-best 57.52 seconds in the finals of the 400 …

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Mock, Silva Place at Regional Meet

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Trey Mock and Omar Silva placed third and seventh in their respective events at last week’s Region IV Track and Field Meet in Kingsville. Mock had some of his best throws of the season in the discus competition, and his best distance of 154-05.00 was actually recorded in …

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Lady Tarpons Fall in Bi-district

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpon softball team bowed out of the 2016 UIL post-season playoffs last Friday when they lost their first-round, bi-district game to Rockport-Fulton, 8-4, in Kingsville. It was a disappointing end to a season that saw the Lady Tarpons win five of their last …

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District Co-Champions 2016

By JOE HAMBY Special to the PRESS The last time that the Tarpons captured a District crown was in 2005; however, the Port Isabel Tarpon baseball team clinched a share of the 2016 District championship by winning over La Feria 11-1 in five innings. The game was called in bottom of fifth due to the UIL …

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Playoffs; P.I. vs. Rockport-Fulton Friday

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons softball team has made the playoffs.  Last Friday night, at home, the team got past La Feria, 2-1, in the final district contest of the season. The Lady Tarpons enter the post-season as the No. 4 seed from District 32-4A, and will …

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Six Lady Tarpons Off to Regionals

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Six Port Isabel High Lady Tarpon athletes are off to the regional track and field meet in Kingsville this weekend.  They qualified for regional competition by finishing in the top four in five different events at last week’s area meet, also in Kingsville. In the 4×400-meter relay the …

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Mock, Silva Qualify for Regionals

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Omar Silva and Trey Mock have both qualified for this week’s UIL Region IV Track and Field Meet in Kingsville.  Silva made it in the 110-meter hurdles event, and Mock qualified in the discus. Both athletes qualified for regional competition by placing in the top four in their …

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TARPON TIME 2016

A NEW DISTRICT LEADER EMERGES By JOE HAMBY Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons took over the first place Leadership in District 4A Region IV District with an 8-4 victory over the Hidalgo Pirates last Friday evening before a very large fan base. The Tarpons improved their District IV record to 10-2 and 15-4-1 …

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Tarpon Time 2016

TARPONS WERE ON By JOE HAMBY Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons were on their game at Progresso Tuesday evening. The Tarpons moved their season record to 16-4 by squeaking past the Progresso Pirates 3-1 in the top half of the seventh inning. There was no scoring by either team for four innings. The …

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Gold Rush! Lady Tarpons 2nd at District Meet

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons won seven gold medals and placed second in team points at last week’s District 32-4A track and field meet at Tarpon Stadium. The Lady Tarpons took first place in four field events on Tuesday, then won two individual running events and the mile …

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