By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The 2016 high school powerlifting season has begun and Port Isabel High was well represented at the first meet of the year at Brownsville Pace High School Saturday. “I was very pleased with all the kids’ efforts, considering that I have a lot of new lifters,” powerlifting head …
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Jan 29 2016
Tarpons Get First District Win
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons basketball team got its first district win of the season Tuesday night. The final score was 71-57 and it came on the road in a rematch with Raymondville. “We’re looking at the second half of district as a new season,” first-year head coach Anthony …
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Jan 22 2016
Lady Hawks Ground Lady Tarpons, 57-42
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons lost to the Lady Hawks of Zapata, 57-42, in a District 32-4A basketball game Tuesday at Tarpon Gym. Port Isabel drops to 2-6 in district play with the loss, and is tied for sixth place in the standings with Raymondville. Zapata improves to …
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Jan 22 2016
Lady Tarpons Putting in the Track Time
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons track and field team has been working out at Tarpon Stadium for the past several weeks and should be ready to do some serious running, jumping, and throwing when it’s time for the season’s first track meet next month. The Press found …
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Jan 22 2016
Tarpons Lose at Home, 69-46, to Zapata
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons basketball team lost a 69-46 decision to the Zapata Hawks in Tarpon Gym Tuesday night in the sixth district game for both teams. The Tarpons remain winless in district play for the season and currently stand 0-6 in the District 32-4A standings. Zapata improves …
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Jan 15 2016
Lady Tarpons stomp Lady Red Ants
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons hoops squad went on the road Tuesday night and came home from Progreso with a 48-29 win in the sixth district game for both teams. “It was a great confidence builder at this point in the season,” P.I. head girls coach Blake …
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Jan 15 2016
Tarpons Topped by Progreso, 56-52
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons basketball team took the bus to Progreso Tuesday night and came up just short, 56-52, in the fourth district contest for both teams. “We matched up with them fairly evenly,” P.I. head coach Anthony Velarde said by phone Wednesday evening. The Tarpons trailed 14-12 …
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Jan 08 2016
Lady Tarpons Fall in OT to Grulla
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons made the long trip to Grulla Tuesday night and lost in overtime, 57-52, in their fourth district game of the season. It was a close, hard-fought contest most of the way, but Port Isabel got a bit of a lead in the first …
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Jan 08 2016
Tarpons Go Down, 66-52, at Grulla
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons lost 66-52 to Grulla on the road Tuesday night in the second district game for both teams. Port Isabel never led but after trailing by 17 points, 36-19 at the half, P.I. outscored the Gators 33-30 in the second half. Grulla led 21-11 after …
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Dec 31 2015
Daniella Murchison Doing Fine at SMU
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Former Port Isabel High Lady Tarpon athlete Daniella Murchison is home for the holidays after a successful first semester at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas. She sat down with the Press this week at a local burger establishment and shared the experiences of her first term at …
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