Dec 31 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It had been over a month since the Port Isabel Tarpons basketball team played a home game. Tuesday night the Tarpons took on a Brownsville Frontier Academy team they’d previously beaten at their place, 66-63. Port Isabel won again, 44-38, in what may have been the most exciting …
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Dec 31 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons hoops squad will return to district play this Saturday after competing in this week’s Roy Williams Holiday Tournament in Corpus Christi. The district is going back to a scheduling plan, previously tried for a season, in which the boys and girls basketball teams …
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Dec 24 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS A spirited 2nd-half comeback fell short for the Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons basketball team last week. They lost to Rio Hondo, 47-43, after rallying from double-digits down in the fourth quarter in the second district game for both teams. Port Isabel falls to 0-2 in district play …
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Dec 24 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Former Port Isabel High athlete Gabriyella Torres is home for the holidays. She is a student at University of Texas-San Antonio (UTSA) and is happy to be back in Port Isabel after a successful first semester. “I love it,” Torres told the Press this week. “It’s a great …
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Dec 24 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Tarpon basketball team is taking the rest of this week off for the Christmas Holiday. They had a game at La Villa last week and practiced three days this week. School is out as of Dec. 18th and classes will resume Monday, Jan. 4. …
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Dec 18 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High Tarpon football players Stephen L. Martinez and Raul Villarreal were named Tuesday to the AP Class 4A All-State Football Team. Villarreal was named to the first-team defense and Martinez made the second-team offense. Villarreal played defensive end and Martinez, who played both ways, made the …
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Dec 18 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons basketball team made the long trip to Zapata Tuesday night and lost a hard-fought battle to the Zapata Lady Hawks in the first district game for both teams. It went right down to the final buzzer and the final score went in favor …
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Dec 18 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS There were no miraculous upsets for the Port Isabel High boys’ basketball team at last week’s 87th annual C.E. Vail tournament in La Feria. The Tarpons lost 53-37 to McAllen and 76-48 to San Benito, both Class 6A schools, on Thursday. The loss to McAllen put the Tarpons …
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Dec 11 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High senior Marina Wise-Herring signed a letter of intent with Austin College Wednesday afternoon. The signing took place in Tarpon Gym with students and faculty on hand, as well as Wise-Herring’s parents and brother. With the signing Wise-Herring committed herself to attend and play softball for …
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Dec 11 2015
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Tarpons hoops squad took the bus to Brownsville Tuesday night and came home with a nice 66-63 win over the Chargers of Brownsville Frontier. The game did not start off well for either team. The Tarpons scored just four points in the opening quarter, …
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