Category: Sports

Lady Tarpons Win Two Straight

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons volleyball team has won its last two matches against district foes Rio Hondo and Raymondville.  Last Saturday in Tarpon Gym they handled Rio Hondo three sets to one by the scores of 25-17, 18-25, 25-22, 25-20.  On Tuesday, at Raymondville, Port Isabel …

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Tarpons Hit the Road for Rio Hondo

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons will make the short trip to Rio Hondo this Friday for their second district game of the season and first on the road. The Bobcats come in with a 4-1 record overall and 1-0 in district play after last week’s 26-0 home win over …

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Silver Tarpon Band Ready for Contests

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Silver Tarpon Marching Band has been hard at it since July and the time has come for this instrumental aggregation to strut their stuff in front of the judges. The band will perform in its first contest this Saturday.  Actually, the band will be …

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Tarpons Prepare for District Opener

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons football team took advantage of an extra week to heal up and prepare generally and, at long last, it’s time to start the district season.  The Tarpons will host the Progreso Red Ants this Friday night in the first district game for both teams …

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Lady Tarpons Drop Two Straight

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons volleyball team has dropped its last two matches as the second half of the district schedule begins this week. Last Friday in Tarpon Gym Port Isabel lost in straight sets to La Feria and dropped from a second-place tie in the standings …

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‘Hounds Bite Tarpons, 42-27

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons football team came up against a rather speedy and determined Brownsville St. Joseph’s Bloodhounds squad last Friday night, and came up on the losing end of a 42-27 score.  The game was played at Canales Field, located on the campus of St. Joseph’s Academy. …

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Lady Tarpons Win 5th Straight at Progreso

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons volleyball team won its fifth consecutive match Tuesday night.  The Ladies took down Progreso in four sets, 18-25, 25-18, 25-23, 25-14. With the win Port Isabel remains in a second place tie with La Feria with a 5-1 record in district play.  Zapata, …

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Senior Leadership Important for Lady Tarpons

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS As the most experienced members of the Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons volleyball team, the nine senior players on the squad have certain responsibilities.  And by all accounts and indicators they take them seriously. Your high school volleyball reporter looks in on practice once or twice a week, …

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Not Pretty, But Tarpons Win Again, 14-7

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It may not have been a very stylish win, but once again the team did enough to win.  For the second week in a row the Port Isabel Tarpons won a low-scoring game by a slim margin — a touchdown, to be exact — as they beat the …

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Varsity Newcomers Making Contributions

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS This 2015 edition of the Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons volleyball team has a good mixture of upper and lower-classmen players.  Actually, 75 percent of this squad of 16 members is made up of upperclassmen, but the three sophomores and a single freshman that fill out the roster …

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