Category: Sports

Weight Room Key to Off-Season Workouts

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By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It’s that time of the year again, preparation time! At Port Isabel High School, the football players get a week off after the last game of the season, and then workouts begin in preparation for next season.  These workouts take place in the course of a regular school …

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Tarpon Soccer Players Make All-District

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Twelve Port Isabel High soccer players have made the All-District 32-4A list. Named to the All-District First Team were forward Williams Romero, midfielder Nathan Berman, and defender Brian Palestina.  Selected to the second team were forward Jonathan Rivera, defenders Fernando Pardo and Leonardo Bravo, and goalkeeper Saul Beltran.  …

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Year of Accomplishment for Athletic Program

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It was another year of accomplishment for the Port Isabel High athletic program for the 2014-’15 school year.  The Press recently sat down with Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Monty Stumbaugh to review the results and assess the state of the program. “We had a pretty good …

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Dynamic Daniella: Standout athlete impresses outside the ring

By DINA ARÉVALO Port Isabel-South Padre Press editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Three-peater. Record setter. Medal winner. Those are words that can be used to very accurately describe Port Isabel High School senior Daniella Murchison, who became the first Valley athlete to win gold three times in a single event at state level competition. Her parents Ron and Ivy Murchison, …

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Murchison Wins Third Shot Put Gold

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High’s Daniela Murchison was golden again at last week’s UIL State High School Track and Field Meet in Austin.  Competing in both the discus and shot put, Murchison won her third consecutive state title in the latter event at a rainy Mike Myers Stadium on Friday. …

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Gonzalez Glad for All-Star Experience

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Jaime Gonzalez has played his last game of football as a Port Isabel Tarpon.  Gonzalez was the only player representing his school at last week’s 19th Annual RGVCA East/West All Star game in Weslaco. He was in for only four plays on offense, and the West squad was …

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Powderpuff: Juniors Win, Take Down Seniors, 18-8!

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It was a beautiful spring evening for a football game and the Lady Tarpon players of the junior class of Port Isabel High took full advantage, coming from behind to defeat the Class of 2015 team, 18-8, in the third annual Powderpuff Football Game at Tarpon Stadium Wednesday …

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Murchison Primed for State

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Daniela Murchison is primed and ready to go for this weekend’s UIL 2015 State High School Track and Field Meet.  She will be trying to win a third consecutive gold medal in the shot put.  She will also compete in the discus, and both events will be held …

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Gonzalez Set for All-Star Game

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Jaime “J.J.” Gonzalez is all set to play in this week’s Rio Grande Valley Coach’s Association East/West All Star Game in Weslaco.  Fellow Port Isabel Tarpon Augustin Hernandez was also selected, but will not be able to play due to an injury. “I think it’s great that he …

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Ladies Are Ready for Some Football

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS All right football fans, once again it’s time for spring football, and we’re not talking about the kind played annually at schools like Notre Dame and Texas A&M. Two years ago the first Port Isabel High powderpuff football game was played at Tarpon Stadium.  It was the juniors …

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