Category: Sports

Former Tarpon Rodriguez Doing Well at A&M Commerce

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS January 15, 2015 Former Port Isabel Tarpon football player Christian Rodriguez is alive and well and doing fine as a student/athlete at Texas A&M Commerce.  He is an offensive guard on the football team and is doing rather nicely as a student. Rodriguez was in town over the …

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Lady Tarpons Take Down Progreso

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By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS January 15, 2015 The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons went on the road to Progreso and came home with a 47-29 win over the Lady Red Ants in a District 32-4A game Tuesday night. Port Isabel led start to finish and improve to 4-2 in district play and 13-9 …

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Tarpons Fall at Home to Progreso, 58-50

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS January 15, 2015 The Progreso Red Ants basketball team was as good as advertised, as the Port Isabel Tarpons found out Tuesday night in Tarpon Gym.  The home team fell into a 10-0 hole in the first quarter and was never quite able to catch up as Progreso …

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Tarpons Take Frontier in OT, 64-59

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS On Tuesday afternoon, the Port Isabel Tarpons went on the road and came home with a 64-59 overtime win against Brownsville Frontier Academy. The Tarpons trailed virtually the entire game and rallied from four points down late in regulation to tie the game up and send it into …

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Lady Tarpons Bury Santa Rosa, 43-18

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By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS January 1, 2015 The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons hosted the Lady Warriors of Santa Rosa on Tuesday afternoon and got the win, 43-18. “We came out and did well on defense,” Port Isabel Head Coach Blake Ramsey said Tuesday night.  “Then we started to get into foul trouble …

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31st Annual Causeway Run kicks off this weekend

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By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press press@portisabelsouthpadre.com January 1, 2015 Saturday morning the Queen Isabella Causeway belongs to the runners. Last year over 4,800 participants travelled on foot over the iconic bridge for the 30 year anniversary of the Longest Causeway Run & Fitness Walk, sponsored by the Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce, and this …

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Lady Tarpons Outscore Grulla, 60-32

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By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS January 8, 2015 The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons basketball squad went on the road to Rio Grande City Tuesday night and made the trip a profitable one with a 60-32 win over the Lady Gators of Grulla. The Lady Tarpons never trailed and led 21-7 at the …

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Tarpons Out-hustle Gators, 68-51

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By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS January 8, 2015 The Port Isabel Tarpons basketball group scored two points on a pair of free throws before the game actually started and beat the Grulla Gators, 68-51, Tuesday night in Tarpon Gym. The Gators’ official team lineup in the scorebook initially showed two players with the …

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Causeway Run still on despite frigid weather

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By ESTEVAN MEDRANO Port Isabel-South Padre Press press@portisabelsouthpadre.com Despite the chilly weather and possible light showers expected the morning of the 31st Annual Longest Causeway Run & Fitness Walk, the event is expected to go on as scheduled no matter how much Mother Nature chooses to cooperate for the occasion. A reminder that the USA Track …

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Ladies’ comeback falls short

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By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons basketball team put on a furious fourth period rally that came up just a little short Tuesday at Lyford. They trailed the Lady Bulldogs 35-14 at the end of the third quarter, outscored them 20-7 in the fourth, and lost 42-34. “They came …

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