Category: Sports

Tarpons edge La Villa at home, 50-46

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS With less than two minutes to play in Monday afternoon’s home game with the La Villa Cardinals, the Port Isabel Tarpons basketball team was on the short end of a 46-43 score. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition …

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Varsity Boys top Lyford, 56-49

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It was a scoreless ball game for most of the first quarter, but once the Port Isabel Tarpons basketball team started putting the ball through the hoop and playing their game, they led the rest of the way for a 56-49 victory over the visiting Lyford Bulldogs Tuesday …

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Lady Tarpons right ship, edge out Raymondville

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons basketball team got back on the winning track at Raymondville on Tuesday night, as they took a third-quarter lead they would not surrender in gaining a 38-35 decision over the Lady Bearkats. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the …

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PI gains experience with loss

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Lady Tarpons basketball team won one out of three at last weekend’s Tommie Wiseman Tournament in La Feria. On Thursday, Dec. 5, the Ladies dropped their opening game to Valley View, 51-45. Their first game on Friday was against IDEA Quest and they came up short in …

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Tarpons win again, top Raymondville, 45-40

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons hoops squad went on the road last Friday and came back from Raymondville with a 45-40 victory. It was their second straight win. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by clicking here or call the news …

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Ladies top La Villa 41-38 on road

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons’ hoops squad stayed on the winning track Tuesday night as they took a 41-38 decision on the road against La Villa. It was their second win in a row after beating the Harlingen JV team in their last game of the Keiler Classic …

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PI’s season ends with 21-14 loss to La Vernia

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS All season long, the Port Isabel Tarpons made a habit out of winning the turnover battle. Not once in 12 games, including the first two rounds of the playoffs, did the Tarpons give up the ball more times than they took it away. To read the rest of …

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STOPPED SHORT: Tarpons’ chase for State ends with 21-14 loss to La Vernia

BY ARMANDO GARZA Special to the PRESS CORPUS CHRISTI — As the La Vernia Bears took a knee to run out the clock to win last Friday’s regional round playoff game, fans on the Port Isabel side sat in disbelief. Many of them were sad because the season was over at 12-1 after the devastating …

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Varsity hoops boys drop two straight

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons hoops squad lost their two most recent games. Last Saturday, they were overwhelmed, 85-20, at Brownsville St. Joseph’s, and this past Tuesday they dropped a 66-25 decision on the road to Santa Maria. “They’ve got good shooters,” Tarpon Head Coach Homer Hernandez said this week, …

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