Category: Sports

Tarpons top Brownsville Pace 14-0 in scrimmage

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons brought their defense and their rushing offense to Sams Stadium and won both halves of their scrimmage with Brownsville Pace last Saturday morning, winning each half with two scores while shutting out the Vikings both times in the process. To read the rest of …

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PI to host 12-team volleyball tournament this weeekend

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons volleyball team will host the “Volley at the Beach” tournament this weekend. Twelve teams will make up the field and the format will again be pool play for the first two days, followed by bracket play on Saturday. To read the rest …

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Lady Tarpons rally, take down Hanna

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Lady Tarpons volleyball team went on the road for its first match of the season on Tuesday night and came home with a spectacular win in five sets over the Brownsville Hanna Lady Eagles. Trailing two sets to none and 24-21 in the third, Port Isabel was …

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Varsity football scrimmage Saturday in Brownsville

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS With two weeks of practice behind them, the Port Isabel Tarpons are off to Brownsville this weekend for a football scrimmage against Pace High School on Saturday morning. The PRESS talked with head P.I. football coach and athletic director Monty Stumbaugh in his office Monday morning to find …

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12U Tarpons end historic run

BY MARINA WISE-HERRING Special to the PRESS Most people think players just need speed, dribbling, shooting and passing skills to play basketball. The 12u Port Isabel Tarpon basketball team utilizes all of those skills and puts emphasis on another skill equally important — playing with heart. To read the rest of this story, subscribe to …

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Important info on two-a-day practices

Staff Report All volleyball and football players will begin their two-a-day practices on Aug. 5. They are to report to the high school at 7 a.m. All players are expected to have their athletic paperwork ready to be turned if they haven’t already. All athletic paperwork is available online on the Port Isabel High School …

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He went to the ‘Land Down Under’

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS   It’s possible that Isaiah Martinez has never heard the song, “Land Down Under.” Most people will recognize the phrase as the traditional nickname for Australia and the song, by the Australian pop group, Men at Work, made it all the way to No. 1 on the American …

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Island hosts UCA cheer camp

BY MARINA WISE-HERRING Special to the PRESS Last Monday kicked off the Universal Cheerleaders Association’s (UCA) cheer camp at Hilton Garden Inn. This is the second resort camp the Hilton Garden Inn has hosted this summer. The camp took place at the resort on South Padre Island from June 22-25. To read the rest of …

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Hill wows fans in Port Isabel

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Indiana Pacers point guard George Hill made a special appearance Tuesday night at the Port Isabel High School gym to play against a team sponsored by the Port Isabel Police Department.

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Murchison places fifth

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Daniella Murchison placed fifth in the shot put competition at the National Junior Olympics in North Carolina on Monday. The field was made up of 49 girls from around the country and Murchison’s best throw was almost 41 feet, according to summer track and field coach Johvonne Howard, …

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