BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS To say that Port Isabel did well at the RGV Sports.com/RGV Sports Hall of Fame awards banquet on Tuesday night would be an understatement. Actually it was a spectacular night for Port Isabel High athletes and the school’s athletic program as a whole. It could even be said …
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Jun 06 2013
TIFT set for July 31 to Aug. 4
Special to the PRESS Surrounded by the sparkling waters of the Laguna Madre Bay and Gulf of Mexico, Port Isabel and South Padre Island play host to Texas’ largest saltwater fishing tournament—the Texas International Fishing Tournament. Founded by Doc J.A. Hockaday in 1933, the tournament was designed to tell the story of phenomenal fishing in …
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Jun 06 2013
Seniors claim Powderpuff win 18-6
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS It was spring football of a different kind at Tarpon Stadium last week. The players were Port Isabel High students, alright, but the teams were not put together with the usual suspects from the Tarpon football squad. These players were, in fact, all Lady Tarpons and it was …
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May 23 2013
All-Star football game goes scoreless
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS There are those people who are known as defensive purists or specialists. The only problem they may have with a 0-0 final score is that their team didn’t win. For the first time in its history last Saturday night the RGVCA East-West All-Star Football Game ended with neither …
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May 23 2013
Port Isabel Tarpon student-athletes receive honors
Special to the PRESS The following Port Isabel High School students have been nominated for the following honors. Winners will be announced on June 11. • 2012-13 Sub 5A Girl Athlete of the Year: Daniella Murchison • 2012-13 Sub 5A Girls Team of the Year: Lady Tarpon varsity volleyball team • 2012-13 Sub 5A Boys …
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May 16 2013
SIMPLY THE BEST: Hard work earns Murchison state title
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com Despite spending a good amount of time with state champ Daniella Lynn Murchison for this story, it was still hard to determine if the gravity of what she has accomplished last weekend had sunk in yet or if the young Ms. Murchison was just that laidback and …
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May 16 2013
Several Lady Tarps receive All-District honors
PRESS Staff Report The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons finished the 2012-2013 softball season with an impressive 18-8 record, earning the 32-3A district championship and an area crown along the way, but the accolades continue to pour in. The Lady Tarps were well-represented in the 32-3A All-District selections, with five players receiving first team honors and …
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May 09 2013
Ladies to take on Kingsville
PRESS Staff Report Jesse Garza, the Lady Tarpon Varsity Softball Coach could hardly contain his excitement Friday night, and who could blame him? After an impressive 7-2 smashing of the Robstown Lady Cotton Pickers in Raymondville, Coach Garza and his squad of young Lady Tarpons accomplished what they had set out to do – not …
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Apr 25 2013
ON A GOOD NOTE: Ladies, boys race into playoffs fresh off big wins
PRESS Staff Report There’s no better way to enter the playoffs than on a winning note. And that’s exactly what the Port Isabel Tarpon baseball and Lady Tarpon softball teams have done. The District 32-3A champion Lady Tarpons recently survived a dramatic comeback orchestrated by the Rio Hondo Lady Bobcats. In the season finale, the …
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Apr 25 2013
Athletes encouraged to take part in physical program
Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High School is hosting free pre-athletic physicals for all Junior High and High School student athletes. All students need to be enrolled in athletics and be enrolled at PIISD to participate. Physicals will be held at Port Isabel High School in the athletics wing from 8 a.m. to 12 …
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