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Mar 01 2012
Pl baseball, softball teams in action, weather cancels games
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The weather was the deciding factor in last weekend’s Port Isabel High School athletics schedule. Saturday morning came up wet and rainy, causing the cancellation of the Tarpon Relays track and field meet as well as the finals of the varsity baseball and softball tournaments. In their first-round …
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Feb 22 2012
Tarpons take on CC Miller in historic bi-district playoff
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons played their first postseason basketball game in nine years Tuesday night at Lyford against Corpus Christi Miller. The Tarpons stayed close through most of the first half before the Buccaneers broke the game open with a 15-0 scoring run in the second quarter, eventually …
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Feb 16 2012
Tarpons fall to La Feria, eye CC Miller
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The bad news is that the Port Isabel Tarpons basketball team lost to La Feria on Tuesday night. The good news is that the loss did not end the season for the Tarps because the team had already clinched the program’s first playoff berth since 2003. Themselves also …
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Feb 13 2012
Tarpons beat Zapata, 60-47
By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons made the long road trip up the Valley to Zapata Friday night and got the win against the Hawks, 60-47, in the next-to-last district game of the season. They have clinched a playoff berth and at least a second-place tie in the District 32-3A …
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Feb 06 2012
Tarps down Southwest, eye title vs. RH
Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpon varsity basketball squad started Friday night’s game on a 25-8 advantage and never looked back as they went on to defeat PSJA Southwest in convincing fashion, 79-37. Dakkota Torres led all Tarpons with 15 points, seven rebounds, and five steals. The Tarpons’ shooting got back on track …
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Feb 06 2012
PI Junior High blue team takes championship
Special to the PRESS On Thursday, the Port Isabel Junior High blue basketball team played their final game of the season at home against Rio Hondo, and won 36-30. This win capped off an undefeated district run (5-0), and secured this team their first district title. They ended the season 9-1 losing only the championship …
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Feb 06 2012
Eighth grade ‘A’ team captures district crown
Special to the PRESS The mighty eighth grade boys “A” team finished their season with an impressive 17-game winning streak dating back to their seventh grade year, when they went undefeated to capture the district title. This year has been no different as the boys opened up their season in the La Feria tournament, where …
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Feb 02 2012
Tarpons in new-look 32-3A
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Special to the PRESS Head Coach Monty Stumbaugh and company will return to the football field in 2012 to a new-look 32-3A. The Port Isabel Tarpons were one of many local schools to have been affected by this morning’s UIL realignment, which created two 3A districts in the Rio Grande Valley of …
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Feb 02 2012
Fierro heading to Alabama
By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com A lifetime of hard work, dedication and passion came into fruition Wednesday as Tarpon senior athletic standout Armando Fierro signed his letter of intent to attend West Alabama University this fall. The singing took place at the new Port Isabel High School Gym before a crowd of …
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June 18, 2021
Museums, movies on the Lighthouse, Causeway…
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com While South Padre Island’s beaches and entertainment have fully opened to the public, quintessential Port Isabel events and facilities were slow to return, until now. Continue readingJune 18, 2021
“Fishing with the Judge” hooks big…
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Harkening back to a Port Isabel of yesteryears, Cameron County Judge Benito Ochoa IV hosted the first annual “Fishing with the Judge” event this past Saturday. Continue readingJune 18, 2021
DA says SpaceX may be violating…
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Cameron County District Attorney’s (DA) office thinks SpaceX may be breaking the law, after an unexpected detainment at the space company’s Boca Chica facility. Continue readingJune 11, 2021
Last cold-stunned Cape Cod sea turtles…
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Three sea turtles from Cape Cod, sent to Sea Turtle, Inc. Continue readingJune 11, 2021
PI-ISD receiving grant to recoup losses…
School district asks for community input By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Point Isabel ISD is applying for a federal grant to help recoup losses across its campuses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue readingJune 11, 2021
Tarpons’ basketball standout signs letter of…
By Constancio Martinez Jr Special to the PRESS This past Thursday, June 3, Port Isabel High School (PIHS) held a signing day event for basketball player Cole Pinkerton. His hard work and determination were awarded with a scholarship to Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) in San Antonio, Texas. Continue readingJune 11, 2021
County tables helicopter services at Andy…
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A potential resort development’s expansion at the Andy Bowie Park flats on South Padre Island has been delayed again after a Cameron County Commissioners Court meeting this past Tuesday. Continue readingJune 4, 2021
Longtime PI coach accepts new job…
By Constancio Martinez Jr Special to the PRESS Port Isabel’s Football Defensive Coordinator, Gualberto “Gually” Gonzalez Jr will be joining Crockett ISD as a Co-Defensive Coordinator and Head Baseball coach. Crockett is a 7 ½ hour drive from Port Isabel and is located about 116 miles north of Houston. Continue readingJune 4, 2021
Port Isabel: Aguadores and their “Burros”…
By Rene Torres Special to the PRESS Don Chencho and Don Quirino were the first to sell freshwater, door to door, in Port Isabel. They supplied water to Port Isabel before 1928. Continue readingJune 4, 2021
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