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Martinez looks forward to new season

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Two-year varsity veteran Daniel Martinez has his eyes on a more successful football season than last year’s turned out to be.  The Press found Martinez at the high school this week, and he took a break from his weight room workout to share his thoughts on the upcoming …

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Del Abra hitting weight room hard

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Aaron Del Abra has been hitting the weight room at the high school hard this summer, diligently working to prepare himself for the start of football practice in August.  The Press found Del Abra at the weight room this week and he talked about his workouts and the …

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Gonzalez Glad for All-Star Experience

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Jaime Gonzalez has played his last game of football as a Port Isabel Tarpon.  Gonzalez was the only player representing his school at last week’s 19th Annual RGVCA East/West All Star game in Weslaco. He was in for only four plays on offense, and the West squad was …

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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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TARPON NATION: Fans find squad as source of pride, inspiration

By RAY QUIROGA Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS rayq@portisabelsouthpadre.com A threat of showers along with hot, muggy weather did nothing to deter the Port Isabel faithful from packing the home side of Tarpon Stadium Friday night for their beloved squad’s home opener. With the type of winning season the team had in 2013, it’s little wonder …

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Tarpons hold off Rattlers, 36-27

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons football team found themselves in a hard battle against Rio Grande City  Friday night. They trailed 7-0 and 13-7 before managing a 20-13 halftime lead, then outscored the Rattlers 16-13 in the second half to take the win and improve to 2-0 on the …

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Tarpons at RGC Grulla for season opener

BY Larry Gage Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons football team is hard at work this week preparing the 2014 season opener at RGC Grulla this Friday night. 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 office at (956) 943-5545. Tweet

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First scrimmage slated Saturday

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons will host Donna North Saturday morning for the first scrimmage of the season for both teams. The scrimmage will conclude the second week of practice for the Tarpons and will give the coaches their first opportunities to see their players under game-like conditions. To read the …

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2014 JV & Ninth-grade Tarpon Football Schedule

  Ninth and JV Aug. 16 – 9 a.m.: Donna North (scrimmage) Aug. 22 – 5 p.m.: @ Mercedes (scrimmage) Aug. 28 – 5 p.m., 7 p.m.: RGC Grula Sept. 4 – 5 p.m., 7 p.m.: @ Rio Grande City Sept. 11 – 5 p.m., 7 p.m.: @ Hidalgo Sept. 18 – 5 p.m., 7 …

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2014 Varsity Tarpon Football Schedule

  Varsity Aug. 16 – 10 a.m.: Donna North (scrimmage) Aug. 22 – 6 p.m.: @ Mercedes (scrimmage) Aug. 29 – 7:30 pm.: @ RGC Grulla Sept. 5 – 7:30 p.m.: Rio Grande City (Band Parents’ Night) Sept. 12 – 7:30 p.m.: Hidalgo Sept. 19 – 7:30 p.m.: @ Valleyview Sept. 26 – 7:30 p.m.: …

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