Tag: girls

Driftwood shares gardening supplies with B&G Club

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Members with the Driftwood Garden Club on Tuesday delivered plants, flowers, tools and supplies to the Laguna Madre Boys and Girls Club for the children to utilize as part of the Club’s ongoing nature enrichment program. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS …

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Betancourt named Club’s Youth of the Year’

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Daniela Betancourt, 17, on Tuesday, was named the Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Madre’s Youth of the Year. “I’m happy and nervous,” Betancourt said. The PIHS senior coaches three basketball teams at the Club, ranging from ages 5-12. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to …

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Lady Tarps double up Red Ants, 67-34

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons hoops squad led from start to finish against the Progreso Lady Red Ants Tuesday night and took their second win of the district season, 67-34, in Tarpon Gym. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS …

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LADIES’ FIRST: Soccer squad blazes path to the field

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Three weeks ago, 11 teenage Lady Tarpons stepped onto the field for kickoff and, in doing so, walked right into the record books as part of the first girls’ soccer team in Port Isabel High School history. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port …

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Fall 2013 soccer registration underway

BY MARINA WISE-HERRING Special to the PRESS It’s that time of the year again. The Laguna Madre Boys and Girls Club is officially registering for their Fall 2013 Soccer League. All players ages 5-17 are welcome to sign up to play. Registration is $20 for current Boys and Girls Club members. To read the rest …

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Ladies lead entering finals

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons track and field squad took a commanding lead in the team standings on the first day of the District 32-3A meet at Tarpon Stadium on Monday. Head Coach Sylvia Torres’ team piled up the points by striking gold in all six field events, …

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FROM THE PAST: San Benito girls blank Sebastian

By RENE TORRES Special to the Parade In the summer of 1941, Valley girls’ softball was attracting thousands of fans to the ball park. The girls from throughout the region were playing a good brand of softball. One of the best pitching performances of that summer came when San Benito’s Kiwanis blanked the Sebastian 10. …

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Garza ready for state

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High powerlifter Wynona Garza is competing in the Women’s State Powerlifting Meet on Friday, March 15 in Corpus Christi. The weigh-in was yesterday and competition was scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Garza is feeling confidant and ready to go, as she told the PRESS in …

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