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Murchison, Torres advance to TAAF State Meet in August

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Daniella Murchison and Gabby Torres have both advanced to the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation (TAAF) state summer track and field meet to be held in College Station next month. They each qualified in two events; Murchision in the shot put and discus and Torres in the long jump …

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Torres, Murchison prep for McAllen meet

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High rising seniors Gabby Torres and Daniela Murchison will be competing in this weekend’s regional summer track and field meet in McAllen. If Torres places in the top three in any of her events she will advance to the state meet, to be held in College …

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Torres 7th in long jump

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High’s Gabby Torres placed seventh in the high jump at last week’s UIL State Track and Field Meet in Austin. Torres cleared five feet, two inches on her first attempt, then scratched on her final two tries. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the …

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Murchison claims 2nd shot put gold

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High’s Daniela Murchison won her second consecutive state Class 3-A shot put championship at the UIL State Track and Field Meet in Austin last week. Murchison also competed in discus and claimed the bronze medal for third place in that event. The event was held over …

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Murchison cool, relaxed for UIL comp

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High junior Daniela Murchison is calm, cool and collected as she prepares for this weekend’s UIL State Track and Field Meet in Austin. She is qualified in both the shot put and discus events for the second straight year. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe …

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Murchison, Torres qualify for State meet

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Daniela Murchison and Gabby Torres have punched their tickets to the UIL State Track and Field Meet. Murchison qualified in both the shot put and discus events for the second consecutive year, and Torres made it in the high jump. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to …

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Lady Tarpons head to Regional Meet

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons track and field team departed on Thursday for this weekend’s Region IV meet at Kingsville’s Javelina Stadium. The meet is taking place this Friday (April 25). A total of 13 Lady Tarpons qualified for regional competition in 11 different events, including six …

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PI hopes for full team before meet

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS With only one more scheduled competition before next month’s District 32-3A meet, head Tarpon track and field coach Ryan Stanage is still working on putting together a full team. “We were closer to what I think we’re going to end up at district,” Coach Stanage said. “We got …

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Lady Tarpons up for Meet of Champions

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons track and field team will compete this weekend in the two-part Meet of Champions. This Friday, March 21, they will be at Raymondville for the preliminary competition in various events. Following on Saturday, the 22nd, they’ll be off to Weslaco for the …

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Garza takes silver at State Meet

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Wynona Garza gave it everything she had at last Saturday’s Women’s State Powerlifting meet in Corpus Christi. She set new personal bests in the squat lift, dead lift, and total lift on her way to a second-place finish. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to …

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