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Tarpons’ season starts Saturday

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS If success breeds success, then the Port Isabel Tarpons could be on their way to a breakout season in 2013. Actually, that’s just what happened last year when, after not having won a post-season game since 2006, Port Isabel won three and made it all the way to …

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Tarpons top Brownsville Pace 14-0 in scrimmage

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons brought their defense and their rushing offense to Sams Stadium and won both halves of their scrimmage with Brownsville Pace last Saturday morning, winning each half with two scores while shutting out the Vikings both times in the process. To read the rest of …

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PI to host 12-team volleyball tournament this weeekend

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel High Lady Tarpons volleyball team will host the “Volley at the Beach” tournament this weekend. Twelve teams will make up the field and the format will again be pool play for the first two days, followed by bracket play on Saturday. To read the rest …

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General Rudder makes landfall Wednesday at SubSea7

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Texas A&M Maritime Academy training ship, General Rudder, made landfall Wednesday at the SubSea7 facility in Port Isabel. The cadets on board have been training for either their unlimited third engineering or third mate licenses. Upon graduating from the Academy in Galveston, the cadets will enter various maritime …

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Sweepstakes shut down

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Cameron County District Attorney’s Office last week led three raids on businesses in Port Isabel and South Padre Island that were allegedly operating under false pretenses. The three establishments had been posing as lottery sweepstakes foundations. To read the rest of this story, subscribe to The Port Isabel-South Padre …

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Tax rate to remain unchanged

BY CHRISTINA GARZA press@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel City Council held a special meeting Tuesday to discuss the proposed property tax rate. The Commission unanimously approved to set the proposed tax rate at 0.63 percent, keeping the rate the same as previous years. To read the rest of this story, subscribe to The Port Isabel-South Padre Island …

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Lady Tarpons rally, take down Hanna

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Lady Tarpons volleyball team went on the road for its first match of the season on Tuesday night and came home with a spectacular win in five sets over the Brownsville Hanna Lady Eagles. Trailing two sets to none and 24-21 in the third, Port Isabel was …

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Varsity football scrimmage Saturday in Brownsville

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS With two weeks of practice behind them, the Port Isabel Tarpons are off to Brownsville this weekend for a football scrimmage against Pace High School on Saturday morning. The PRESS talked with head P.I. football coach and athletic director Monty Stumbaugh in his office Monday morning to find …

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Wet weekend doesn’t slow down Ladies Kingfish teams

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Sandy Broadway, of South Padre Island, and DeDe Arnhold, of Wichita Falls, walked away as the big winners from last weekend’s Ladies Kingfish Tournament held in Port Isabel and South Padre Island. Broadway was crowned Bay Champion as her three required species (redfish, trout and flounder) weighed nearly 15 …

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Reinvestment Zone approved

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Port Isabel City Commission on Tuesday approved an interlocal agreement between the City and Laguna Madre Water District for designation of the Reinvestment Zone One Project. The Reinvestment Zone will be located primarily in the undeveloped, industrial area of Port Isabel near the coastline and could serve to …

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