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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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Tarps fall short of State tourney

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel 7-on-7 football team will not be going to a third straight state tournament. The team lost its first two games at the qualifying tournament in Weslaco last Saturday before getting their only win in the third and final game. To read the rest of this story, please …

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Tarpon 7-on-7 team sets sights on State tourney

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel 7-on-7 football team is about halfway through the 2014 summer season and will try to qualify for the state tournament for the third straight season. The team is comprised of returning and prospective Tarpon varsity players. The game is not an official UIL high school …

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State Insurance Dept. OK’s premium surcharge

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Commissioner of Insurance Julia Rathgeber last week adopted final rules that update existing loss funding and premium surcharges for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA). 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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Martinez to play football at McMurry State

BY Larry Gage Special to the PRESS   Port Isabel Tarpon football lineman Isaac Martinez will be attending and playing football for McMurry State University next fall. The school is located in Abilene. 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) …

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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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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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Garza qualifies for State

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High powerlifter Wynona Garza has qualified for the state powerlifting meet. She placed second at the regional meet in Pleasonton last Saturday and will make her second straight trip to the state meet, which will be held in Corpus Christi the weekend of March 14-15. To …

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