BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Port Isabel High has qualified four discus and shot put throwers for this weekend’s Region IV Track and Field Meet in Kingsville. For the Lady Tarpons, it will be Daniela Murchison and Kelcie Swink competing in both the shot put and discus, and for the Tarpons Raul Villareal …
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Apr 24 2014
Eight PI boys prepare for track Regionals
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS By the time this week’s PRESS hits the stands on Thursday evening, the Port Isabel High men’s track and field regional qualifiers will already be in Kingsville, where this weekend’s Region IV meet is being held. The event is taking place at Texas A&M Kingsville’s Javelina Stadium this …
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Apr 03 2014
Guillot commits to ETBU
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS That Jacques Guillot had a future as a college football player was apparent during his freshman year at Port Isabel High. Head Tarpon football coach Monty Stumbaugh recognizes athletic talent when he sees it and Guillot was moved up to the Tarpon varsity squad just a few games …
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Mar 20 2014
Tarpon Sprint Relay Team Ready to Fly
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS In football, one of the most important aspects of the game is to hang on to the football. It’s equally imperative in baseball to catch the ball on a line shot or a pop-up. In the 4×100-meter sprint relay race the handoff of the aluminum baton from one …
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Feb 27 2014
Villareal earns gold, paces PI boys at meet
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Raul Villareal won the gold medal in the shot put event at the Tarpon Relays at Port Isabel High School last Saturday. The Tarpons were fourth in the team standings as nine teams were on hand for the day’s competition in all events. To read the rest of …
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Feb 27 2014
Girls’ track takes first at Tarpon Relays
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpon track and field team took first place at last Saturday’s Tarpon Relays meet at Tarpon Stadium. Port Isabel collected four gold medals on its way to a total of 154 2/3 points to win the team competition by 49 points. To read the …
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Dec 05 2013
PI’s season ends with 21-14 loss to La Vernia
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS All season long, the Port Isabel Tarpons made a habit out of winning the turnover battle. Not once in 12 games, including the first two rounds of the playoffs, did the Tarpons give up the ball more times than they took it away. To read the rest of …
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Oct 31 2013
CHASING HISTORY: Tarpons on brink of first perfect season since 1994
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons seemed to be trying to prove that they hadn’t forgotten how to score quickly. Of eight touchdown drives the previous week at home against La Feria, only one took two plays or less. Last Friday night at Bill Pate Stadium in Hidalgo, four of …
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Sep 19 2013
Rain shortens Tarpon game
BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Many a football game has been played in adverse weather conditions. Some of the most memorable gridiron contests ever staged are remembered as all-time classics partly because of bad weather. One such game was the 1967 NFL championship game between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys, …
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