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Martinez looks forward to new season

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Two-year varsity veteran Daniel Martinez has his eyes on a more successful football season than last year’s turned out to be.  The Press found Martinez at the high school this week, and he took a break from his weight room workout to share his thoughts on the upcoming …

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Boys Track Team Looking Towards District

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Head Port Isabel High boys’ track and field coach Ryan Stannage is still trying to put together something like a full team in time for the District 32-4A meet later this month. There were no points finishes by anyone on the team at last week’s Meet of Champions …

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Two Lady Tarpon lifters off to Regionals

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS Two Port Isabel High lifters are preparing this week for Saturday’s regional powerlifting meet at Pleasanton. Jocelyn Padilla and Francesca Sandoval qualified for the regional meet by finishing the season ranked among the top ten lifters in their weight classes. Both athletes had excellent results at the last …

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Ladies’ comeback falls short

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By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons basketball team put on a furious fourth period rally that came up just a little short Tuesday at Lyford. They trailed the Lady Bulldogs 35-14 at the end of the third quarter, outscored them 20-7 in the fourth, and lost 42-34. “They came …

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Tarps Show improvement against Donna North

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By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons basketball team lost their second straight game to open the 2014-15 season Monday afternoon, but showed considerable improvement against the visiting Chiefs of Donna North High. The final score was 57-48 and, although Port Isabel twice took short-lived leads in the second half of …

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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Tarpons tame Tigers in 39-12 blowout

By ARMANDO GARZA Special to the PRESS PHARR — No Mock, No Rock, No problem. With their quarterback and running back nursing injuries, the Port Isabel Tarpons didn’t miss a beat in a 39-12 thumping of Valley View on a rainy Friday night. Big Blue (4-0 overall) got a career night from Alex De los …

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Lady Tarpons start district play at 2-0

By LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons volleyball team has started the District 16-4A (D-II) season with a 2-0 mark after straight set wins over Zapata and Rio Hondo. This Tuesday, they got the measure of Rio Hondo – 25-12, 25-15, 25-14 – and last Saturday they handled Zapata – …

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Lady Tarps rally past Pace

BY Larry Gage Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Lady Tarpons fell behind early against Brownsville Pace Tuesday night on the road before rallying for the win in four sets. 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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Tarpons at RGC Grulla for season opener

BY Larry Gage Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons football team is hard at work this week preparing the 2014 season opener at RGC Grulla this Friday night. 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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Tarpons top Donna North in Saturday scrimmage

BY LARRY GAGE Special to the PRESS The Port Isabel Tarpons took both halves of last Saturday’s scrimmage against the Donna North Chiefs at Tarpon Stadium. They won the controlled first half, three scores to none, and the live action second half, 14-7. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre …

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