Aug 26 2021
By CONSTANCIO MARTINEZ, JR. Special to the PRESS/NEWS The 2021 Tarpons will be looking to rebound from last year’s disappointing football season. Due to the pandemic, the Tarpons were only scheduled to play two games in 2020. While their new district opponents from the coastal bend area started their season in late August, the Tarpons …
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Aug 26 2021
By GAIGE DAVILA editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Rio Hondo Bobcats are returning this year after more than a year without playing a single game. Rio Hondo was one of a few Cameron County districts that didn’t have a football season at all, cancelled entirely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As reported by RGVSports.com, the Bobcats made use …
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Aug 26 2021
By GAIGE DAVILA editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The Los Fresnos Falcons will start their first season under new head coach David Cantu this season, after the departure of head coach Patrick Brown in 2020. The Falcons, under Brown, went three rounds in the playoffs each year after joining the team from San Antonio’s Sam Houston High School in …
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Aug 26 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Greyhounds are looking to earn their eighth straight playoff run. Since head coach Dan Gomez took the reigns in 2014, he turned the ‘Hounds into top contenders in the Rio Grande Valley football. Last year, the ‘Hounds earned a playoff berth but fell to the Mission Eagles during …
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Jul 01 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito High School Greyhound linebacker, Aaron Reyes, has been chosen to be the San Benito News 2021 Sportsman of the Year. Even though the season was shortened, the ‘Hounds linebacker managed to stand out. In the six game season, Reyes recorded 52 tackles—10 of those tackles were for a loss—five …
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Jun 17 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito Greyhound football star quarterback, Elijah Hernandez, signed his letter of intent to the Bethany College Bisons on Tuesday, June 15. Hernandez began his football journey at a young age. “I joined my first league when I was three-years-old and I never quit football since,” he said. Hernandez has not …
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Apr 15 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito Greyhound track and field standout, Josh Castro signed his letter of intent to run track for the Tabor College Bluejays on Thursday, April 8. Castro began running track in middle school and continued running throughout high school. Castro runs in the 110m hurdles, the 300m hurdles and is a …
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Apr 08 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito High School senior, Kalyn Martinez signed her letter of intent to wrestle on Schreiner University’s women’s wrestling team. Martinez has been wrestling since her freshman year. She currently competes in the 215 lbs. weight class. As a wrestler for the Lady ’Hounds, she earned second place at the district …
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Jan 21 2021
STAFF REPORT On Tuesday, Jan. 19, the San Benito Greyhound boys’ soccer team defeated the Mercedes Tigers with a score of 6-1. The leading scorers for the ‘Hounds were Axel Rivera and Obed Diaz who both scored two goals. Juan Ortiz and Cristian Castillo each scored one goal. Ortiz’s and Castillo’s goals marked their first …
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Jan 14 2021
By LOUIE DIAZ editor@sbnewspaper.com On Jan. 12, San Benito Lady ’Hounds softball player, Jordan Ramos, signed a letter of intent to play at Texas A&M San Antonio. Ramos a senior at San Benito High School and catcher for the Lady ’Hounds has played softball since she was four-years old. Ramos visited the facilities and met …
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August 26, 2021
August 26, 2021
By SHELDON MOORE Special to the PRESS On Saturday morning, July 30, 2022, Port Isabel celebrated the culmination of a long term effort to make the Mayor Arturo Galvan Coastal Park a reality. A large number of Galvan family members and relatives as well as a sizeable turnout from the community, including City Manager … Continue reading [...]
300 amethyst colored, crowned shaped commemorative bottles have been commissioned in honor of the second annual queen Isabella days celebration, October 10, 11, 12. Columbus Day weekend. Bottle collectors will need to act quickly to obtain the “Royal Amethyst” to add to the “Laguna Blue,” which was the first bottle commissioned in honor of the … Continue reading [...]
By Rene Torres As the uncertainty of today continues to haunt the public’s every move, there is still hope that it will not impede everyone from the will to live and work. In 1938, a group of workers in the RGV felt the pain of losing their jobs. It was then that Valley newspapers, with … Continue reading [...]
By SHELDON MOORE The 7th Annual Summer Causeway Run & Fitness Walk will be hosted by the Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce on September 17. The event will benefit the Point Isabel ISD Scholarship Fund. The Press spoke with Mary Gonzalez, Interim Director of the Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce, regarding details on the event. … Continue reading [...]
Special to the PRESS Sea Turtle Inc. is asking the community and all sea turtle enthusiasts to mark their calendars for the community conversation on August 8. “Are you a recreational fisher at South Padre Island? Are you a small or large charter owner or boat captain? Have you ever come across an injured sea … Continue reading [...]
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