Vega's TD gives Tarpons win over Red Ants
PROGRESO - Joe Vega scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime to give the Tarpons a 41-35 overtime victory over the Red Ants in the season finale for both teams Friday.
Vega ended up with two touchdowns and Kyle DeMoss added two more for Port Isabel (4-6, 3-4 District 32-3A), which trailed 35-21 in the fourth quarter after being tied at 14 at halftime.
"We played great," P.I. coach Monty Stumbaugh said. "We challenged our kids at halftime. I don’t think we played real well in the first half. A lot of that was they had a lot of speed, and they beat us on speed passes."
C.J. Barrera and Travis LeBlanc also tallied for P.I., which scored all of its touchdowns on the ground.
"Our kids never quit, you know, both teams," Stumbaugh said. "It was a heck of a football game. Both kids, Progreso kids, our kids, they all played their tails off. It was just a good high school football game."
Progreso, which scored in each quarter but overtime, was led by running back Armando Pintor, who scored two touchdowns. Quarterback Juan Treviño found Joey Garza and Steve Medrano for long touchdown passes, and Medrano added another TD run for the Red Ants (2-8, 0-7).
"They played awesome," coach Elvis Hernandez said. "We went up by two touchdowns, and give a lot of credit to Coach Stumbaugh over there, he did a great job coming back and tying the ballgame, but our kids never gave up and they showed a lot of resilience, and that’s what they’ve been doing all year long.
"Our record doesn’t really reflect how well the kids played."
