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Friday, November 23, 2012  Sinton has usually been a deadly opponent to Valley football teams in playoffs past, but this is an unusual Port Isabel squad, one that recalled Tarpons of days past by mauling the Pirates defense and advancing to a third round game for the first time in 8 seasons.

Saturday, September 22, 2012  Raymondville came into week 3 of the HS football season riding high from a last-second win over Port Isabel, but their optimism faded quickly in Pirate Country, as Sinton made the Bearkats their second straight Rio Grande Valley victim.

Saturday, September 15, 2012  While the Rio Hondo offense was able to put up 27 against perennial playoff power Sinton, the Bobcats defense was chewed up by the Pirates to the tune of 48 points.