Baseball team falls to Grand Ledge in delayed regional final
Malcolm Gaynor, Sports Editor
June 13, 2018
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After a thrilling 4-2 extra inning victory against Brighton, Portage Northern lost in the championship game 5-1 to Grand Ledge, ending their season. This was the last PN baseball game for the team’s 12 seniors, who were leaders and role models on the field and in the dugout throughout the season. ...
Baseball team wins districts; keeps regional hopes alive
Malcolm Gaynor, Staff Writer
June 11, 2018
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The Portage Northern baseball team captured the district championship on Saturday, with two dominant wins 6-2 over Mattawan in the semifinals and 9-1 over Portage Central in the championship game. The huskies advanced to the district tournament after a thrilling 10-7 victory at Saint Joe. Senior ca...
Gabbie Byers, Staff Writer
June 8, 2018
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As the school season comes to a close for many students, unfortunately so does their track season. Most athletes create a goal for the season, and for many, that involves making new personal records, getting on varsity, and making it to the final big meet, the State Championship. This year, the PN Tr...
Seniors put the “war” in water wars as contest concludes
Komalpreet Kaur, Staff Writer
June 8, 2018
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Squirt guns, secret alliances, and sabotage. Water Wars, which was supposed to be one final hurrah for the class of 2018, ended up being anything but. Water wars has been a Portage Central tradition for many years now, but this year’s seniors decided to bring the fun home here to Portage Northern. Th...
Pro-Con: Summer Reading
June 8, 2018
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Summer reading is a requirement for honors and IB classes, but what is it's real value?
Avengers Infinity War: a wild ride and a brilliant movie
Lexi Kava, Entertainment Editor
May 1, 2018
Filed under All, Entertainment, Movies, Reviews, Showcase
CAUTION: CONTAINS SPOILERS. DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT YET SEEN THE MOVIE. Just this past Friday the highest anticipated movie of the year, Marvel’s Avengers Infinity War, finally hit theaters across the country. Since its premiere the film has been the talk of the country. “It takes yo...
PNXC welcomes new coach James Young
Malcolm Gaynor, Staff Writer
April 30, 2018
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Portage Northern has hired James Young as the new cross country head coach. Young has been a distance coach for 16 years, including 15 years of track and field coaching at Battle Creek Central High School, along with other private coaching and training experience. Young has many goals and aspirations for hi...
PNHS students organize, execute second walkout
Meredith Ablao, Manny Tsang, Gabbie Byers, and Keegan Tenney
April 20, 2018
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At 10:00 am today, students participated in the second national school walkout. Held on the anniversary of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, students gathered to protest government inaction on policies that might make schools safer.Students organized themselves in the new bleachers of H...
Anime Club allows students to explore diverse interests
Liam Fagan, Staff Writer
April 16, 2018
Filed under Feature, Human Interest Feature, Showcase
Every Wednesday, the anime club of Portage Northern meets after school to play games, and of course, watch anime. They meet in Nott’s room in the art wing. Seniors Mandy Kellogg and Lily Griffioen are the leaders of the Anime Club and run the meetings. “In club, we tie Japanese culture in with...
Rawan Alsaedi contemplates going home to a war zone
Snigda Narisetty, Staff Writer
April 2, 2018
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As sophomore Rawan Alsaedi stepped off of the plane at the Chicago O'Hare International Airport in July of 2013, she thought she would never feel at home here, but now she couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. That year, Rawan and her family left war-torn Iraq for her father Abdulrahman’s studies. He came her...
PNHS wins top awards at Youth in Government conference
Sheila Mwanda, Staff Writer
March 21, 2018
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Michigan Youth In Government is a club here at PN that gives students the opportunity outside of their government classes to learn about U.S. government and what it means to be a part of a working democracy. Run by teacher Amber Dixon, students participate in monthly meetings and two conferences each ...
PNHS collects enough blood to save 204 lives at blood drive
Megan Rinock, Illustrator
March 20, 2018
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That’s how many people can be saved by the amount of blood collected at the annual blood drive as one donation can save three people and 68 PNHS staff and students stepped up to the plate to donate. The second blood drive of the year, set up by the Student Senate, was just this past Thursday....
