Portage Northern campus shuts down after shooting threat
The Staff
November 14, 2019
UPDATE A seventeen year old Portage Northern student has been taken into custody. After police searched her home, finding no weapons, it has been determined that she was of no credible threat....
XC competes at Portage Invite
Astrid Code, News Editor
October 30, 2019
The Portage Northern XC team hosted the annual Portage Invite on October 5, 2019. The meet, which has been run for 22 years, featured 303 high school teams, 138 middle school teams, 7, 460 runners, and 7 food trucks.
Men’s soccer pushes into the post-seas following silver division conference victory
Malcolm Gaynor, Editor in Chief
October 17, 2019
With a 3-1 victory over Kalamazoo Central and a 5-0 victory over Lakeshore, the Huskies capture a silver division championship in the SMAC conference. District tournament play begins Thursday the 10th, with a rematch against Jackson, the team that eliminated them last year. During the regular season, the Huskies finished with a 5-5 record in conference, good ...
Soccer prepares for Districts following silver division conference victory
Malcolm Gaynor, Editor in Chief
October 10, 2019
With a 3-1 victory over Kalamazoo Central and a 5-0 victory over Lakeshore, the Huskies capture a silver division championship in the SMAC conference. District tournament play begins Thursday the 10th, with a rematch against Jackson, the team that eliminated them last year. During the...
School, local law enforcement attempts to curb speeding around campus
Isabelle Burnett, J1 Staff Writer
September 18, 2019
On Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th of September, two announcements were made regarding the speeding on and off campus by Portage Northern Director of Communications Brenda Marsh. “Please pay attention to your speed when arriving or leaving our campus. We are getting complaints from our surrounding neighbor...
Portage Public Schools to eliminate E-Squared program for gifted and talented elementary students
Malcolm Gaynor, Editor in Chief
August 23, 2019
While working on ways to balance the 2019/2020 budget, the Portage Public School board has elected to eliminate the E-Squared Program, which was a center based program (an off-campus program) located at Portage Central High School. The program taught a specialized curriculum for gifted students grades 3-5 ...
Portage Northern baseball wins first ever division 1 state championship in historic season
Malcolm Gaynor, Editor in Chief
July 2, 2019
As former Huskie pitchers Tommy Henry and Ben Kizer capture national success in the College World Series, the current Huskie baseball team has done what the now U of M stars couldn’t: win a state championship. The Huskies defeated Rockford 10-4 in the state championship game, capping...
Meet the 2019-2020 editorial board!
The Staff
June 13, 2019
Meet Arushi Mithal- Your 2019-2020 opinion editor is much more than dedicated and talented. An upcoming junior, in the class of 2021, Arushi still has room to grow. “I’ve learned a lot but I think the most important thing is there’s room to grow, and passion for journalism.” She really appre...
Portage Northern baseball wins districts, rolls on through the regional and on to the state final four
Malcolm Gaynor, Sports Editor
June 10, 2019
**All interviews courtesy of Tom Sielatycki. Watch the full interviews and video highlights of each game here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPSGlGxJO565i92iMZYmDqQ/videos ** With an early 4-2 lead in the 2nd inning of their first district game, a crash of lighting and the following two...
MLB Projections
Zach Quinn, Staff Writer
May 29, 2019
There have been some surprise teams so far that have division leads. While other World Series contenders have stumbled in the early going. Here are my predictions on how the rest of the season will play out based on the 1st month and a half of baseball.
Logic: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Zach Quinn, Staff Writer
May 21, 2019
Logic just dropped an album that’s going to be hard for him to top. Released on May 10th, Logic blessed his fans with my unpopular opinion of “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind being his best album he’s released so far.” The album cover is weird looking but understandable. The cover shows Logic...
Journalism isn’t dying but journalists are
Sheila Mwanda, Entertainment Editor
May 7, 2019
As the Founding Fathers created the Constitution for this nation, they recognized the need to have freedom of the press in order to keep citizens informed and to hold government officials accountable for their actions. Because of the responsibility journalists have to tell the truth and uncover fact...
