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The student news site of Portage Northern High School

The Northern Light

The student news site of Portage Northern High School

The Northern Light

Prince, Witt, and Ford make return trip to the state finals

Prince, Witt, and Ford make return trip to the state finals

Ben Lewis, Chief Designer May 31, 2017

Only the elite compete! This year, only three athletes from the Portage Northern Track team qualified to compete at the state meet: Madi Ford (12), Peyton Witt (10), and Randy Prince (12). Witt...

PNs 2017 hosts, Abby Seeber (12) and Eli Barker (12) were both voted class clown. After I saw the talent show, I understood why.

Friday Night Live: Review of PN’s 2017 Talent Show

lily antor, entertainment editor May 30, 2017

The sound of laughter echoed throughout the Portage Northern campus as I approached the pre-talent show tailgate. Glancing about, I caught sight of kids passing volleyballs, people talking amongst themselves...

The team formal in attire but not in attitude at the tournament.

Forensics scores big at Mackinac Tournament

Abby Seeber, Entertainment Editor May 23, 2017

A mere three weeks ago, the Forensics team finished up their regular season by taking third place overall in their division as well as having two state champions. On Friday, May 19, members of The Portage...

The Tigers are in trouble

The Tigers are in trouble

Carter Landis, Sports Editor May 12, 2017

This… is not good. The Detroit Tigers are off to a rather underwhelming start with a 15-15 record through 30 games in a season where many believed they’d rebound and compete for a playoff spot. Although...

Andrew practices his craft in the DLR. He tries to draw every day. I would draw 24-7 if I could, he said.

Andrew Foltin: drawing a new path

Lyndsey Case, Social Media Manager May 2, 2017

Kalamazoo, to Tennessee, to Kentucky, to Colorado: picture coming home from school only to find out it is time to pack your bags, leave your friends and new school behind, and head off to another state,...

THE STARTING FIVE: NFL Draft Predictions

THE STARTING FIVE: NFL Draft Predictions

Carter Landis, Sports Editor April 26, 2017

Another year, another slew of middle aged men who have never played football assessing future professional athletes on their ability to play a sport and giving incessant criticism for months before the...

Madison performs as one of the singers in her worship team at church.

Madison Bonnewell: singing her heart out

Megna Joshi, Website Editor April 26, 2017

Madison Bonnewell is a junior who in her free time enjoys reading, singing and watching musical theatre. Madison comes from a huge family of six siblings and is also mixed -half black and half white- and...

Haylee enjoyed a trip to Florida with family and friends over Spring Break.

PN mourns cancer fighter Haylee Lewis, 9/10/1999 – 4/13/2017

Staff April 17, 2017

    Haylee Ann Lewis, a junior at Portage Northern High School, passed away after a nine month battle with glioblastoma on Thursday, April 13th. News of Haylee passing away came suddenly,...

The old lacrosse field, which is the future stadium site.

Districts keeps environmental concerns in mind as construction begins

Cameron Schaefer, Photographer April 17, 2017

Northwest of the school and alongside the perimeter of the current lacrosse field lies a miniature forest of trees. It isn’t solely a collection of trees or woods that a majority of the classrooms on...

Best of both worlds: Kushi Matharu blends Indian and American culture

Best of both worlds: Kushi Matharu blends Indian and American culture

Meredith Ablao, News Editor March 24, 2017

The Indian community here at Portage Northern is very vast in geographical range. There are several different regions of India. The Northern Region consists of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and...

Latora was, in 2016, a candidate for M-Lives most likely wrestler to go on to the state tournament.

Portage community mourns the loss of PC student Dante Latora

Staff March 24, 2017

The Portage Central High School community is mourning the loss of one of their students today. Staff and students found out yesterday that Dante Latora (12) was killed in a car accident in Virginia on...

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