The student news site of Portage Northern High School

The Northern Light

The student news site of Portage Northern High School

The Northern Light

The student news site of Portage Northern High School

The Northern Light

Senior Jonah Pilnick drives past a Portage Central defender during their 2-1 loss in the regular season. The rivals are set to face off in a rematch in the second round of the District tournament. The Huskies have already taken revenge on Kalamazoo Central and Lakeshore this postseason following regular season losses, and will look to do the same to PC. We hit a little bit of a low in the middle of the season, but we are now playing the way that Huskies should play, said Pilnick. Photo courtesy of Katie Kean Steil.

Men’s soccer pushes into the post-season 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,...

Senior Jonah Pilnick drives past a Portage Central defender during their 2-1 loss in the regular season. The rivals are set to face off in a rematch in the second round of the District tournament. The Huskies have already taken revenge on Kalamazoo Central and Lakeshore this postseason following regular season losses, and will look to do the same to PC. We hit a little bit of a low in the middle of the season, but we are now playing the way that Huskies should play, said Pilnick. Photo courtesy of Katie Kean Steil.

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,...

This speed limit sign is just one of many ignored by drivers around Portage Northern.

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...

After over 40 years of offering a center based gifted program in elementary schools, Portage Public Schools has elected to eliminate the E-Squared program. “E-squared was a program that would became one of the highlights of my educational career,” said senior Arjav Patel, who is now a KAMSC student at PNHS.

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...

The Huskies celebrate on the field after winning the first ever state championship in school history. We always talk about having a championship culture, it was important for us to get a championship to go with it, said senior Tyler Helgeson. It was our goal the whole year.

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...

Meet the 2019-2020 editorial board!

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...

Portage Northern baseball wins districts, rolls on through the regional and on to the state final four

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...

MLB Projections

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...

Logic: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

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...

Journalism isnt dying but journalists are

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...

The anticipated debut of Vlad Guerrero Jr.

Zach Quinn, Staff Writer May 7, 2019

Over the weekend, we finally got to see the the other Guerrero make his anticipated debut against the Oakland A’s as baseball’s number 1 overall prospect arrived in Toronto for his first major league...

Nav: Bad Habits Deluxe review

Nav: Bad Habits Deluxe review

Zach Quinn, Staff Writer April 19, 2019

Right before I got done with this article, Nav released the deluxe edition for Bad Habits. Nav’s second studio album and third album overall is his best album out of all three and it's not even close....

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