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On Ice: Hockey team works their way through challenging schedule

On Ice: Hockey team works their way through challenging schedule

Jackson Barnard, Journalism 1 Writer January 7, 2020

Freezing rinks for the people in attendance, vicious hits, and the sound of the buzzer going off after a goal. Sound familiar? Well, it is indeed hockey season for the Portage Northern Huskies.  The...

The boy’s varsity team (L to R: Ryan McCune, Drew Gonzalez, Logan Post, Matt Schieber, Kanishk Madhav, Dylan Butler) warms up for their 2:00 pm race. “The Portage Invite is the king of XC races, it is what you think about when you start the season,” says freshman Logan Post. “I felt good PRing in the race because it makes you feel that even though there were hundreds of good runners, you beat them, pushed through them.”

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...

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,...

Team members Brayden Andrews, Tyler Wells, Jack Thompson, and Mason Garcia sprinting down field to celebrate with their teammates after the victory. Photo courtesy of Luciana Weaver.

JV soccer team defeats Portage Central

Jackson Barnard, J1 Staff Writer October 10, 2019

On Tuesday, September 18th, the JV soccer team defeated the crosstown rival Portage Central at the Mustang’s home field by a score of 1-0.   The lone goal was scored by sophomore Marcel Jones....

Senior Levi Crooks goes past a PC defender and down the sideline. Despite a Crooks goal, the Huskies fell 2-1 in a tight game. The two teams are lined up to face each other in a rematch in the second round of the district tournament if the Huskies beat Jackson, the team that elongated them last year. Photo courtesy of Katie Kean Steil.

PN varsity soccer narrowly loses to PC

Kristen Ammar, J1 Staff Writer October 10, 2019

The varsity soccer team lost a close game to PC during their regular-season match up on September 17. Senior Levi Crooks scored Northern’s only goal with five minutes left in the game, but the Mustangs...

Portage Northern superfans cheer on their fellow huskies during the most suspense filled game of the season so far.

The crosstown SuperFan rivalry is strong in the 2019-2020 sports season

Gabi Ford, J1 Staff Writer September 17, 2019

As the class of 2020 kicks off the school year boosting school spirit with some superfan action, Portage Central is doing just the same down the road. And with the big PN v PC football game producing such...

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...

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...

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...

NCAA Tournament in Review

NCAA Tournament in Review

Zach Quinn, Staff Writer April 19, 2019

This year's tournament was a great one and concluded with Virginia redeeming themselves from last year’s upset loss to 16 seed UMBC, winning it all this year. This is the ultimate redemption story and...

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