Brandon Vickrey

On Friday night, May 18, the United States Marine Corps Reserve will pay a visit to Portage High School.  The marines will lead the Portage varsity football team through a Combat Fitness Test on the PHS football field.  The Armed Forces Day event...

Portage High School senior Austin Edwards has truly done a little bit of everything over his four years in high school.  Edwards, who was nominated by a PortageLife reader to be this week’s Portage Life in the Spotlight, has participated in a wide...

Portage dentist Dr. Laura Hannon teamed up with the American Red Cross to host a blood drive at Smile Brightly, Dr. Hannon’s office, on Saturday afternoon.  Hannon decided to give the event a try, as she hosted a blood drive for the first time....

The Portage softball team has transitioned to a new head coach as Lisa Hayes took over the head varsity job for this season.  On Tuesday night the Tribe dismantled Valparaiso 12-2 in six innings by implementing the ten run rule to complete a two...

Generations of Portage students have passed through the halls of Portage High School with just one constant over the last three decades.  While many teachers and administrators have come and gone, Andrew Halaschak has been a fixture in Portage...

The Portage High School 2012 spring musical The Wedding Singer opened up on Friday night on the stage of the PHS East Auditorium.  The cast of 46 students spent countless hours and late nights rehearsing to make sure that the performance was...

Tragedy struck the Portage High School family when 17 year old PHS junior Jade Sleaford passed away on Saturday, April 14, 2012.  Since Sleaford’s death, PHS students have found different ways to help honor and remember her.  Junior Ian DePerio...

The top 29 students in the Portage High School senior class of 2012 were honored on Tuesday night at Woodland Park’s Sycamore Hall. PHS held its annual ACES Banquet to honor the students that excel academically the most.  The top five percent of...

Portage High School students got together for a good time and a great cause on Friday night into Saturday morning in the PHS Field House. The Insomnia lock-in event, which has become a spring staple over the last three years, was hosted by the...

Senior Rachel Santos has left her mark on Portage High School after serving as the editor-in-chief of the student run newspaper, the Pow Wow, for the last two years.  Santos is committed to making sure that the students of PHS have a quality...