Brandon Vickrey

When longtime Portage High School Theatre Director Joe Stevens suddenly announced his retirement after the 2008-2009 school year, there was a huge void to fill. After 30 years of serving in the position and helping the school continue its outstanding...

The Portage softball team lifted the lid on the home portion of the 2013 season with a 15-5 rout of the Michigan City Wolves on Tuesday evening. The lady-Indians improved to 2-0 overall behind a strong pitching performance by Heather Zengler in the...

After working in healthcare for approximately 10 years, Cheryl Williamson elected to return to school to work toward a law degree. The many clients that she has served over the last 20 years are thankful that she made that decision. “I had used my...

It is my pleasure to work with and lead a great staff that produces the bi-weekly Portage High School student newspaper, the Pow Wow. Here are the digital copies of our four most recent issues. To view issues 1-3 click here, or follow this link for...

The Portage baseball team got an early taste of winning a championship this past week as the Indians brought home a Chattanooga Tournament title from a spring break trip to Tennessee. Championship hardwood in high school baseball is usually reserved...

The Chicago White Sox enter the 2013 season with a slew of question marks. Unlike their North Side counterparts, the South Siders have the potential to compete for a playoff sport, but the White Sox will be dependent on many “ifs” in the second...

Gymnastics Fanatics The entire Portage community rallied behind the state champion gymnastics team after the lady-Indians brought the hardware home from Ball State by upending Valparaiso and earning the school’s first state championship since 1975....

Baseball fans on the North Side of Chicago appear to be in store for another “rebuilding” year as Tom Ricketts, Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer and the Chicago Cubs attempt to work their way back to relevance. However, there is nothing quite like Cubs...

The Indiana Basketball Coaches Association has announced its postseason basketball accolades, with Northwest Indiana well represented after another tremendous season of hoops in the Region that concluded with Bowman Academy bringing home the Class 2A...

Clichés about “hard work paying off” and “practice making perfect” could not describe someone more accurately than Portage High School senior Mackenzie Barcelli. After four years of total devotion to academics, athletics and extra-curricular...