Last Saturday, Portland baseball hosted Haslett and Fowlerville as part of the Spring Sports Carnival. The Raders lost to Haslett 5-4 in the first game of the day. Portland out hit Haslett 6-4, but the Raiders just left too many runners on base. Brody Moore led the Raider offense with two hits and one RBI. The second game of the day saw Fowlerville defeating Haslett. In the final game of the day, Portland defeated Fowlerville 8-3, and earned head coach Chris Trierwei

The Portland High School softball team hosted East Lansing on Thursday May 7th. The Raiders won the first game 2-1. Portland tallied eight hits led by Molli Miilu with three hits. Lilly Thelen added two hits. Miilu got the win in the circle going seven innings and striking out seven while holding East Lansing to just two hits. The Raiders won game two 18-4. The Portland offense totaled 15 hits. Bella Spitzley and Brynn Nelson each had three hits and two RBIs. Rylee

On Thursday, April 30th, the Shamrocks had a double header with Bath. The Shamrocks won game one 13-3. St. Patrick tallied 13 hits in the game. Brady Leonard had three hits. Charlie Thelen, Tyler Thelen, Mason Simon and TJ Chamberlain each had two hits. Leonard got the win on the mound pitching three innings and striking out six batters while allowing only one hit. St. Patrick won game two 14-2. Jerryd Scheurer collected four hits in the game. Ben White added three

The St. Patrick’s Varsity Softball team traveled to the annual Kris Popp Memorial Softball Tournament at Lake Leelenau St. Mary’s on Saturday, May 2nd. The Shamrocks first faced St. Mary’s and won 18-5. Kennedy Drake closed her first complete Varsity game and held onto 5 strikeouts as well. The team worked offensively and tallied 12 hits. Macie Leonard went 2:3 with 2 RBIs, Macie Smith went 1:1 with a triple, Lily Sandborn went 1:2 with 2 runs and 2 RBIs, Gracelyn Rockey went

The May 26th Portland Area Historical Society meeting will begin at 6:30 PM at the Senior Service Building at 144 Kent Street. The program for this meeting will be “An Evening with Patrick Henry”. This first-person dramatic re-enactment is a creative and engaging presentation that traces the major events, words, and reflections of this remarkable patriot’s life and times, told as if by Henry, himself. Patrick Henry (1736–1799) was a prominent American Founding Father, ce