On Thursday, May 7th, the St. Patrick’s Varsity Softball team hosted the Redhawks of Saranac. The Shamrocks split with the Redhawks winning 12-10 in Game1, and then losing in extra innings in Game 2, 8-9. The Shamrocks had hot bats and played hard in both games, but pitching was a struggle to find the zone for the team, and each game became a battle. The team had some uncharacteristic fielding errors and each play became important down the stretch. In Game 1, Gracelyn Rocke

The Raiders hosted DeWitt on Monday, May 11th. DeWitt won the first game 11-0, and the second game 14-3. On Tuesday the 12th, the Raiders traveled to Olivet. Portland 12, Olivet 2 Max Sandborn had a hot bat in the game tallying three hits and four RBIs. Brad Meyers had four hits. Decon Townsend, Connor Fox, Gunnar Williams, and Carson Simon each had two hits. Sandborn pitched five and 2/3 innings striking out five. Ezra Faulkner and Meyers came in in relief. Port

The Raiders faced Dansville, Okemos and Portland St. Patrick on Saturday May 9th. Dansville 17, Portland 7 Dansville’s bats were hot in the game. They scored 17 runs on 17 hits in the game. Lilly Thelen led the Raider offense with two hits and four RBIs. Bella Spitzley and Molly Miilu each added two hits. Portland 15, Okemos 5 Spitzley led the Portland offense with three hits and three RBIs. Thelen, Rylee Miller and Carley Bower each had two hits. Spitzley got th

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

On Saturday, April 2nd, Sarah Johnson and Patti Beard Werner were inducted into the Portland Softball Hall of Fame. The Portland Softball Hall of Fame was established in 2019 to recognize players, coaches, teams and contributors who represent the foremost in achievement and lasting impact on Portland Softball. Hall of fame inductions are important because they connect the past with the present. They serve to recognize the best of the best and give current athletes and their

Portland’s Keith Schrauben has been selected as a member of the 2026 class of the MHSFCA Coaches Hall of Fame. To be eligible for this honor, coaches must have a minimum of 20 years of high school coaching in Michigan and/or 100 head coaching wins. Schrauben has spent the last several years as an assistant coach for the Raider football team. In his 49 years of coaching football, his teams have a combined record of 319 wins and 158 losses according to the association. H