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Two-time champion
Jay County High School senior Tony Wood holds up two fingers while the referee raises his arm in victory after he beat Eastside’s 12th-ranked Linkin Carter 5-0 in the 138-pound semi-state championship match Saturday at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne. Wood, who is now undefeated at 44-0 …
Klondike Camp
Troop 202 of Portland recently attended the 2024 Scout Klondike Camp held at the Ossian Conservation Club. Scouts spent two nights on site with competitions held on Feb. 3. Scouts placed first in morals and first aid and third in scouting history. They also placed in the top five for …
UCA smile
FRHS cheerleaders performed competition routine
Character Counts
East Elementary recently recognized students for showing fairness. Pictured above, front row, are first graders Victoria Glentzer and Kambree Wood, and in the back row are first graders Seth Scott, Kane Noggler and Jack Huelskamp. Not pictured are first graders Jetzabeth Interiano and Jayden Herriford. (Photo provided)
Utility work
A worker makes an adjustment to a utility line on the west side of Meridian Street just north of Lafayette Street on Wednesday morning in Portland.
Lost lenses
Paige Finch laughs with Portland firefighters as they search for her glasses at Splashin’ with a Passion: Peggy’s Plunge on Saturday. Finch dunked her head under the water as part of the polar plunge, causing her glasses to fall off. Volunteer firefighter Chris Elmore found them after a couple of …
Spence entrance
Jay County High School athletic trainer Spencer Tonner “elbow bumps” elementary schoolers Friday before the girls basketball sectional championship game at Yorktown. The students were waiting to give high fives to the Patriots as they came out for warm ups, and greeted Tonner with similar enthusiasm after he finished tending …
Sensational, sorrowful
It was a weekend of mixed emotions for Jay County High School athletes.
Passionate plunge
Clement Hortlander (yellow shirt), Bailey Hartman (black shirt), Connor Helsen (blue shorts) and Cara Brockman (red shirt), all of Muncie, jump into the pond just north of Accelerated Curing in Portland Saturday morning as part of the Splashin’ with a Passion: Peggy’s Plunge sponsored by Portland Fire Department and United …
Senior honors
Jay County High School senior Luke Vormohr (middle) was honored during the Jay County boys basketball team’s senior night for his work as the team’s manager. Pictured, mother Marcie, Luke and father Frank listen to coach Jerry Bomholt’s speech about Luke and what he has meant to the program. (The …
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