The Thunderbirds seniors were named the league's Defensive and Co-Offensive Players of the Year, respectively. Beaver Dam's Gabe Klatt earned unanimous first-team honors on the All-Badger Large team.
Photos of the Portage prep football team hosting Monona Grove in a Badger Small Conference game on Friday, Oct. 8 at Bob Mael Field in Portage.
The Warriors scored the game's final 16 points but it wasn't enough to overcome a 20-point halftime deficit against the Silver Eagles.
The Warriors secured the program's first winning regular season since 2007 and are just one win away from a second straight playoff berth for the first time since six straight from 1994-99.
Photos of the Portage and Reedsburg prep football teams meeting in a Badger Small Conference game on Friday, Sept. 24 at Millennium Field in R…
The Warriors scored three times in the fourth quarter to pick up a second straight win in the rivalry.
With the playoffs inching ever closer, this week's games have massive postseason implications even with three regular season games remaining.
Photos of the Portage prep football team hosting Fort Atkinson in a Badger Small Conference game on Thursday, Sept. 16 at Bob Mael Field in Portage.
The Warriors surrendered 15 points in the final eight minutes of the fourth quarters and were weighed down by missed chances in the first half to suffer a second straight loss.
Teams hoping to build on feel-good starts, turn campaigns around as season hits Week 5.
The Warriors and Blackhawks will kickoff a day ahead of schedule due to the state-wide officials shortage.
Photos of the Portage prep football team hosting Stoughton in a Badger Small Conference opener on Friday, Sept. 3 at Bob Mael Field in Portage.
The Warriors held the Vikings to just 107 yards rushing to win the teams' Badger Small Conference opener and move to 3-0 for the first time since 2007.
Warriors hoping deep pool of multi-sport athletes can send them back to postseason after ending 13-year drought.
After three-plus months of discussion, the Baraboo School Board heard what was likely the final update on the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athlet…
Portage High School athletic director Ed Carlson believes the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association’s football-only realignment proce…
The Baraboo and Reedsburg prep football teams aren’t moving to the Mississippi Valley Conference quite yet.
PREP FOOTBALL: Baraboo resolution suggests new realignment plan, asks task force for more discussion
Unhappy with a proposed conference realignment plan for high school football, Baraboo, Reedsburg and Portage have settled on a plan of their own.
The Baraboo School Board plans to put up a fight.
The Baraboo School District is approaching the proposed prep football conference realignment like its a foregone conclusion.
Portage, Baraboo and Reedsburg have some of the state’s longest standing rivalries, especially in football, where the Thunderbirds and Beavers…
Fireworks went off as the marching band played at halftime of the Portage football team’s Homecoming game against Sauk Prairie on Friday night…
There are lessons to be learned for prep football teams that suit up — and also for those that sit out — this fall.
Opposing teams know what to expect from the Reedsburg Area High School football program.