(8-16-26) It was 1974 and the last year for Portland High School before the Jay County High consolidation.

The Panther’s last home game was 40-0 win over Eastbrook at Portland Stadium in a Mississinewa Valley Conference game.

courtesy Remembering Portland Facebook page

1974 Portland Results

  • Aug 30: @ Wes-Del (Loss, 0–19)
  • Sep 6: Adams Central (Win, 14–6)
  • Sep 14: @ Delta (Win, 16–13)
  • Sep 20: Bellmont (Loss, 8–40)
  • Sep 27: Blackford (Loss, 12–36)
  • Oct 4: @ Mississinewa (Win, 16–14)
  • Oct 11: South Adams (Loss, 18–27)
  • Oct 18: Winchester (Win, 22–20)
  • Oct 25: @ Eastbrook (Win, 40–0)
  • Nov 1: Western (Loss, 8–17) []

The Mississinewa Valley Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference based in East Central Indiana that lasted between 1952 and 1977. The conference started out as a conference for larger rural schools as a way to provide a higher level of competition than their respective County Conferences typically provided. The conference was stable for its first decade, but consolidation and more regionally based conferences with schools of similar sizes had schools defecting the MVC. The conference ended in 1977, with three schools forming the Classic Athletic Conference, and one team each joining the Mid-Eastern and Mid-Indiana conferences.

Portland High School Fight Song

 We’re loyal to you, Portland High!
We’re all staunch and true, Portland High!
We’ll back you to stand
‘Gainst the best in the land,
For we know you have sand, Portland High!
Rah! Rah!

Go smashing ahead, Portland High!
Go crashing ahead, Portland High!
Our team is our fame protector –
On, boys, we all expect a
Vict’ry from you, Portland High!

Ja-hee! Ja-hah! Ja-hah-hah-hah!
Portland High School! Rah! Rah! Rah!