The interscholastic athletic program in Portage Public Schools offers a wide range of voluntary athletic activities to both young men and young women at the middle and senior high school levels. To be able to represent Portage and its schools is a privilege afforded by the Board of Education only to those athletes who have earned the opportunity to do so.

The program has as its main objectives - the physical, mental, emotional, and social development of the athlete. To foster these objectives, the Board of Education feels that personal rules of conduct for the athlete are essential. Participants must develop and maintain habits of personal behavior and hygiene that will enable them to perform well, to minimize the risk of personal injury, and to represent themselves in a manner that merits the respect of both the school and the community. Excerpt from the Athletic Handbook