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New Buffalo, River Valley girls soccer to merge in 2025
NEW BUFFALO — The next high school girls soccer season will see a merger of New Buffalo and River Valley students. “As we were looking at our numbers for soccer specifically, the high school girls (quantity) was not there,” said New Buffalo Area Schools Superintendent Adam Bowen during the July 22 Board of Education meeting. “Merging with River Valley allows us to continue to offer this opportunity for our students.”
Report: Liberty to open 2024-25 basketball season against Valparaiso
According to Rocco Miller, Liberty will open the 2024-25 men’s basketball season against Valparaiso on Monday, November 4th. The game will be played at the new John Wooden Fieldhouse in Xenia, Ohio as part of an opening day festival of hoops. Valpo was 7-25 a season ago and 3-17...
Silva, Steven Find Summer Success
Two members of the Valparaiso University tennis program have turned in noteworthy results this summer as the start of the 2024-25 season fast approaches. Rising junior Moira Silva (Houston, Texas / Houston Tennis Academy) reached the finals of the Texas A&M ITA Summer Masters Series powered by WTN this past weekend, while incoming freshman Brynn Steven (Wichita, Kan. / Bishop Carroll) won a doubles championship earlier this summer.
Alumni Team Soaks Up Experience of Representing Valpo in TBT
A special bond that unites the past and present of the Valparaiso University men’s basketball program was as clear as ever this past weekend. A Valpo alumni team, known as The Cru, competed in The Basketball Tournament (TBT), a summer event that is in its 11th season and attracts some of the best players in the world. The team was led and organized by Jason Karys, a 2017 Valpo graduate who served as a student manager, walk-on player, graduate assistant and eventually Director of Basketball Operations during his time with the Valpo men’s basketball program. He is currently an assistant coach at Stonehill College in his home state of Massachusetts. The team was coached by Valpo alumni Darryl Jackson, Darien Walker, Kendall O’Banner and Mike Brooks.
Valpo Golf Trio Named All-America Scholars
The Valparaiso University men’s golf program continued its long-standing tradition of hauling in academic awards on Thursday as the 2023-24 NCAA Division I Cobalt Golf All-America Scholars were released by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). A pair of seniors from the 2023-24 team – Mason Bonn (Sherwood,...
Cam Johnson Joins Valpo Baseball Staff as Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Valparaiso University head baseball coach Brian Schmack has announced the addition of assistant coach Cam Johnson, who will serve as the program’s recruiting coordinator, hitting coach, outfield coach and top assistant. In addition, Schmack has promoted Adam Brian to a full-time assistant coaching role after he served as a volunteer assistant coach in 2024.
Marc Hull Named Special Teams Coordinator / Safeties Coach
The Valparaiso University football program has announced the hiring of Marc Hull, who will serve as special teams coordinator and safeties coach under head coach Landon Fox. Hull joins the Beacons from the professional coaching ranks after serving as the special teams coordinator and linebackers coach for the Pittsburgh Maulers of the United States Football League (USFL). He also owns collegiate coaching experience as the linebackers coach and special teams coordinator at Slippery Rock University from 2015-2021.
Valpo Earns Academic Recognition From WBCA
The Valpo women’s basketball program was recognized for its strong performance in the classroom during the 2023-24 academic year on Wednesday by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). The Beacons earned Special Mention notice from the WBCA as they posted a 3.506 cumulative team GPA last year, making...
Valpo Basketball Earns NABC Team Academic Excellence Award; Sciarroni Achieves NABC Honors Court
The Valparaiso University men’s basketball program received recognition last week as the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced its academic awards for the 2023-24 season. Valpo received the 2023-24 NABC Team Academic Excellence Award, which recognizes men’s basketball programs that completed the 2023-24 academic year with a team...
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