Sports

Life is always busy for a 3-sport high school athlete. But the summers are especially crazy. Jerrick Suiter, an incoming junior at Valparaiso High School is making a name for himself in the state of Indiana as an All-Star-caliber player in the fall,...

The Iowa Cubs won 4-0 on the back of a solid Jeff Samardzija performance. The 6’5" righty gave up 6 hits over eight shutout innings, putting his team in position to win. He struck out six and walked four, lowering his ERA to a very respectable...

Purdue forward Robbie Hummel was selected Thursday to play for USA Basketball’s World University Games team. Hummel, a Valparaiso native, is one of 12 players selected to represent the United States in the World Games, an international tournament...

The Valparaiso High School Athletic Department is pleased to announce the members of the 2010 Class of the Valparaiso High School Hall of Fame. The induction will take place at the Valparaiso vs. Munster game on January 30, 2010. Each member will be...

Former VHS and VU student-athlete Jeanette Gray will take over the coaching reigns for the VHS Girls Varsity Basketball program this year. She is coming over from Highland High School, and will teach business class along side her coaching duties....

Cubs! Sox! ValpoLife! 1:15 PM: Brett Fuller here, live-blogging the Cubs' game for everyone. Today's game features the Sox' Gavin Floyd facing the Cubs' Carlos Zambrano, a showdown on the North Side of Chicago at Wrigley Field. The Cubs and the Sox...

Following sports through the media is a funny thing. Back in the early 1990’s, you’d never know what a player was doing during their off time. You’d never know when a clubhouse flare-up would happen. You’d never rarely find out when a player...

The Cubs' Jeff Samardzija came out yesterday with another strong performance, both on the mound and in the batter's box. Samardzija threw six innings, giving up 2 runs (1 earned) over 5 hits. He walked none and struck out three, bringing his ERA down...

Okay, maybe he isn’t the most disliked person in the area, but in the sports scene, it’s got to be pretty close. Peavy, the 2007 NL Cy Young award winner, spent 9 months (July 08-April 09) being teased in a trade to the Chicago Cubs. Yesterday...

The Chicago Bulls’ 2008-2009 season turned out better than most had expected. After a rough start to the season, the Bulls GM John Paxson made a midseason trade for scorer John Salmons and big-man Brad Miller. The move not only helped the Bulls...