Parks District and Club Sports

A typical day for an 8-year old would seem to be filled with 3rd grade classroom activities, fun on the playground with friends and riding bikes until dark…not for this group of young boys. Their weeknights and weekends are filled with bear crawls,...

The Valparaiso Department of Parks and Recreation put on a great event on Sunday, giving the Valparaiso community a chance to enjoy one of the last days of great weather in the Old Fairgrounds Park. Sports Sunday in the Park, as it was called, gave...

Come and Join us for Fun, Friendship and Fitness! Do you know how to swim? Are you at least 5 years old? Would you like to improve your swimming skills? Would you like to swim the strokes the Olympians swim? Do you have fun meeting new people? Would...

The Valpo Phoenix, a girls 10 and Under and 12 and Under travel softball program, will be holding tryouts for its 2010 teams on Monday, August 31 and Thursday, September 3 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Bicentennial Park, 175 Burlington Beach Drive,...

The 2009 Turkey Trot will be presented by the Valparaiso Swim Club.  Please join us for the 6th Annual Valparaiso Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Morning. All proceeds will benefit the Valparaiso Swim Club & a portion of the proceeds will go to...

This past weekend the Valparaiso Swim Club competed in the Indiana Long Course Age Group State meet. The team was well represented by Andrew Antonetti, Javier Arriagada, Tim Blue, Grace Cobble, Mark Memsic, Trevor Stalbaum, Kaitlyn Steffus, and...

DES MOINES, Iowa - Four boys from Valparaiso participated recently in the AAU Junior Olympic Games Track and Field competition at the world famous Drake Stadium . Carl Frey, 9, a student at Immanuel Lutheran School, competed in two events. He placed...

Started in 2004, the Big Boca was a neighborhood run taking place through the streets Boca Lago, Boca Raton, and Boca Teeka, and also ran through 200 East Park. In its second year, the Big Boca expanded and included T-shirts and more than 20...

One of the great benefits of living in the Valparaiso area is the variety of facilities that are available to keep active during any time of the year. Do you like baseball? Valpo offers over 15 baseball, softball, and tee ball fields through the...

Both the 7th and 8th grade Valparaiso Vikings AAU teams went to Noblesville this weekend and captured the Super Hoops State Tournament title. The 8th grade team, coached by VHS Varsity Head Coach Chirs Benedict and Greg Doane, was the #1 seed in the...