Fall Cheer
1. RailCats Cheer Fundraiser
Date: August 2nd
Location: Gary SouthShore RailCats SteelYard
Time: TBA
2. Cheer Conditioning (Mandatory)
Date: Starts 8/4
Location: Butterfly Park
3. Princess Gala
Date:10/5
Location: TBA
Time: TBA
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Fall Tackle Football
1. Registration/Paperwork
REGISTRATION CLOSED
Paperwork: Laura will send out further information once we open up tackle registration, but it is never too early to get your athlete's physical! We will need paperwork earlier than past years for this year. ALL PAPERWORK WILL BE DUE BY 6/10! This will allow for enough time to obtain year end report cards (and you MUST have all 4 quarters included).
Sports Connect: We will be transitioning from SportsEngine to Sports Connect for the Fall Cheerleading/Tackle Football season. This should help streamline registration and reduce paperwork as we will be able to upload all paperwork to provide to Northern via Sports Connect.
STACK TEAM APP: Download the STACK TEAM APP for Sports Connect access. This will be your main form of communication with coaches and your team.
2. Mandatory Head Coach Meeting (all coaches are welcome and encouraged to attend)
Date: 6/25 from 5:30-6:30 pm
Location: Valparaiso Nazarene Church Youth Center (Enter Door 4)
2702 E. Glendale Blvd, Valparaiso
3. Parent Meeting (not mandatory but recommended and encouraged for new families)
Date: 6/25 from 6:30-7:30 pm
Location: Valparaiso Nazarene Church Youth Center (Enter Door 4)
2702 E. Glendale Blvd, Valparaiso
4. Equipment Pickup -
TBD
Thorgren's (on Southeast corner of Evans and Roosevelt, enter through opened gate at Roosevelt entrance)
5. Season Start Date
For the 2025 Fall Tackle season, we have been informed by Northern that Pop Warner has moved the official start date of the season from 8/1 to 7/15. We understand the concern and potential issues that this causes for our baseball families or families that plan vacations prior to football start. This is news to us and we will be working in the upcoming months to determine our best route for an official conditioning start date. We are also working to coordinate conditioning makeup dates to catch up any players that miss conditioning due to previously planned sport or vacation obligations for hours missed prior to 8/1. ***Conditioning start and scheduling will be left to each Head Coach to plan. The latest that conditioning will be started by each team is 8/1 but keep in mind that our season starts earlier this year.
6. Mandatory ID Day Weekend
8/10. Details will be announced when received.
7. Football O'Rama
Date: 8/17
Location: Chesterton
TBD further details
8. Football Season Game Dates: 8/23 - 10/12. Playoffs to start weekend of 10/18.
9. Tackle Football Commissioner: Kristen Patten
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*****Special Events/Save the Dates*****
1. VHS/VPW Football Player/Coach Camp*
Date: 6/12 from 5:30 pm - 9 pm
Location: VHS
*REGISTRATION OPEN ON SPORT CONNECT - Coaches and Players should register.
2. VPW Season Kick Off Celebration: 8/2 at Hayes Leonard from 11 am - 1 pm (NOT mandatory but going to be a blast). More details to come!
3. Annual VPW Fundraiser Golf Outing*
Date: 8/16
Location: Valparaiso Country Club
*Registration open at VPW Annual Golf Outing Link above. It is never too early to recruit foursomes and hole sponsors, so please contact Patty at
[email protected] to reserve your spots!
4. Popcorn Fest Parade*
Date: 9/6