Top 10 Sports Articles on PortageLife from 2017

Top 10 Sports Articles on PortageLife from 2017

We published hundreds of articles on the PortageLife Sports Section this past year. Team achievement, skateparks, and the ABC7 flyover were all fair game for sharing in the sports world. With so many notable events in Northwest Indiana, it’s no wonder we had so many stories to choose from!

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Without further ado (and in no particular order), here are the Top 10 sports articles from PortageLife in 2017!

Portage-IndiansPortage High School Celebrates 40th Anniversary of the Portage Indians Winning the IHSAA State Football Championship
This fall marks the 40th anniversary of the Portage Indians winning the IHSAA State Football Championship. The Indians under Hall of Fame Coach Les Klein defeated Evansville Reitz at North Central High School to win the title.

Mike-Martinez-Becomes-the-Voice-of-the-Portage-Indians-for-Another-SeasonMike Martinez Becomes the Voice of the Portage Indians for Another Season
Mike Martinez of Hannah’s Hope of Portage, is getting pumped about spending another Portage High School Football season as the head announcer and commentator inside the field’s press box.

Portage-1Student-June-2017_01#1StudentNWI: Portage Ladies Conquer the Field
“One, two, three strikes you’re out!”: this has been the saying for the past couple of weekends for Hannah Kraynak and Breanna Devine. Devine and Kraynak are incoming juniors at Portage High School where they both play on the softball team.

Portage Roller Hockey 3Portage Offers Roller Hockey at the Sportsplex
A new roller hockey league in Portage is bringing Roller Hockey back to Northwest Indiana. Teams that feature colorful names like The Majestic Unicorns, StoneCutters, Iceholes, and The Muricans meet twice a week at Portage's Inline Sportsplex to face off and have some fun.

phs-baseball-2017-1Portage Indians Baseball Focusing on Being “A Tough Out” as Young Team Develops
The Portage High School baseball team is an underdog this season. With a less-than-ideal record, and the loss of many seniors last year, they’re a young team building themselves back up that plans to dominate next year.

PNW-Hammond-Homecoming-Tailgate-2017_01Purdue Northwest Brings community and Athletes Together at Homecoming Tailgate and Fall Sports Festival
Purdue Northwest constantly seeks to outdo itself, in academics, athletics, and community building. On Saturday, they did just that with their second annual Fall Sports Festival and Homecoming Tailgate at Dowling Park in Hammond, which brought the community together for a showcase of PNW’s best and brightest.

ABC7-Portage-Flyover-2017-1Portage Community Heads Out in Full Force for ABC7 Chicago Friday Flyover
The Portage community came out in force Friday morning at Portage High School’s football field for the ABC7 Chicago’s Friday Flyover. Hundreds of kids of all ages as well as adults came out for the event, which is part of a series that ABC7 does every year to reach out to eight Chicagoland communities and engage with their viewership. This marks the second Northwest Indiana Friday Flyover they’ve done this year, the first being with Michigan City High School on September 15th.

Top-Skate-and-BMX-Parks-in-the-Region_01Top Skate and BMX Parks in the Region
This skatepark, tucked away in Fox Memorial Park, has a number of ramps and rails for bikers and skateboarders alike to enjoy a good time outside!

Cancer P v V 2017 1Portage and Valparaiso Baseball Teams Come Together to Bat Out Cancer
Something was slightly off about the Portage Vs. Valparaiso baseball game on Tuesday. The Indians wore baby blue instead of their normal red and the Vikings wore jerseys with pink lettering. These little differences all added up to a great cause…

Leroy-Vega_01A Portage Life in the Spotlight: Leroy Vega
When Leroy Vega decided to hang up the shoes and not wrestle anymore, he knew he made the right decision. He started a family, started his own business, everything was going well.