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Homecoming Sports Festival

Sunday, September 27, 2026

Celebrate with the Lions of PNW at the Homecoming Sports Fest at Dowling Park and the Kube in Hammond. Enjoy food, music, activities and more!

This jam-packed day of sports included women’s and men’s soccer, women’s and men’s tennis, baseball, softball and ice hockey games.

Want to keep supporting our student athletes? Explore the PNW Athletics calendar!

Logo: Purdue University HOCO Sports Festival, with Leo the lion in place on one of the Os.

Looking Back at Sports Fest

The PNW dance team poses behind a "Sports Fest 2025" sign
The PNW women's soccer team during a game
PNW men's soccer player during a game
Leo the Lion in a PNW Sports Fest t-shirt
The PNW flag football team
PNW's flag football team member makes a catch
PNW cheer team members pose together
The PNW softball team in the dugout.
A PNW baseball player
Three people pose together during Sports Fest
A crowd watches a game
Five people pose together
PNW hockey players during a game

Location

Dowling Park is located in Hammond, IN at Kennedy Ave. and 80/94.

Sponsors

Logo: Laborers Local 41

To request a disability-related accommodation, please contact the Office for Civil Rights at civilrights@pnw.edu or (219) 989-2163 five days prior to the event.

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