The Miami Lakes town council recognized two young pickleball players during the Sept. 16 council meeting.      Mayor Josh Dieguez presented the boys with certificates of recognition for how they represented the community and gave them special Town of Miami Lakes pickleball paddles.       David Ayala, at left, and Lucas Collazo, at right, competed in the National Junior Pickleball powered...

     Don Bailey Jr., Joe Weber, Rivers Demby and Karyna Cid will be inducted into the Miami Lakes Sports Hall of Fame later this year, after their enshrinements were unanimously approved by the town council on Aug. 19.      They will compose the eighth class in the hall’s history.       Bailey and Demby were selected as community builders, Weber as a coach and Cid as an...

    Lucia Barreneche Gallo, 10, of Colombia at left and Chloe Andrade, 11, of Miami Lakes, showed off medals won on June 28 in Orlando.      They competed in the USTA Junior Circuit: Summer Kickoff, held at the United States Tennis Association’s national campus.       Chloe, 11, of Miami Lakes, and Lucia, 10, of Colombia, played singles.  Chloe won her 12U division match and...

It’s finally done, signed and sealed.       Shemar Stewart plays for the Cincinnati Bengals.      Stewart, a 2022 graduate of Monsignor Edward Pace High School, signed his first NFL contract on July 26, three months after he was Bengals’ first-round selection at the draft.      The 21-year-old defensive end held off signing his first professional contract because of a...

  First Tee Miami campers are the envy of golfers around town because they were able to learn skills on new greens at the Miami Lakes Golf Club. The $12 million renovation of the 63-year-old course at 7601 Miami Lakes Drive is nearing completion and hopes to welcome adult players in November. The kids -- whose footprints are lighter and play was less damaging to the new grass as it took root -- were allowed to play there this summer....