The Optimist Club of Miami Lakes is holding registration for its youth basketball program for summer league play for girls and boys on Saturdays, April 14, 21 and 28, from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Miami Lakes Optimist Park, 6411 N.W. 162 Street. The registration cost is $160 per person. Tryouts for all players are scheduled between 9 a.m. and noon, on Saturday, May 5 at Barbara Goleman High School, 14100 N.W. 89 Avenue. The players’...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School (Pace) recently celebrated the dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony of the newly-named baseball field. The stadium now displays the name Delgado Stadium Spartan Field, a contribution made possible by the generosity of two Pace Alumni.   Danny Delgado, a 1997 Pace graduate, was the pitcher of the Spartan varsity baseball team before joining the Seattle Mariners for 6 years. He eventually retired...

  The Optimist Club of Miami Lakes is hosting MLB Pitch, Hit and Run, which is scheduled for 1 p.m., Sunday, March 18 at Miami Lakes Optimist Park, 6411 N.W. 162 Street. The one-day free event allows boys and girls ages 7-14 to compete in either the baseball division or softball, and the opportunity to advance through four levels of competition including locals, sectionals, team championships and the PHR National Finals during MLB...

  Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High School (HML) students honored the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting on February 21. Students, faculty and staff wore orange to stand together against gun violence.   The mother of Gina Rose Montalto, one of the Parkland victims, is an alumni of HML. Students chose to honor Gina Montalto by writing her name and the names of all of the victims on the outdoor basketball courts...

National Honor Society students at Barbara Goleman High School were among the thousands of participants for the Miami Dolphins Cancer Challenge last month at Hard Rock Stadium. Participants rode bikes, ran and walked or volunteered to get one step closer to finding a cure for a deadly disease that has affected millions of people. Launched in 2010 as the signature initiative of the Miami Dolphins Foundation, the DCC is a way for all people to...