The Miami-Dade School Board approved four General Obligation Bond (GOB) projects at its regular monthly meeting in September with a total project investment valued at $33.3 million. Voters overwhelmingly approved the GOB in 2012 to renovate, remodel and replace schools; expand student capacity; enhance safety; and provide technology upgrades. The projects awarded for design, pre-construction and construction included local high school...

Florida International University senior running back Alex Gardner not only is making an impact on the football field but in the community as well.Gardner last week was among 114 student-athletes nominated for the 2017 Wuerffel Trophy, which honors college football’s top community servant.According to the committee which picked the candidates for the award, Gardner is extremely active in the community, representing the FIU football...

Florida International University men’s soccer team defeated Ohio State, 3-0, as the Panthers picked up their first win of the season at the 12th-annual Bert and Iris Wolstein Classic, hosted by the Buckeyes in Columbus, Ohio. The victory was the first career win for head coach Kevin Nylen, who took over the program in the spring. FIU outshot the Buckeyes 12-5, as Alessandro Campoy and Inigo Sararduy took over in the second half to put...

Former Hialeah Gardens High basketball standout Gian Clavell recently signed with the Dallas Mavericks after competing for the Miami Heat’s summer league teams in Orlando and Las Vegas.He is the first Hialeah Gardens High alumni to play for an NBA team.The 6-4, 185-pound undrafted rookie from Colorado State University, who was named Mountain West Conference Player of the Year, averaged 12.4 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 24.6...

Barbara Goleman High School student Noel Hernandez won the Bronze Medal last month at the Pan American U21 Juniors and Cadets Karate Federation Continental Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Hernandez competed in the 14-15 Elite Kumite -52kg category, where more than 200 junior athletes, males and females, participated in the annual combat event. Hernandez earned a spot on the junior national team consisting of the best athletes...