Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee is offering a free field trip for Town residents 55 years and above on Thursday, April 7, to the Perez Art Museum in Downtown Miami. Transportation is provided to and from Town Hall. The bus will depart from Town Hall at 10 a.m. Space is limited and reservations are required beginning on March 31 and remain open until all seats all filled. To reserve seating on the bus, contact Special Events and...

  Wielding their bats that have belted them to a 15-2 record, Barbara Goleman High’s baseball team wishes the 6A District playoffs started this week. “We would love to play the district tomorrow,” said head coach Jose Lopez. “We are undefeated in district play.” But the Gators will have to settle for closing out the regular season and competing in the GMAC before the district playoffs start in the third...

  St. Thomas University’s women’s basketball head coach Albrey Grimsley won the Sun Conference Coach of the Year after leading her team to a share of the regular season conference championship, while her players were also recognized for their performances on the court. Under Grimsley, the Bobcats finished the season at 14-9 and earned  the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament in Lakeland. The Bobcats lost in the Sun...

  St. Thomas University senior guard Jamesha Willis has been named a 2015-2016 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Honorable Mention All-American. The 5-7 guard from Palatka, Florida, was earlier named the Sun Conference Defensive Player of the Year and a First-Team All-Conference selection. Willis led the team in scoring with 14.5 points per game, assists (59), defensive rebounds with 120, and steals (69) in 2015-16.  Willis...

  St. Thomas University junior guard Michael Walker has been named a 2015-16 NAIA Division II Honorable Mention All-American.   The 6-4 guard from Rancho Cucamonga, who led the Bobcats in scoring with a 16.1 points-per-game average, was also a First-Team All-Sun Conference selection and a Sun Conference All-Defensive team selection. In addition to leading STU in scoring, Walker also led the team in assists (106), steals (63),...