A group of local student-athletes were honored for their stellar performances for 2015-2016 sports season, as they were named to The Miami Herald’s All-Dade Teams for basketball, soccer, wrestling and cheerleading. For boys’ basketball, Mater Academy senior guard Dylan Frye was named to the All-Dade 8A-6A First Team, averaging 23 points, six assists and four rebounds per game, while his teammates senior guard Chris Mejia...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School student softball standout Sofia Dominguez won the 2016 Female Athlete of the Year at the Premios Copa Dorada Golden Cup Awards luncheon on April 3. Premios Copa Dorada is a sports awards luncheon created to honor the top Hispanic athletes in Miami-Dade County, recognizing 70 athletic achievements of the best youth talent from the Hispanic community each year. Dominguez, a senior, has recorded a 3.38...

  The Miami Lakes Optimist Club will be holding registration for its Summer basketball league on consecutive Saturdays, April 16, 23 and 30, at Miami Lakes Optimist Park. The registrations starts at 9:30 a.m. and ends at noon. Participants for girls, ages 7 to 12 and boys, ages 7-18,  must bring a copy  of their birth certificates and get fitted for their uniforms. Registration cost is $150. The regular season starts at 6...

  Pace High School will hold its 2016 Spartan Golf Classic on April 22 at the Country Club of Miami. Attendees will enjoy a day of golf, food, drinks, prizes, a silent auction and more. Proceeds from the event will go towards the Spartans-4-Spartans program aiding students with special financial hardships. The day starts at 10:30 a.m. with registration, followed b a lunch catered by Outback Steakhouse. The day continues with the Golf...

  Journalism students at Miami Lakes Educational Center recently won a Skype call with Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer-prize winning author and opinion columnist for the New York Times, through his email newsletter contest. Kristof was raised in Yamhill, Oregon; a place that he describes as “in the middle of nowhere.” Through this middle of nowhere, however, he found his calling: Journalism. “My journalism career began by...