First Baptist Academy dashed the hopes of Dade Christian’s football team of winning a state title, as the Crusaders fell to the Lions, 35-7, in the Region 2A Final last week.  The Crusaders’ defense allowed 206 rushing yards on 19 carries for two touchdowns. The Lions (10-1) held Dade Christian (9-1) scoreless until the fourth quarter, when quarterback Alec Carr connected with receiver Keith Terry for a 14-yard...

  Dave Wagner, organizer of a traveling golf group called the South Florida Swaggers, decided to bring his 16-year-old son, Eric, along with his group to play the Senator Course at Shula’s Golf Club.  Even though only 16, Eric, a member of the Golf team at Archbishop McCarthy High School, can play. In fact while playing with his dad, he used a 5-Hybrid on the 178 yard par 3 hole and made a hole-in-one. The proud father bought...

The St. Thomas University women’s soccer team received honors from the Sun Conference for the 2015 season during a recent banquet hosted by regular-season champion SCAD Savannah in Georgia. Bobcats’ senior defender Sarrah Granda was named to the First-Team All-Conference, while forward Sharon Tejeda was named to the Second-Team and midfielder Sarah Lyppert Thomsson received honorable mention. Bobcats players Claudia Avila,...

  Miami Lakes United Soccer Club is currently registering boys and girls, ages 3 to 14, for the upcoming 2016 Spring Recreation Soccer season, which starts Monday, January 18, at Royal Oaks Park, 16500 N.W. 87 Avenue, and Norman and Jean Reach Park, 7901 N.W. 176 Street, in Palm Springs North. New players are also encouraged to play and learn the sport from some of the most dedicated soccer coaches in Miami Lakes. Registration cost is...

  James Parker, the “booming voice” of Miami Lakes Educational Center, retired in early November, passing the torch to the school’s next “Top Jaguar:” Lourdes Diaz. Being the next “Top Jaguar” of MLEC is a tough job. The school is known for its top students, active clubs and its environment is nothing like a typical high school. Last year, MLEC became an “A” school for the seventh...