The NAIA last week announced the top 25 preseason rankings for the 2016 season, as St. Thomas University’s baseball team finds itself as second best, looking up at the team that wrestled the College World Series Championship away from the Bobcats. Defending champion Lewis-Clark College is ranked No. 1 in the nation, winning 17 first-place votes and 467 total points to win the top spot in the NAIA rankings. St. Thomas University...

  For nearly 30 years, Monsignor Edward Pace High School has been collecting food in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving for its Tons of Love food drive. Everyone in the Pace family, including students, parents, teachers, and staff, is asked to donate non-perishable and canned food items. Those donations will be delivered to the needy in South Florida. The tradition was started by Sister Carol Jean Willie in the 1980’s and is now...

  Shula’s Athletic Club, located at 15150 Bull Run Road, Miami Lakes, held fundraising events in October in support of breast cancer awareness and raffled tickets to win coveted items such as Miami Dolphins signed memorabilia. Participants Yodalys Lopez (above left), and Santiago Mesa (above, right) were chosen as the lucky two to win a Dolphins football autographed by defensive end Olivier Vernon and cleats autographed by tackle...

 

Miami Lakes Middle School, 6425 Miami Lakeway North, is accepting applications for the school’s unique Legal Studies Magnet Program for the 2016-2017 school year. The applications for the program will be accepted until January 15, 2016. Parents can apply online or by mail. For more information visit the school website at www.mlms.dadeschools.net or visit www.yourchoicemiami.org/magnet-applications. 

  Valerie Michelle Castañeda, an eighth grade student at Miami Lakes Middle School, has been selected for the Florida All State Band. A resident of Miami Lakes, Castañeda is in her third year as a clarinetist for the school’s superior-ranked Warrior Band program and serves as the band’s co-captain. In January, Castañeda, along with MLMS band director Ana Peña, will travel to Tampa to participate...