Registration for the Miami Lakes Optimist Club's Flag Football Program will close on Saturday, February 7. Kids aged 5 to 15 may register. Parents can sign up their kids in-person at Miami Lakes Middle School (6425 Miami Lakeway North) from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Payment can be made with cash or by check. The fee is $120 for new players and $100 for returning players from last season. Registration is also available online beginning...

  When Mario Smith stepped down as Pace High’s football head coach three weeks ago, the school’s athletic director, Joe Zaccheo, and the school’s administration knew who they had in mind to replace him – the former coach himself. Zaccheo coached the Spartans for 11 seasons and led them to the state championship in 2003. He stepped down in 2006 to become the athletic director. Nine years later, he’s back...

  A group of local high-school students made The Miami Herald’s All-Dade teams for football, girls and boys swimming and diving, volleyball, golf and cross country. All-Dade Football: Making the All-Dade 5A-Independent First Team offense was Dade Christian senior offensive lineman Jarod Johnson who also played on the defensive line recording 57 tackles and nine sacks. Also on the First Team defense was Pace senior linebacker Sage...

A group of sophomore students gather around an unfurled white mat, dusting for shoe prints as part of an assignment for their forensics law class at American Senior High School. Forensic Law, along with Street Law, Constitutional Law, and Mock Trial are the specialized classes offered by American’s Law Academy.  This year marks the academy’s first time participating in Project Citizen, a program co-sponsored by the Center for...

  The Miami-Dade STEM Expo will be held from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, February 7, at Miami Dade College North Campus, 11380 N.W. 27 Avenue. The STEM Expo is a gathering of Miami-Dade County’s most creative, intelligent, and resourceful students that compete and demonstrate their prowess in STEM activities. This year’s theme is “From iDeas to Reality.” Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho will...