This past season, Barbara Goleman High School’s girls’ bowling team won the District Championship against Ronald Reagan Senior High for the second year running and finished 30th among the 192 teams that competed in the FHSAA State Championship Tournament. The tournament was held in Orlando on November 9 and 10.  Individually, Barbara Goleman’s Catherine Gutierrez finished in first place in the District with a...

  Boys and girls can register for the Miami Lakes Optimist Club’s 2014 baseball and softball season on three consecutive Saturdays, starting January 4 and continuing on January 11 and 18. The registration will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Miami Lakes Middle School, 6425 Miami Lakeway North. Registration fee is $140 and participants must bring copies of their birth certificates. Opening night is scheduled at 6 p.m. on...

  Looking to get fit in the New Year! Then look to Miami Lakes Congregational Church to “Enhance Fitness.” This is a group exercise class led by a certified instructor that improves balance, flexibility, bone density, endurance, coordination, mental sharpness and reduces the risk of falling. The group is for persons aged 55 years and older. Class times are Monday and Thursday from 8:45 to 9:45 a.m., and Friday from 10:45 to...

  Miami Lakes offers free open table tennis play at the Roberto Alonso Community Center, 16500 N.W. 87 Avenue, every Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 3:30 p.m. All levels and ages are welcome to participate and the town provides paddles and balls, although participants may bring their own paddles. For more information about the program, contact Leisure Services manager Katya Lysak at 305-698-9308 or by email at lysakk@miamilakes-fl.gov.

  Miami Lakes Educational Center’s (MLEC) Key Club and Girl Scout Troop 500 joined forces to give the kids of His House Children’s Home a day to remember. “The holidays are here,” said Sharon Zajac, a MLEC student and member of Troop 500. “Every one is so consumed in the shopping and the parties that we forget what is important. “There are so many people in this world without a family or home. That is...