More than 150 anglers and guests descended upon La Siesta Resort and Marina in Islamorada for the fifth annual Spartan Fishing Tournament held on August 23-24.  Organized through Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s Anglers Club, the tournament raised funds for the high school’s Spartans-4-Spartans Program, which helps students that encounter extreme financial hardship in their junior and senior years at Pace. On...

  Miami Lakes Optimist’s Panama Mutiny began the fall season by entering and winning a 12-Under Tournament playing against older kicks. The Mutiny dropped the first pool game to 12-Under Ft. Lauderdale Lighting (last year’s 11AAA Premiere League champions), and the second game to Slam’s Hoffman baseball team. However, the Mutiny recovered in the elimination game by beating the Weston Ratters 12-Under squad. Then the...

  Monsignor Edward Pace men's and women's cross country teams participated in the Dade County Youth Fair Cross Country 5K Invitational Race on Thursday, September 12, at Larry & Penny Thompson Park. On the women's team, sophomores Juliette Dubon, and Naja Murphy both recorded personal best results while junior Natalie Fernandez recorded her season best. The men's team saw Spartans’ lead runner for the second consecutive week,...

  Mother of Our Redeemer Catholic School (MOR) has welcomed a new principal as Ana Casariego joins the teaching team as their new leader.  Casariego has more than 15 years of experience in the educational field with experience in various schools as a Lead Teacher and as a principal of Our Lady of the Divine Providence Catholic School for 4 years. She has a Master's degree in Education Administration from St. Thomas University. The...

  Thanks to funds from Spanish Lake Elementary’s Educational Excellence School Advisory Council (EESAC), many classrooms have been outfitted with much needed AV classroom equipment, writing and technology equipment. The EESAC committee makes decisions which affects instruction and the delivery of educational programs at schools regarding implementation of the School Performance Excellence Plan. It consists of teachers, parents,...