Lakes Elite, young players chosen from the Miami Lakes United Soccer Club, were runners-up in the 2021 3V3 Challenge Tour, Challenge Sports National Championship held in Kissimmee from July 29 – Aug. 1. The boys, ages 6 and 7, qualified to play in the tournament’s finals match but lost 6-4 to a team from Philadelphia, said Coach Eddy Barrios, 34, of Miami Lakes. Barrios calls his team “the comeback kids” because they...

Phillip Rarick has practiced law for 43 years, and more than half of that time at his Rarick & Beskin law firm in Miami Lakes. The firm, at 6500 Cowpen Rd., serves clients with various needs, including probate, guardianship and tax law. Rarick specializes in estate planning and asset protection. “Our clients are all ages,” Rarick said. “From young en- trepreneurs to elder business owners and families, we see them...

Abdominal leg slide with mini band This calisthenic will work your core (diaphragm, multifidus, pelvic floor, internal oblique and transverse abdominus muscles); rectus abdominal, external oblique, iliacus and psoas muscles (around the hips and lower spine) and upper body postural muscles. 1. Lie on your back on the floor, with a mini band of adequate tension placed around the instep of both feet. Lift both legs off the floor to form...

Say hello to Lily! She is a 5-year-old Chihuahua who lives in the Royal Oaks community in Miami Lakes with Dr. Carlos Mendigutia, his wife, Selene De Feria and De Feria’s mother, Pally Martinez. “She is spoiled,” De Feria said. “She is our daughter, literally. She’s so sweet, so tender, so beautiful.” De Feria said Lily is “a real Chihuahua, she barks a lot.” She likes to visit her other...

Christ the Saviour Orthodox Cathedral 16601 NW 77th Court, Miami Lakes Sunday Divine Liturgy: 10 a.m. Saturday Vespers: 6 p.m. The Church of the Epiphany Episcopal 15650 Miami Lakeway North, Miami Lakes 305-558-3961 Misa en Espanol: 9 a.m. Sunday Eucharist: 10:30 a.m. Children’s Sunday School: 10:15 a.m. Escuela Dominical: 12:15 p.m. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 8201 NW 186 St.,...