As the players for American High’s softball team compete in summer travel league play for the Optimist Club of Miami Lakes, the girls can’t help but to reflect on the 2017 season.The Patriots won their eighth consecutive district championship, upset several top ranked teams and a pitcher put on an amazing performance that earned her All-State and All-Dade honors.Albeit their season was marked by injuries, the Patriots still...

A recent graduate of Florida International University, Robert Garcia will play professional baseball in his home country.Garcia, a right-handed pitcher who led the Panthers’ pitching staff with 81 strikeouts and held opponents to a .235 batting average, was drafted in the first round by the Hermosillo Naranjeros of the Mexican Pacific League.Garcia’s stock rose following a game against Bethune-Cookman University when he pitched a...

Freshman Vanessa Rodriguez was awarded Mater Lakes Academy’s (MLA) Girls Soccer MVP. Rodriguez scored 17 goals playing against the likes of Miami Country Day, Somerset Academy, Chaminade-Madonna, Carrolton School of the Sacred Heart, Mast Academy, Monsignor Pace, LaSalle, Archbishop McCarthy, Westminster Christian, and Ransom Everglades, to name a few.These schools made it one of the most competitive districts (2A District 15) in South...

His House Children’s Home, located at 20000 N.W. 47 Ave, is hosting a Christmas in July campaign. July is synonymous with summer fun, school holidays and summer break, but children are at-risk of being abused, abandoned or neglected. The center, which currently serves over 200 children, restores the lives of those children from newborn to 17 years old by providing a safe and nurturing environment. The Christmas in July campaign...

On July 7 at Miami Dade College’s North Campus Police Explorers Academy, participants graduated from their three week long academy that included learning about the importance of the rule of law in a free and democratic society, guest speakers providing information about law enforcement components, visits to an area courthouse, medical examiner’s office, jails as well as physical and nutritional training. Barbara Goleman...