A group of local student-athletes were honored for their stellar performances on the field as they made The Miami Herald All-Dade Teams in basketball, soccer, wrestling and cheerleading.For boys’ soccer, making the 3A-1A First Team was Mater Lakes senior midfielder Miguel Quintana, while Mater Lakes sophomore midfielder Christian Tejeda earned Second Team honors for his stellar performance on the soccer field. Third Team honors went to Mater...

After being named to USA Baseball's Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List last week, Logan Allen was named Conference USA's Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced during a news conference.Allen recently had a career night striking out 13 Southern Miss batters over six innings of three-run ball in the 6-4 Panthers’ victory. The 13 strikeouts are a career-best. Allen headlined a game in which the Panther pitching staff struck out 18...

The Optimist Club of Miami Lakes will be holding registration for its fall baseball/softball season, on three Saturdays, July, 28, August 4 and August 11, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the club house, 6411 N.W. 162 Street.Boys and girls ages 5 to 16 must bring copies of their birth certificates at the registration.The fee is $175 per player.Participants will have baseball and softball tryouts on August 13, 14 and 15 at Miami Lakes Optimist...

St. Thomas University’s (STU) men’s soccer team added two players for the 2019-2020 season.Fernando Morandi and Miguel Rubio signed on to play for the Bobcats in hopes of reaching the next level in college soccer, head coach Feliks Mats announced during a news conference.Morandi joins STU after four seasons at Doral Academy starting every game and going 20-2 as a senior while also playing for Juventus Academy Miami.Morandi will be an incoming...

For the first time in school history, St. Thomas University men's and women's track and field teams are ranked in the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 poll, which was released last month.The men's team made their debut in the rankings within the top 10, ranking eighth in the NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 poll. Jose Penalver leads the way for the Bobcats, currently holding the NAIA standard for the 800-meter (1:50.11), and he has qualified for the NAIA National...