The Hialeah Miami Lakes (HML) Trojans men’s volleyball team is off to a great start this season with an 11-1 record. The Trojans returned seven players from last year’s team that went 5-13. The men’s volleyball team is 9-0 in District 13. Leading the Trojans this season is Alain Martinez, setter and captain of the team. Martinez is ranked both in the state of Florida and nationally on Maxpreps.com for assists. With a veteran team and players...

The love, dedication and commitment to play soccer at an early age has paid off for Tano Capote.The Miami Lakes resident was recently selected to the State of Florida U14 soccer team and he was picked to join the 2018-2019 Florida Youth Soccer Association Olympic Development Program state team.As a member of the Olympic development team, he will travel this summer to the University of Alabama, where he will live on campus while his team will...

Nicole Lugo, a 10th-grader at Barbara Goleman High School (BGHS), has been honored for her exemplary volunteer service with a President's Volunteer Gold Service Award.The award, which recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country, was granted by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program. BGHS nominated Lugo for national honors last fall in...

From March 22-24, the Hialeah Miami Lakes Senior High (HML) Model United Nations (MUN) team competed against delegates across Florida and as far away as the United Kingdom in FIMUN 31 held at Florida International University's main campus. With topics ranging from cyber security and the regulation of GMOs to colonial empires, HML delegates honed their public speaking, diplomacy and policy-writing skills. Out of 35 participating schools, the...

St. Thomas University (STU) has tapped Don Paul Harris as the school’s new men’s head basketball coach, assistant Athletic Director and director of Development, Bobcats director of Athletics Laura Courtley-Todd announced during a news conference. “Adding a coach with the type of experience that Coach Harris has is a tremendous testament toward the vision that our President David A. Armstrong has,” said Courtley-Todd. “We are all excited to...