For renowned golf course designer Bruce Hepner, the goals for rebuilding the 18-hole course at Miami Lakes Golf Club were straightforward and non-negotiable.      Make it look good. Make it tough enough to test good players. Make it enjoyable for not-so-good players. Make it kid friendly.       And most of all, make it elegant and fun so that anyone who plays it once will want to...

   The Miami Lakes Geezers softball players celebrated the 16th Anniversary of their program at Optimist Park on Sept. 15, while wearing last year’s T-shirts.   “The Visitors scored eight runs in the final two innings to top the humbled Homester squad, 18 to 13,” Program Manager Dave Oliver said.      Oliver identified the Geezers in the photo, front row from left:  Fred “F...

   The Miami Lakes town council recognized two young pickleball players during the Sept. 16 council meeting.      Mayor Josh Dieguez presented the boys with certificates of recognition for how they represented the community and gave them special Town of Miami Lakes pickleball paddles.       David Ayala, at left, and Lucas Collazo, at right, competed in the National Junior Pickleball powered...

     Don Bailey Jr., Joe Weber, Rivers Demby and Karyna Cid will be inducted into the Miami Lakes Sports Hall of Fame later this year, after their enshrinements were unanimously approved by the town council on Aug. 19.      They will compose the eighth class in the hall’s history.       Bailey and Demby were selected as community builders, Weber as a coach and Cid as an...

    Lucia Barreneche Gallo, 10, of Colombia at left and Chloe Andrade, 11, of Miami Lakes, showed off medals won on June 28 in Orlando.      They competed in the USTA Junior Circuit: Summer Kickoff, held at the United States Tennis Association’s national campus.       Chloe, 11, of Miami Lakes, and Lucia, 10, of Colombia, played singles.  Chloe won her 12U division match and...