Lawton Chiles Middle School's soccer team makes the playoffs

Sports By Linda Trischitta, Editor Wednesday, December 3, 2025

     The Lawton Chiles Middle School boys soccer team won six of its nine matches this season and won a postseason game for the first time in more than 20 years, a school official said. The team outscored its opponents 24-16 on the year -- including a 20-9 margin over the team’s last six matches. The six wins in 2025 doubled last season’s victory total.     Shown in the photo, from left, top row: Coach...

Corey for St. Jude golf tournaments raise more than $1 million for children’s hospital

Sports By Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, November 20, 2025

     When The Graham Companies sponsored the 22nd Annual Corey for St. Jude Golf Tournament at the Miami Lakes Golf Club on Oct. 24, there were several reasons to celebrate.       One was raising $70,000 that day, bringing total donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. to more than $1 million over two decades, the company said.      It was also the...

Miami Lakes Athletic Club Tennis Supervisor Ricardo “Ricky” Martinez wins Inn Key Award

Sports By Linda Trischitta, Editor Thursday, November 20, 2025

      One of The Graham Companies’ longtime employees has won a coveted prize: an Inn Key Award from the Greater Miami & The Beaches Hotel Association.      Ricardo “Ricky” Martinez, tennis supervisor at the Miami Lakes Athletic Club, received the Recreation/Spa Employee of the Year Award from the hospitality organization.      The prize recognizes outstanding and...

Local athletes train with Inter Miami CF Academy

Sports By Isaac Camargo Thursday, November 20, 2025

     Boys from Miami Lakes and the Country Club community who are shown at left play for the Inter Miami CF Academy’s teams, and train at the MLS team’s headquarters in Fort Lauderdale.       The academy selects the players and coaches them at no charge. The kids travel to games around the state, have competed in Argentina and the Dominican Republic and this year will play in Austin,...

Young goalie Andres Paniagua’s triple save goes viral

Sports Staff Report Thursday, November 20, 2025

     A 12-year-old goalkeeper from Hialeah had a viral moment at a prestigious youth soccer tournament at the Wide World of Sports complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. in October when he made not one, not two, but three saves on the same play against Inter Miami and all within a matter of about three seconds.      Andres Paniagua was called upon to make a point-blank save after an opponent tried a one-time pass...
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