Spring registration for Miami Lakes Optimist Club’s NFL Youth Flag Football is open.  Until Jan. 31, parents may register children for the co-ed and girls only league.  Open to athletes ages 5 to 18, practices are held on weeknights and games are on Saturday mornings.  Prospective players must try out with their age groups between Feb. 4 and Feb. 6.  Cost for the season is $175 per child, who will get an...

    The Miami Lakes Golf Club will be closed to play on Nov. 4 as a major overhaul by renowned golf course designer Bruce Hepner is begun.      “A big focus will be to make sure the course looks good, feels good to play on and that all of the trees are native to Florida,” said Danny Martinez, project manager at The Graham Companies, which owns the historic public course.      It was no...

    The Miami Lakes Sports Hall of Fame has unveiled its Class of 2024.  The honorees will be inducted during a ceremony on Dec. 14, 2024. The Hall provided the backgrounds of the new members:  --Alex Fernandez is a former pitcher for Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Miami Dade College, the University of Miami, the Chcago White Sox and the Florida Marlins. The Sox selected him fourth during the first round...

     Members of the Karate Miami Lakes program were recognized during a summer competition in Mexico.  The group, led by Sensei Miguel Zamora, participated in the 10th Annual X Continental Championship held in Queretaro, Mexico from July 31 to Aug. 4.      Presented by Shotokan Karate-Do International, the young athletes participated in competitions, technical clinics and promotion tests that allowed them...

   The Miami Lakes Athletic Club will hold special events in October to raise money for the Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative and to raise awareness and remind women to get annual mammograms.      Club employees will wear pink T-shirts during the month.       There will be pink T-shirts, hair ties, bandanas and other accessories for sale.      A series of classes...