After an early season filled with skeptics who believed it would not be possible, Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s (Pace) varsity baseball team defied the odds to become the 2018 Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) 5A State Champions. Last year, the team saw 14 of their seniors graduate and head off to college, while new transfers joined from various local schools. Building a good dynamic among the new team...

  Northwestern Ohio eliminated St. Thomas University’s baseball team from the Avista-NAIA World Series with a 13-9 victory at Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho, ending the Bobcats’ season which included setting the school record for most wins in a season with 56. It was the sixth time in school history the Bobcats advanced to the World Series. STU entered the World Series as the No. 3 seed after winning the Sun Conference...

Class AAA Sacramento pitcher Ivan Dereck Rodriguez joined the San Francisco Giants’ three weeks ago, when they faced the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Rodriguez, a Monsignor Edward Pace High graduate, allowed four runs, one earned run and four strikeouts in his MLB debut. He’s the son of MLB Hall of Fame Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez, who won the World Series with the Florida Marlins in 2003.

  Florida International University’s athletic department continues to maintain a level of academic excellence, posting the highest grade point average in the department's history (3.28) this past semester. It marks the eighth-straight semester in which FIU has posted a department GPA of 3.0-or-better. “We are very proud of our student-athletes, our coaches, and the student athlete academic support staff,” said...

  The Miami Lakes K-8 Center Chess Club completed the last tournament of the school year in May after a successful season. The tournament, sponsored by the 64 Squares Foundation, had students competing from dozens of schools over six hours. All of the MLK-8 students fared well, especially Michael Montoya who won the 3rd place overall for his division. The Chess Club, consisting of 22 students, plays after school three times a week. The...