At 76 years-old, Charlie DeLucca Jr., spent most of his entire life teaching kids how to play golf and life-learning skills for children with special needs.  He welcomed kids who were chased off other golf courses and started the Dade Amateur Golf Association’s junior program at the former Miami Lakes Country Club (now Shula’s Golf Club) in 1967. “Kids were not allowed to play golf because most courses were...

  St. Thomas University head baseball coach Jorge Perez has been named the 2018 Sun Conference Baseball Coach of the Year during an on-field ceremony at The Sun Conference Championships at the FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. Perez led the Bobcats to a school record 49 regular season wins and the best regular-season winning percentage (.907) in school history. The 49 wins breaks the previous record of 45 regular-season wins by...

  Miami Lakes United Soccer Club U16 girl’s team reached the round of 16 at the 2018 Florida Youth Soccer Association’s Florida State Cup after defeating Florida Krush of Orlando, 6-2, in Auburndale, Florida. The team fell to Pinecrest, 6-2, and was eliminated from the tournament. The event is part the FYSA Championship series that includes the Florida Presidents Cup and Commissioner’s Cup. The United Soccer Club was...

  Pace High School senior point guard Gianni Domond signed her letter of intent to play basketball for St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens. Domond, who averaged 17 points, 13 rebounds and three assists per game this past season, was named to The Miami Herald All-Dade First Team. She also was the Christmas Tournament Most Valuable Player, a member of the Thanksgiving and New Years All-Tournament teams and played in the Miami-Dade and...

  A group of local high school student-athletes made The Miami Herald All-Dade Teams in baseball, softball, tennis and flag football. Making the 6A-2A First Team for baseball were Pace players junior pitcher Yordani Carmona (7-1, 94 strikeouts with an 0.16 ERA) and senior infielder Luis Tuero (.468, one home run and 14 RBI); senior player Robert Moya (.426, 6 homers, and 20 RBI); senior outfielder Kenny Gonzalez (.365, 5 homers and 28...