Jimmer Fredette (in the first photo) and Celeste Taylor were among the athletes who trained at the Miami Lakes Athletic Club in June during USA Basketball’s latest visit to the  facility. USA Basketball is using the club as one of its training bases for the 3x3 national team program leading up to the Paris Olympics to be held in France July 26 - August 11, 2024.       Fredette is a...

The Miami Lakes United Soccer Club’s U14 boys team recently won the Florida President’s Cup state championship and will play in Greenville, SC June 13 - 18 at the President’s Cup southern regional tournament.        The team, coached by Richy Pelaez, went 7-0 in the state cup and outscored its opponents 25-1. The team won their last five matches in the state cup event by shutout.    ...

The Padres baseball team won the 8U Miami Lakes Optimist Division Championship. The kids won 21 games and lost just one game in the season, said team parent Clarisell De Cardenas, who is also the public information officer for the Town of Miami Lakes and supplied these photos.

 Not so long ago, Arrison Perez was a front desk attendant at what then was called Shula’s Athletic Club in Miami Lakes.           He’s now a starting pitcher in professional baseball.  The 24-year-old Perez made his first pro start on May 31 for the Washington Wild Things. He pitched five shutout innings, but his team wound up falling 6-4 to the Florence Y’alls. Perez, a...

Miami Lakes AutoMall donated $1,000 on June 3 to the Optimist Park baseball program and also held a test drive to raise an additional $500.

Shown from left: Jim Hamilton, treasurer for The Optimist Club; Danny de Varona, president of the baseball program; Lazaro Veliz, general manager of Miami Lakes Chevrolet and Fred Senra, partner at Miami Lakes AutoMall. Photo: Fred Senra.