Catholic Hospice, headquartered in Miami Lakes, will host the 21st Anniversary Swinging Fore Charity Golf Tournament on Friday, October 6, on the Senator Course at Shula’s Golf Club.The event will benefit United States military veterans and their families while on Hospice care.Sponsorship packages are available. For more information, call 305-351-7065, or email golf21@catholichospice.org.

As the players for American High’s softball team compete in summer travel league play for the Optimist Club of Miami Lakes, the girls can’t help but to reflect on the 2017 season.The Patriots won their eighth consecutive district championship, upset several top ranked teams and a pitcher put on an amazing performance that earned her All-State and All-Dade honors.Albeit their season was marked by injuries, the Patriots still...

A recent graduate of Florida International University, Robert Garcia will play professional baseball in his home country.Garcia, a right-handed pitcher who led the Panthers’ pitching staff with 81 strikeouts and held opponents to a .235 batting average, was drafted in the first round by the Hermosillo Naranjeros of the Mexican Pacific League.Garcia’s stock rose following a game against Bethune-Cookman University when he pitched a...

Freshman Vanessa Rodriguez was awarded Mater Lakes Academy’s (MLA) Girls Soccer MVP. Rodriguez scored 17 goals playing against the likes of Miami Country Day, Somerset Academy, Chaminade-Madonna, Carrolton School of the Sacred Heart, Mast Academy, Monsignor Pace, LaSalle, Archbishop McCarthy, Westminster Christian, and Ransom Everglades, to name a few.These schools made it one of the most competitive districts (2A District 15) in South...

Florida International University’s Clarissa Cutliff earned her second All-America honor of the year, sharing the 12th place spot in the high jump finals in the NCAA Track and Field Championships at the University of Oregon's historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Cutliff, who equaled her own school-record during the event, finished the championship earning Second Team All-American honors following her finish.Her performance...