Hialeah Miami Lakes student Jocely Ruiz won the girls 100 yard Butterfly District Championship last month.   Also in local high school action, Mater Academy girls’ cross-country runner Valerie Lastra won the District 16-3A championship with a time of 18:17:60, and Hialeah Gardens girls’ swimming and diving student Jessica Rodriguez won the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke at the District 11-4A championships.Mater Academy...

Chicago Cubs center fielder Albert Almora, a Mater Academy alumni, is playing in his first World Series against the Cleveland Indians.Almora’s Cubs are playing in the Fall Classic for the first time since 1945, and they last won the World Series in 1908. The  Cubs drafted the Hialeah native in the first round in 2012, and he made his Major League Baseball debut this year, when Jorge Soler was placed on the disabled list. He...

The FIU swimming and diving team swept Conference USA weekly honors last month, when Kyna Pereira and Rebecca Quesnel were named the C-USA Swimmer and Diver of the Week, respectively, the league announced.Both Pereira and Quesnel helped FIU to a perfect 3-0 mark during the Dual-A-Palooza in Houston, Texas. The Panthers topped Tulane, 142-82, defeated C-USA foe Rice, 104-98, and downed Denver, 119.50-85.50, for the weekend sweep.  Pereira...

Mater Lakes varsity baseball team entered the charitable Javi Strong Tournament that was held September 29 through October 3 at St. Thomas University, Southwest High School, and Walker Park. The tournament was organized to support the Miami-Dade County Public School principal, Javier Perez, who was hit by a car while coaching his son’s little league game. Mater Lakes Academy defeated St. Brendan in the championship game. All...

The Miami Dolphins brought a little football, a little music, a little dancing, and a whole lot of fun to their Hometown Huddle event Tuesday, October 18 at Bob Graham Education Center. October is National Bullying Prevention month and along with representatives from PACER.org, the Dolphins helped students learn how to stop and report a bully.  Former Dolphin players Troy Drayton and Lousaka Polite spoke to the students and ran them...