Armand Del Castillo, a Monsignor Edward Pace High School senior and Miami Lakes resident, continued a great tradition at Pace by signing his Letter of Intent to play basketball for Washington College on May 11.The signing ceremony was held inside the Spartan Center in front of the Pace student body, Del Castillo’s coaches, teammates, and family. Del Castillo is the son of Albert Del Castillo, a Class of 1975 Pace alumnus.Armand Del...

A group of local student-athletes made The Miami Herald All-Dade teams in baseball, softball, track and field, volleyball, badminton and flag football.In addition, local student-athletes were nominees for male and female scholar-athletes.Nominees for All-Dade scholar-athletes for male and female included Goleman’s Carlos Bello (water polo, swimming) who has recorded a 4.9 GPA, an 1700 score on the SAT, and 26 on the ACT, and Michelle...

For the second consecutive season, the Miami Lakes Middle School girls’ basketball team finished the season undefeated and won the North Dade County Middle School Championship, a 54-20 victory over Southwood Middle.The Warriors (8-0) defeated the Superstars last year to win the title.Miami Lakes Middle’s head coach Tracie Pullum said she coached a great group of girls, some who are graduating and heading off to high...

Monsignor Edward Pace High senior Destiny Wilson was named Flag Football Player of the Year last week at the 2016 Miami Herald’s All-Dade Athletic Awards at Jungle Island.Her feat comes on the heels of being named to The Miami Herald All-Dade First Team.Wilson, a running back and wide receiver, had 1,796 total yards, 34 touchdowns and 12 interceptions for the 2016 season.Other local student-athletes were named Player of the Year in...

Barbara Goleman High School student Patricia Miranda won girls’ Badminton Player of the Year last week at the 2016 Miami Herald’s All-Dade Athletic Awards at Jungle Island. Miranda also was named to The Miami Herald All-Dade First Team for winning the girls’ singles championship at the GMAC.