The Miami Lakes United Soccer Club U14 team recently won the Palm Beach Cup, a youth soccer tournament that featured competition of 100 teams from the U.S. The tournament is open to all USSF affiliated teams that have properly registered youth players who competed in different age groups from U8 to U18. The Miami Lakes team played five games, including a single elimination round and eventually won the championship. The team was presented with...

The Mater Academy High softball team won the 2016 Class 8A District Championship last month, defeating Ronald W. Reagan High to win their second consecutive division title. The Lady Lions lost to Hollywood’s McArthur, 13-3, in the Regional quarterfinal match-up last week.

Mater Academy’s seventh-grade student Jinah Mickens-Malik won the state championship in the 800 meters last week in Bradenton, Florida. Her feat is considered “amazing” by coaches, teachers and her peers since she beat high-school students to give her school the state championship. “What an accomplishment for a 7th grader to win this competition,” said her teacher Ivette Raul Amador. “What an honor to be...

The Pace High School Spartans varsity baseball team came alive during the Region 4-5A Tournament, beating Pompano Beach High School 9-3 in the finals on May 10. The regional tournament started off with an intense game against Key West High School on April 27. The Spartans threw their ace, senior Christopher Rodriguez, who pitched the entire game and throwing 15 strikeouts.  Senior Jonathan Ledesma hitting a single, followed by pinch...

Every February, senior athletes get excited for one reason – they are finally eligible to sign their Letter of Intent to their desired college or university.An athletic signing celebrates all the hard work that the student-athlete has demonstrated throughout the years.Likewise, Mater Academy hosted its very first Academic Signing in school history on April 19 to celebrate the accomplishments of the school’s top senior...