Miami Lakes United Soccer Club has won many tournaments and championships throughout Florida and outside the Sunshine state. But the community oriented organization scored perhaps its biggest victory in its 20-year history last week when the Town of Miami Lakes rejected an unsolicited bid from another soccer club to run the recreational and travel team programs at Royal Oaks Park, and in return pay the town about $53,000 a year for...

  Our Lady of the Lakes varsity boy’s and girl’s basketball teams will take on Immaculate Conception at the American Airlines Arena before the Miami Heat faces their cross town rival the Orlando Magic. The Cheetahs-Immaculate Conception game is scheduled for 1 p.m., Sunday, April 10, on the Heat hardwood court. The Heat-Magic game starts at 6 p.m. In addition, Our Lady of the Lakes dance team will perform during Court of...

  Wielding their bats that have belted them to a 15-2 record, Barbara Goleman High’s baseball team wishes the 6A District playoffs started this week. “We would love to play the district tomorrow,” said head coach Jose Lopez. “We are undefeated in district play.” But the Gators will have to settle for closing out the regular season and competing in the GMAC before the district playoffs start in the third...

  St. Thomas University senior guard Jamesha Willis has been named a 2015-2016 NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball Honorable Mention All-American. The 5-7 guard from Palatka, Florida, was earlier named the Sun Conference Defensive Player of the Year and a First-Team All-Conference selection. Willis led the team in scoring with 14.5 points per game, assists (59), defensive rebounds with 120, and steals (69) in 2015-16.  Willis...

  St. Thomas University junior guard Michael Walker has been named a 2015-16 NAIA Division II Honorable Mention All-American.   The 6-4 guard from Rancho Cucamonga, who led the Bobcats in scoring with a 16.1 points-per-game average, was also a First-Team All-Sun Conference selection and a Sun Conference All-Defensive team selection. In addition to leading STU in scoring, Walker also led the team in assists (106), steals (63),...