Miami Lakes United Soccer Club participated in its first Thanksgiving food drive in support of ending hunger with Feeding South Florida.  Teams contributed non-perishable donations with a Thanksgiving theme in mind through November 15 at Royal Oaks Park. Items collected included canned green beans, corn, sweet potatoes, carrots, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie filling, and boxed mashed potatoes, all of which, with the partnership of...

  Monsignor Edward Pace High School hosted its third annual Middle School Basketball Tournament on November 6 and 7. Seven private middle schools including Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of the Lakes, St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Rosa of Lima, Blessed Trinity, Holy Cross Lutheran and Belen Jesuit played in the two day tournament, with teams competing against each other in pool play on November 6 to set up the single-elimination...

  The Breanna Vergara Foundation is hosting the Breanna Vergara 5K and Color Run at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, 15101 N.W. 82 Ave, on Sunday, December 13. The race schedule includes registration from 6 to 7:15 a.m.; start of timed 5K race at 7:30 a.m.; start of 1 mile color run at 8:30 a.m.; concluding award ceremony at 9 a.m. Registration is now open. Those interested in participating may sign up online at...

  The Breanna Vergara Foundation is hosting the Breanna Vergara 5K and Color Run at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, 15101 N.W. 82 Ave, on Sunday, December 13. The race schedule is as follows: registration from 6 to 7:15 a.m.; start of timed 5K race at 7:30 a.m.; start of 1 mile color run at 8:30 a.m.; concluding award ceremony at 9 a.m. Registration is now open. Those interested in participating may sign up online at...

  Cuban native Alexis Garcia has not forgotten where he came from or his roots. He saw a need for kids to have shoes in his poverty-stricken homeland, and instead of raising money the natural way to buy scores of foot ware, he’s taken a different route. Garcia, 53, will run across the entire country, 1,000 miles in 35 days, as his support team will document his journey that is set to begin on Tuesday, November 10, from the eastern...