The Palm Springs North Little Giants 8-and-under baseball team won the Hammocks Alliance Tournament. It was the team’s second championship this Summer. The Little Giants won the South Florida All-Star Alliance Summer tournament in West Kendall in late June. The team finished the regular season 11-1 and a tournament record of 16-3, for an overall performance of 27 wins and only four loses. Next season, the Little Giants will be...

  Laura Lou, a junior member at Shula’s Golf Club, recently won the Jack Nicklaus Junior Golf Event in the age 13-15 category. The event was played at the Jonathan Landings Course, with rounds of 85 and 78. Last April, Lou won the 5th Annual Honda Classic Junior Par 3 Challenge, played at Palm Beach Par 3 Course. Lou’s father, Cesar Lou, said “Laura has worked very hard on her irons and short game which she honed each...

  Dick Poczciwinski is a nimble basketball player with a trademark jump shot that’s lethal.At Shula’s Athletic Club in Miami Lakes, he pushes the ball down the court with cartoon-like speed, and he either passes the ball to one of his teammates or scores with the jump shot or a lay-up.Sometimes, he’s the leading scorer on his pick-up team, averaging in double figures, rebounds the ball well and plays good defense.In...

  The Miami Lakes Heat All Stars team competed in the 19th annual USSSA SWAMP Classic two-day tournament in West Palm Beach. The team’s coaches and the players’ parents said it was a brave performance by the girls who are 14 and 15 years old who defeated the two 18 and under teams, Plantation Pressure and Miami Stingrays, to make it to the championship game. “The girls played valiantly,” said head coach Alex...

  Miami Lakes Elderly Affairs Committee is offering free field trips to Miami Marlins games once a month on Thursdays for residents 55 years and above. Space is limited. To reserve seating on the bus, contact Special Events and Committees coordinator Clarisell De Cardenas at decardenasc@miamilakes-fl.gov, or 305-364-6100. The upcoming games include: Thursday, July 30, Marlins vs. Nationals, 7:10 p.m. Thursday, August 27, Marlins vs....