More than 200 youth flag football players from the Miami Lakes Optimist Club recently participated in the Miami Dolphins’ Junior Training Camp at Royal Oaks Park, where they learned a series of interactive drills designed to help improve their agility, throwing and catching skills. The Miami Dolphins hosted the event, a part of the Dolphins Youth Programs which emphasizes the importance of education, physical fitness and...

  A local group of student-athletes won top honors for The Miami-Herald’s Male and Female Athlete of the Year as well as local coaches, and some athletes made the All-Dade teams in baseball, softball, tennis, volleyball, water polo, track and field.  American High’s student-athlete Lenysse Dyer was among the finalists for the Class 8A-6A Female Athlete of the Year; she played volleyball, soccer, track and field and...

  Miami Lakes Middle School’s girls basketball team are the new champions!The Tracie Pullum-coached Warriors defeated Southwood Middle School, 52-36, for the Miami-Dade County Middle School Basketball Championship two weeks ago.It was the first championship in the school’s history.The first two quarters of the championship game were close, but Miami Lakes Middle pulled away and claimed the championship.The team of sixth,...

  Kendall Montgomery, a Class of 2010 alumnus from Monsignor Edward Pace High School and a former defensive end with Bowling Green State University, signed as a free agent with the Miami Dolphins in early May.  With this signing, Montgomery fulfilled his dream of becoming a professional football player. At Pace, he was an accomplished multi-sport player in football and basketball. As part of the Bowling Green Falcons, he helped the...

  Miami Lakes Senior Softballers, otherwise known as The Geezers, participated in the Town’s 2015 Elderly Affairs Committee’s Senior Games on May 20 with a softball match between the Gold and Blue Silver teams at Miami Lakes Optimist Park. The victorious Gold team, with a 13-9 win, included Jose Caballero, Gilbert Alfonso, Ernie Garcia, Ed Londono, Rick Garcia, Dave Oliver, Jose Rivera, Rigoberto Martinez, Fred Rodriguez,...