Spanish Lake Elementary student James Diaz won the 2015 Contender Karate Cup in Galeria De Karate competition last month hosted by Hialeah Gardens High School. Diaz competed against a host of his karate-learning peers, out dueling them in the art of self defense and self discipline. His instructor, world renown karate master Miquel Ochoa, was on hand to watch his student kick away the competition. Ochoa works at the MG Martial Arts...

  Current members, new members and non-member guests using guest passes at Shula’s Athletic Club, 15150 Bull Run Rd., are eligible to enter to win a customized paddle board made by Miami Lakes local, Athletic Club member, and professional paddle board creator, Christopher “Rubio” Gonzalez. Gonzalez is a surfer with a passion for art and design and started Rubio Surf Designs in 2010. The Shula’s Athletic Club...

  The Palm Springs North 8-and-7-under Little Giants recently won the South Florida All-Star Alliance Summer tournament in West Kendall, and the team finished in second place in the league’s other tournament in Hialeah Gardens. Each summer, the Alliance picks teams from different recreational parks and allows them to compete against others to determine the best team during a series of Summer tournaments. Raul Billini, the Little...

  Miami Lakes will offer a free fishing clinic and contest in July at Miami Lakes Optimist Park Marina, 6411 N.W. 162 Street. The clinic will provide attendees with tips on proper catch and release techniques while the contest provides a competitively fun way to spend a summer Saturday with the family and an opportunity to win prizes for the largest fish and the most fish. All lifejackets, fishing poles and bait will be provided free of...

  Celebrating a 30-year tenure at St. Thomas University, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends all came together for several special events to honor Dr. Jan Bell who retired at the end of this academic year as professor of Sports Administration.The celebration began on November 2 when Bell became the 10th inductee into the Bobcat Sports Hall of Fame at the sixth annual Stone Crab Dinner for Athletics. A sold-out crowd of over 600...