Growing up in Miami Lakes, Monsignor Pace High wrestlers Alex Perez, Stephen Moreno, David Monrabal and Leo Ferradaz pushed each year-round to be the best in their sport.And what a push they got this year.Perez and Moreno each finished fourth at the state tournament in their respective weight class and Monrabal and Ferradaz made it to the regional, their best finish since they started wrestling in high school.“They all have been...

  Members of the Miami Lakes Optimist 12-under girls’ softball team, The Rockies, were guests of the Barry University women’s softball team on Saturday, March 28 for a pivotal conference match-up.  All of the girls and their family members were treated to free admission and dinner. Earlier in March, softball players of the Miami Lakes Optimist program, along with girls from the Miami Shores Recreation program, took part...

  American High’s ace softball players Kayleen Romero and Christy Velez signed on the dotted line two weeks ago to study and play softball for the Miami-Dade College Sharks. The two girls are the proud products of the Miami Lakes Optimist Club softball program. Romero and Velez played in the program since they were eight years old and advancing to play for the Optimist Club’s Miami Lakes Heat All-Star team, helping to bring...

  Ranked the top team in Miami-Dade County baseball and No. 5 in the state, winning the Hall of Fame Classic Tournament and riding a 16 game winning streak, Barbara Goleman High players are not satisfied with the team’s regular-season success.At 19-2 and playing in the GMAC tournament this week and the subsequent division postseason, the team’s goal of winning the district playoff championship is unpretentious compared to...

  Goleman seniors Gabriella Sallai and Danny Xie have been named the school’s Top Scholar Athletes by Athletic director Jay Flinchum for their outstanding academic achievements and athletic talent. Both Xie and Sallai are bowlers and badminton players and have played together in teams since their sophomore year. Both are also tied for the top GPA of the school at an estimated 6.13. Sallai has gone to states for bowling all 4 years...