The Miami Lakes Optimist Club will be holding registration for the 2015 basketball season on consecutive Saturdays, April 11, 18, 25 and May 2, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon at Miami Lakes Middle School.   Boys and girls players from ages 9 to 18 must bring a copy of their birth certificates and be fitted for their uniforms. The registration fee is $150 per player. The 6-week regular season starts Monday, June 8, with each team...

  Shula’s Athletic Club is hosting “Workout for a Cause” to benefit the Message from Mari Foundation from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 18. The Mari Foundation focuses on Ovarian Cancer Awareness for women and the importance of early detection of the disease. Shula’s will showcase its new cutting-edge Thrive Training Area. Thrive coaches will guide participants through a workout that was developed by...

  Shula’s Golf Club hosted the 2015 Barry University Women’s Golf Invitational on March 16 and 17. The event included 15 schools:  Arkansas Tech, Barry, Concordia-St. Paul, Flagler, Florida Southern, Florida Tech, Johnson & Wales, Lee, Lynn, Nova Southeastern, Palm Beach Atlantic, Rollins, St. Edwards, St. Leo, and West Florida.   The event was a 54-hole stroke play event played over two days. Nova Southeastern...

  Cassidy Zeigler, who has played for the Miami Lakes Optimist Club since she was 8 years-old and currently plays for coach Alex Castroman on the Miami Lakes Heat Travel team, got a pivotal win recently for her Monsignor Pace softball team. Zeigler has been pitching for the past four years and recorded the win to secure the Spartans the No. 2 spot in their district with the win against St. Brendan. “She’s an all around...

  Our Lady of the Lakes Spring boys varsity Flag Football team is currently undefeated at 5-0 and in first place in the All Catholic Conference North Division with only three games left in the season. The boys dominated Blessed Trinity in their March 10 game with a 34-6 victory. They were led defensively by Danny Diaz who had 7 sacks, and offensively by Andres Gancedo who had 2 rushing touchdowns and 3 passed caught for touchdowns....