Miami Lakes kids can start the new year off by getting in shape with the Town’s Just Run Program that promotes fitness for elementary and middle school students for four months. The five-year-old program, offered by the Miami Lakes Youth Activities Task Force for kids between the ages of 5 and 14, kicks off in January and will be held every Monday and Wednesday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Miami Lakes Picnic Park West, 15151 N.W....

  Founded in 2013, the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization Hope for Autism United Soccer Foundation, also known as Autism Soccer, has a new home in Miami Lakes thanks in large part to a growing list of sponsors and donors. Autism Soccer’s leader, the energetic former 2nd Division Soccer professional Oscar Amuz, says his dream of helping children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and intellectual disabilities through soccer has come...

  Boys and girls between the ages of 3-13 years old have until Thursday, January 8 to register for the Miami Lakes United Soccer Club 2015 Spring Season. Registration is being held Monday through Friday at Royal Oaks Park, 16500 N.W. 87th Avenue. The cost is $140 per child. The registration includes full game uniforms, practice shirts and training sessions for the 10-week regular season. A ceremony to award participants medals and...

  The Miami Lakes Optimist Club will be holding registration for its Spring baseball and softball season during the first three Saturdays in January. Boys and girls can sign up on January 3, 10 and 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of Miami Lakes Middle School, 6425 Miami Lakeway North, which is adjacent to Miami Lakes Optimist Park. Participants must bring copies of their birth certificates during the registration period, and be...

  Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School’s varsity boys basketball team finished the regular season with a 7-1 record and were East Co-Divison champions with St. Patrick’s School that also finished the season at 7-1. As the number one seed in the 3A Classification playoffs, OLL had home court advantage in the semi-final game against Our Lady of Lourdes on December 11. By halftime, the Cheetahs were ahead by 12 and won the...