Jimmie Parrot, a longtime Miami-Dade educator and football coach who helped ease racial tension at American High School by employing disciplinary actions and encouraging students to get along with their counterparts, died last month. He was 64. Parrot retired last year following a 44-year career, 33 years at American, where he taught students and was the defensive line and assistant coach for six different head coaches, including three...

  Armando Allen is returning home to Hialeah Miami Lakes High School. The former Trojan standout and former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears running back is the new running backs coach for his alma mater. Head coach Horane Allison told The Miami Laker that Allen will join his staff for the 2015 season. Allison said Allen will coach the Trojans’ top three running backs, Romeo Brown, Maliak Shannon and Maliak Burns, in hopes...

  The Miami Lakes United Soccer Club under-10 girls team recently won the Gold Medal in their division at the Weston Cup and Showcase tournament at the Weston Regional Park and Vista Park. The event, which took place during President’s Day weekend, featured many teams from throughout Florida and international teams that competed in four levels of competition, Gold, Silver and Bronze teams under-8 through under-19 boys and...

  While most high-school students are playing football, basketball, soccer, baseball and volleyball, as extracurricular activities, Michael Benyahia is hitting the race track. The 14-year-old Dade Christian student is a formula race car driver, competing at the club level and getting up to speed with the fast-paced karting world. It’s rare for a young teenager to race cars during his spare time, but the 9th grade student races a...

  Miami Lakes Councilmembers Ceasar Mestre and Tim Daubert, along with Vice Mayor Manny Cid and Billy the Marlin, took part in the festivities that kicked-off the 2015 Miami Lakes Optimist Spring baseball/softball season on Friday, February 20 at Miami Lakes Optimist Park. Cid threw out the first pitch to Daubert as hundreds of players, parents, local dignitaries and spectators looked on and cheered before the kids took the field to...