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...

  Miami Lakes will once again host the popular Start Smart Sports Development Program. Developed by the National Alliance for Youth Sports, the program aims to help prepare children, ages 3-5 years old, for organized youth sports by using safe and fun equipment while developing basic motor skills. The 6-week program helps parents work one-on-one with their children while teaching them the basics of sports like throwing, catching,...

 

Bob Graham Education Center’s jump rope team, the Bobcat Jumpers “A” Team pose with their coach Jeff Tandlish and assistant coach Ofelia Diaz after their performance at Barry University. They performed during halftime at the Barry Buccaneers Women’s Basketball game on Saturday, January 10. 

  The third annual Mad Dog Mandich Golf Classic is scheduled for Friday, March 13 at Don Shula’s Golf Club, an event to celebrate the life of the late great Jim Mandich, who played eight seasons for the Miami Dolphins. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Miami Dolphins Foundation. Miami Dolphins alumni are scheduled to compete in the event. Mandich lived in Miami Lakes for 36 years. He was the Dolphins’ second round...