Shula's Athletic Club personal trainer, Rickie Ali, was named the overall winner of the annual Inn Key Awards presented by the Greater Miami and Beaches Hotel Association in May in a ceremony held at the Hilton in downtown Miami. Ali has been a part of the Shula's team for 22 years, totaling 25 years in the fitness industry as a personal trainer, though he was not always interested in pursuing it as a career choice. Ali initially...

  Stephen A. Rodriguez, son of Miami Lakes residents Paul and Ibis Rodriguez and grandson of Esteban and Magda Minsal,  participated in Week 4 at the Cooperstown Dream Park Tournament in Cooperstown, New York. Rodriguez is a member of the 12U Weston Rattlers Black. The Rattlers were 6-0 in seeded games and were tied for 7th place in a field of 104 teams. The Rattlers were eliminated in the round of 32 in a tough 9-8 loss but...

  Athletic field rehabilitation work has started at Royal Oaks Park on all four fields. This involves heavy grounds maintenance work inclusive of deep tine aeration, core aeration (minimum two directions per field) as well as harvesting all field cores for sprigging to encourage proper growth in the turf. Following the application of sprigs, the fields will be rolled to level out the playing surfaces. During this period, fields will be...

  Boys and girls, ages 6 to 18 years old, are invited to attend the 2014 Junior Golf Camp at Shula’s Golf Club during four week-long sessions in July and August. Session 2 will be held July 7 to 11; Session 3 is scheduled August 4 to 8; and Session 4 will be held August 11 to 15. Each session will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Kids will learn the basics of the game including concentration on full-swing, putting, chipping, and...

Registration for Miami Lakes Optimist Fall baseball season is scheduled for 9 a.m. on consecutive Saturdays, August 9, 16, and 23, at Miami Lakes Optimist Park. Kids can also registrater online at www. miamilakesoptimist.org.  Players must bring copies of their birth certificates and be fitted for their uniforms. Before the start of the regular season in September, players will tryout for teams and subsequently be drafted. For more...