Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory will tee off its biggest fundraiser of the year, the Annual Golf Classic, on Friday, May 2, at the Hillcrest Golf and Country Club, starting with lunch at 11 a.m. and a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Immediately following a day on the course, participants will enjoy dinner at the clubhouse along with an awards ceremony and silent auction. “The C-M Golf Classic has been a part of our school’s...
  They call it “Geezer Ball.” A group of senior citizens, of various ages, shapes and talent levels, have been playing softball at 9 a.m. every Monday and Wednesday at Miami Lakes Optimist Park for almost five years. The group includes an unusual bunch of characters including the oldest player, Angel Sosa, a Celebration Point resident who turns 82 on October 1. And there’s Mariano Fernandez who would not say a word...
  Our Lady of the Lakes’ varsity girls Volleyball team opened the season on March 11 against Blessed Trinity. After a slow start losing 10-25, they turned it around and defeated  Blessed Trinity in the second set 25-23, and the deciding final set 15-11. The team is now 1-1 and looking forward to a successful Spring season. The OLL varsity boys Flag Football team is off to a fast start winning their first two games of the...

Alexis Castroman, Melanie Arauz lead Mater Lakes Bears to district win over Pace High

Sports By David Snelling, The Miami Laker staff Monday, April 7, 2014

  If Mater Lakes Academy starting pitcher Alexis Castroman continues her stellar performance, the Lady Bears could win the district championship and make a deep run in the playoffs. In a pivotal district game against Pace High, Castroman pitched a complete game, striking out six batters with no earned runs, as the Lady Bears defeated their district rivals 5-2. The win puts Mater Lakes Academy (8-6) in second place of the district and a...
  Seventy-one-year-old George Pringle still loves to play sports and he is not planning on slowing down anytime soon. He played football in Connecticut at a time when players wore leather helmets without a face mask. Pringle also was a star on the diamond, tennis and basketball courts, and was elected to the Miami-Dade Softball Hall of Fame. The sports made him famous and now he wants to make an unheralded sport widely known in South...
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