More than 150 anglers and guests descended upon La Siesta Resort and Marina in Islamorada for the fifth annual Spartan Fishing Tournament held on August 23-24.  Organized through Monsignor Edward Pace High School’s Anglers Club, the tournament raised funds for the high school’s Spartans-4-Spartans Program, which helps students that encounter extreme financial hardship in their junior and senior years at Pace. On...

  Miami Lakes Optimist’s Panama Mutiny began the fall season by entering and winning a 12-Under Tournament playing against older kicks. The Mutiny dropped the first pool game to 12-Under Ft. Lauderdale Lighting (last year’s 11AAA Premiere League champions), and the second game to Slam’s Hoffman baseball team. However, the Mutiny recovered in the elimination game by beating the Weston Ratters 12-Under squad. Then the...

  Monsignor Edward Pace men's and women's cross country teams participated in the Dade County Youth Fair Cross Country 5K Invitational Race on Thursday, September 12, at Larry & Penny Thompson Park. On the women's team, sophomores Juliette Dubon, and Naja Murphy both recorded personal best results while junior Natalie Fernandez recorded her season best. The men's team saw Spartans’ lead runner for the second consecutive week,...

  On August 29, 55 cross country runners represented Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School at the St. Agnes Invitational in Key Biscayne to kick off the season. All 55 runners finished strong and several Cheetahs were in the top 10 and received medals. In the Primary Boys division (1 mile run), Adam Magoulas (4th grade) finished first overall, and Joshua Kunkel (2nd grade) finished 5th overall. The Primary Boys team also finished 3rd...

On Monday, August 19, the Miami Lakes Bridge club participated in an American Bridge Club League (ABCL) District 9 Silver Point duplicate bridge game. The North/South team came in the number one position with players Debra Fream and Pat Bloomberg with a 60 percent game. The East/West team made up of Betty Battles and Eugenia Weaver came in first with 59 percent game. Also earning points were Helen Schor and Rosalyn Lipson who tied with...