The Miami Lakes Sports Hall of Fame is seeking candidates for its 2024 class.       Nominations will be accepted until 5 p.m. on Aug. 1.       Inductees who have made outstanding contributions or achievements in sports will be honored on Dec. 14.        Individuals or organizations may submit a nomination for a qualifying team, athlete; coach; official;...

     The Florida High School Athletic Association state wrestling championships were a showcase for the Mater Lakes teams, with both the boys and girls making strong runs at state titles at the annual event in Kissimmee, Fla. The Mater Lakes boys finished second in the state, out of 69 teams in the Class 1A bracket. The Mater Lakes girls team finished fifth in the state, out of 128 teams overall.      All nine...

    The Orange Bowl Committee elected its 2024 – 2025 board of directors and officers and announced new members who joined the sports organization in March.      Hector Tundidor Jr., a partner at Ernst & Young, LLP was elected second vice chair of the Orange Bowl Committee.      He will become president and chair during the 2027 – 2028 college football...

No sport takes etiquette more seriously than golf does, and that means when you play a round, you’re also signing up to help maintain the course.       What does that mean? It’s doing your part to repair the damage that we all cause when we play the game. With minimal effort you’ll help keep the greens in good shape and help the golfers who play behind you. When we all do our part, everybody reaps the...

Young golfers enrolled with First Tee Miami took over the Miami Lakes Golf Club to help fill divots. They ran behind a golf cart to fetch green sand with small trowels and fill holes on the course.       “It’s an egg hunt, but a really hard egg hunt,” one of the boys on the golf course exclaimed working to fill the divots. It was only the first part of the day for 80 First Tee students on April 2....