Tired of being squashed by nationally ranked high school football teams, Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High and Barbara Goleman Senior High formed an independent league for 12 schools to give their programs a fair chance to compete.And what a difference the Greater Miami Athletic Conference’s (GMAC) independent league has made.The Goleman Gators are off to their best start in school history at 6-0, and the Trojans are 3-1, including 3-0 in...

James Morgan, quarterback for Florida International University’s football team is a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy.It is awarded each year by the National Foundation and College Hall of Fame.Created 30 years ago, the trophy recognizes players who showed academic and gridiron success during the season.Morgan was nominated by FIU and is one of 185 semifinalists.The 6 foot, 4 inch, 213-pound senior from Green Bay, Wis., is one...

Pancakes may be the fuel for champions and good sportsmanship at Barbara Goleman Senior High.Several Goleman players gathered at an IHOP on Sept. 25 to share breakfast with their archrivals from Hialeah Gardens Senior High.The purpose of the meal was to foster mutual respect among the players, according to the school’s Facebook page.For those who might have thought it could never happen, the meal was recorded in a photograph taken at the...

Pancakes may be the fuel for champions and good sportsmanship at Barbara Goleman Senior High.Several Goleman players gathered at an IHOP on Sept. 25 to share breakfast with their archrivals from Hialeah Gardens Senior High.The purpose of the meal was to foster mutual respect among the players, according to the school’s Facebook page.For those who might have thought it could never happen, the meal was recorded in a photograph taken at the...

With five East Coast Conference titles under his belt, an alumnus from St. Thomas University was brought home from New York to coach the Bobcats’ cross country team, a favorite to win the Sun Conference this year.Lorne Marcus, who graduated from the Miami Gardens school in 2005 and earned a law degree from its law school in 2008, took over St. Thomas’ second-year program.Marcus, 40, previously was on the coaching team at Division II St....