Our Lady of the Lakes (OLL) chess club had an incredible time at the USCF rated, 2019 South Championship presented by the Florida Scholastic Chess League. It was a grueling eight hour endurance test that pitted the OLL students against South Florida’s best scholastic chess competition under the leadership of chess club moderator, Dominic Cama, assisted by Fanny Medina and Ivan Santiago. The results of the competition that are listed energized...

Miami Lakes Neighborhood Improvement Committee will host the next Community Bike Ride on Saturday, February 16.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. for the 5.5-mile family-friendly loop with the ride starting at 9 a.m. from Miami Lakes Youth Center, 6075 Miami Lakes Drive East.
Pre-registration is recommended by visiting http://febbikeride.eventbrite.com. For more information, visit www.miamilakes-fl.gov/nic.

Miami Lakes Sports Hall of Fame committee announced its second call for Hall of Fame Inductee nominations. The Miami Lakes Sports Hall of Fame, an initiative of Mayor Manny Cid and supported by the Town Council, is located inside the Optimist Park Clubhouse at Miami Lakes Optimist Park, 6411 N.W. 162 Street.Past classes of inductees have included former Miami Dolphins coaches, professional football and baseball players, standout high school...

Mater Lakes boys’ varsity soccer team fell to LaSalle, 2-0, in the regional semifinals ending the Bears’ season who finished 12-2-2 including going undefeated in district play.LaSalle avenged its district championship loss to Mater Lakes which trailed 2-0 with eight minutes left in the game and rallied to send the game into overtime which the Bears won in penalty kicks.The soccer team was ecstatic with the achievement they made as a team...

With less than a week until first pitch, the Florida International University baseball duo of junior Austin Shenton and sophomore Logan Allen were named to the Conference USA Preseason team, the league office announced last week.Shenton, a Bellingham, Washington native, slashed his way to a .344 average with 11 doubles, 9 home runs and 29 RBIs in 2018 for the Panthers. The third baseman was named second All-Conference last season before...