High schools | 7-on-7 football

South Florida teams take aim at national spotlight

The Dolphins hosted a 7-on-7 football tournament with 64 teams vying for a chance to represent South Florida.

FATHER’S DAY

Coaches step in when Dad is out of the picture

These volunteers do more than teach boys about wrestling and football. They teach how to grow up.

Many high school football players choosing colleges early

As the summer begins, area athletes will head off to different camps and 7-on-7 events across the state and...

High Schools

Vacancy in first round for young local talent

For the first time in a decade, no high school players from Miami-Dade or Broward got the call up they hope...

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Northwestern girls sign scholarships

A long, tough two-year journey came to a happy end for Miami Northwestern girls’ basketball player Qu...

MLB Draft | High School Prospects

Mater’s Abreu tops best Dade prospects

Mater Academy’s Willie Abreu should be the first Miami-Dade high school player taken in the baseball...

High Schools notebook

Mater Academy hires Valdes as football coach

Hialeah Gardens Mater Academy hired Homestead offensive coordinator Javi Valdes as its new football coach T...

High schools Roundup

Four South Florida high school football teams nationally ranked

South Florida’s four reigning high school football state champions are each ranked nationally by CBS M...

School Scene

Five students chosen for Harvard’s summer program

Harvard University has chosen 41 students to participate in the Latino Leadership Initiative that takes pla...

High School Football | Booker T. Washington 62, St. Petersburg Lakewood 14

Booker T. Washington football routs St. Petersburg Lakewood in spring game

Booker T. continued its dominating ways with a rout of St. Petersburg Lakewood in their spring exhibition g...

MIAMI-DADE | YEAR IN REVIEW 2012-13

Triumph in a season of firsts

The season began with two football state championships and finished with a couple of historic first-time ch...

HIGH SCHOOLS | TRACK

Boyd Anderson taps alum Dawn Spann as girls’ track coach

Dawn Spann, a Boyd Anderson graduate, was hired to take over the Cobras’ powerhouse girls’ tr...

Many high school football players choosing colleges early

As the summer begins, area athletes will head off to different camps and 7-on-7 events across the state and...

UM football recruit Walter Tucker flashes speed at Great Southwest Classic

In his final prep track meet, Plantation American Heritage’s threat Walter Tucker cruises to victory...

Boys’ Basketball | Blanche Ely

Blanche Ely fires basketball coach Melvin Randall

Blanche Ely boys’ basketball coach Melvin Randall, one of the winningest coaches in Florida history, s...

Boyd Anderson parents upset over track coaches firing

Parents have thrown their support behind co-head track coaches Duchane Thomas and Damion Thomas, who led Bo...

High Schools

Vacancy in first round for young local talent

For the first time in a decade, no high school players from Miami-Dade or Broward got the call up they hope...

Track and field

Speeding toward track stardom

Briana Williams, only in fifth grade, already is being compared to stars such as Allyson Felix and Sanya Ri...

Major League Baseball Draft

American Heritage catcher Zach Collins offers tantalizing package of power and discipline at catcher

Zach Collins of Plantation American Heritage offers a tantalizing package of power and discipline from behi...

High Schools Roundup

Donnell Bennett names Coral Springs Christian football coach

Coral Springs Christian hired former University of Miami running back and Northeast High coach Donnell Benn...

BROWARD | YEAR IN REVIEW 2012-13

Achieving more than trophies

Broward County had one of its strongest seasons in some time, ending title droughts in a few sports and com...

Roundup

Texeira, Baucom earn softball honors

One set the Miami-Dade County single-season record for home runs. The other led his Broward County powerhou...

In My Opinion

Summer camps will showcase many young stars

After a month of spring football, with hundreds of college coaches flocking to South Florida to see some of...

In my opinion

Rising sophomores, juniors garnering big-time attention

I can remember when concentrating on the senior class was enough for college football coaches, but times ha...

In my opinion

Gifted coaches are producing outstanding talent

One of the most overlooked parts of the recruiting process has to be the high school coaches.

Spotlight on | Recruiting

Ken Mastrole coaches FSU QB E.J. Manuel into NFL Draft

When Ken Mastrole speaks to the students at his many passing clinics, he explains that hard work will lead ...

In My Opinion

Players pumped for spring

After numerous camps and combines, 7-on-7 tournaments and conditioning drills, this coming Wednesday will u...

In My Opinion

Flowers is right fit at quarterback

If someone told you that South Florida is home to nearly 200 football high-level prospects for the upcoming...

In my opinion

Rising, unseen stars taking advantage of exposure

As more and more combines and camps are held for football prospects during the winter and spring, many play...

In My Opinion

St. Thomas Aquinas coach Tim Conrad helping kickers, punters make their case

At a time of year when players across South Florida are getting exposure that camps, combines and 7-on-7 ev...

In My Opinion

Class of 2015 making a name for itself

No sooner did the 2012 season come to an end then the focus began shifting to the class of 2014. It is supp...

Larry Blustein | On Recruiting

Homestead receiver Ermon Lane takes spotlight at Airo/IMG 7-on-7 football tournament

It didn’t take long for word about Ermon Lane to spread across the St. Thomas University campus Satu...

In My Opinion

Players in south Dade rising to top

As college coaches make plans to attend schools in South Florida during May, many will have to start alteri...