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By <\/span>Khimmoy Hudson<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

In a time where citizens constantly hold stubborn to their own opinions and bias it is often hard for us to come together, but very seldom do we set those views aside to indulge in the light-hearted occasions\u2014the joy of entertainment.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Located at Barbara Goleman High in the school\u2019s gymnasium the Town of Miami Lakes and the City of Doral competed in a community-based event that thrilled an audience filled with cheering residents. The Mayor\u2019s Second Annual Basketball Tournament stirred an excitement which brought two unlikely communities that favored a likely cause. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about building community and about bringing people together for a great cause,\u201d said Juan Carlos Bermudez founding Mayor of the City of Doral. \u201cBasketball just happens to be the way we\u2019re bringing people together, but it\u2019s much more about community than basketball.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A cause\u2014that is essentially what brings people together. <\/b><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s cause was centered around Danny Quesada, a young spirit that suffers from cystic fibrosis, a chronic pulmonary illness that has no cure. However, for Danny, who has been battling CF all his life, this does not mean the end. Despite the extensive medical procedure that Danny will undergo, he still maintains to do what he loves best.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDanny is a fighter and he\u2019s had to be all his life,\u201d said Manny Quesada, Danny\u2019s father. \u201cHe\u2019s a major outdoorsman, he loves to fish, he loves to hunt he\u2019s also a runner so even with his lung illness he was able to run cross country.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The annual basketball tournament not only encouraged a bond between two communities, but also provided the support necessary to uplift a common cause, regardless of any distinctions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt intertwines two sides of the neighborhood to work together, to be in each other\u2019s backyard,\u201d said Kerby Choute the head coach for the City of Doral basketball\u2019s team.<\/span><\/p>\n

The event, which featured talents from other schools like Goleman\u2019s High school band and Miami Lakes K-8\u2019s cheerleaders, was a night fit for community bonding. The smell of buttered popcorn and the selling of chips and soda attributed to the evening family feel that was well-deserved for those who carried a long weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Khimmoy Hudson In a time where citizens constantly hold stubborn to their own opinions and bias it is often hard for us to come together, but very seldom do we set those views aside to indulge in the light-hearted occasions\u2014the joy of entertainment.   Located at Barbara Goleman High in the school\u2019s gymnasium the Town…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,22,11],"tags":[460,1203,2440,2580],"class_list":["post-7591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-local-news","category-news","tag-basketball","tag-doral","tag-manny-cid","tag-miami-lakes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t