NORTH MIAMI, Fla. — The sound of drums and cheers filled Northwest 125th Street on Thursday as North Miami carried on a beloved holiday tradition — its annual Thanksgiving Day Parade.

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Hundreds lined the route early, including longtime resident Joann Cesar, who has been attending for two decades.

“It’s a family tradition. We make it every time to support the culture and the residents,” Cesar said. “I love coming every year.”

City leaders say the parade has become a signature Thanksgiving morning event.

“For families, it’s coming together,” Vice Mayor Kassandra Timothe said. “Who else has a parade if you can’t go to Macy’s, right? We have our own little Thanksgiving Day parade here in North Miami.”

It wasn’t just locals taking in the festivities. Cheng Li, visiting from China, said his family arrived early to get a good spot along the route.

“This is our first time celebrating this holiday because in China this is not a public holiday,” he said.

City officials say this year’s parade took a full year to plan, bringing together schools, community groups and local bands to help kick off the holiday.

“This is the only parade in South Florida on Thanksgiving morning,” Timothe said. “Here in the city of North Miami, we are celebrating with community, with schools, with local bands.”

This year’s event also carried extra excitement as North Miami prepares to celebrate its 100th birthday.

“We will be celebrating our centennial, so this makes it more special,” Mayor Alix Desume said.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Norman Powell scored 32 points while Kel’el Ware had 20 points and 16 rebounds to help the Miami Heat win their fourth in a row with a 127-117 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday.

Jaime Jacquez Jr. scored 22 points, and Bam Adebayo contributed 18 for the Heat.

Tyrese Maxey had 27 points to pace Philadelphia, which played without former MVP Joel Embiid for the seventh straight game. Embiid (right knee injury management) has missed 10 of 16 contests this season. Maxey, who. entered second in the NBA in scoring at 33.4 points per contest, was coming off a career-high 54 points in Thursday’s 123-114 overtime win at Milwaukee.

Andre Drummond added 14 points and 23 rebounds for the 76ers. Rookie VJ Edgecombe (left calf tightness) also was sidelined for Philadelphia.

This was the first of three contests between the clubs.

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Miami controlled the contest throughout, but the 76ers got within 105-103 with 8:28 left after Trendon Watford’s layup. The Heat then scored 13 of the next 15 points, capped by Powell’s running layup with 4:40 remaining, to go ahead by 13.

The 76ers honored the 25-year anniversary of the 2001 Eastern Conference champions by wearing replica black jerseys from that era. Allen Iverson, who was named MVP that season, was in attendance. Theo Ratliff rang the ceremonial Liberty Bell prior to the contest. Ratliff helped the 76ers to a 41-14 record before a midseason trade sent him to Atlanta for Dikembe Mutombo.

Up Next

Heat: Host Dallas on Monday night.

76ers: Host Orlando on Tuesday night.

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OXFORD, Ohio– (RV/RV) St. Cloud State scored the first three goals of the game and held on down the stretch to outlast (RV/RV) Miami 4-2 Saturday night at Steve “Coach” Cady Arena. The RedHawks (8-4-0, 2-4-0 NCHC) out-shot the Huskies (7-7-0, 2-4-0 NCHC) 29-16 over the final 40 minutes, including goals by Matteo Giampa and David Deputy, but came up short in the comeback attempt. Deputy led the Miami offense with two points, giving him four for the series.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• 13:05 1st (SCSU 1-0) | The Huskies grabbed the game’s first goal seconds after a 4-on-3 Miami power play expired. Cooper Wylie deflected the puck to Tyson Gross, who lofted a long pass ahead that found Grant Ahcan streaking out of the penalty box for a 4-on-4 breakaway.
• 0:51 2nd (SCSU 2-0) | SCSU added to its lead in the closing moments of a 5-on-3 power play. A diagonal passing sequence from Austin Burnevik to Adam Ingram set up Barrett Hall for the open finish. 
• 6:50 2nd (SCSU 3-0) | St. Cloud State struck again on the power play later in the second period, as Max Smolinski skated in and found Gross on the doorstep to make it 3-0. Josh Zinger had the second assist on the play.
• 10:13 2nd (Miami 3-1) | The RedHawks responded with a special-teams goal of their own near the game’s midway point. After Kocha Delic set up Deputy’s shot attempt on a 5-on-3 power play, Deputy quickly retrieved his own rebound and fed a pass to Giampa near the goal for a shot to make it 3-1.
• 15:06 2nd (Miami 3-2) | Miami continued a strong push in the second period with a Deputy goal to trim the margin to one. Owen Lalonde held the puck in at the point and sent a perfect pass across to Deputy on the far side of the zone to help the RedHawks pull within 3-2.
• 19:03 3rd (SCSU 4-2) |  The visitors sealed the outcome with an empty-netter in the final minute, as Verner Miettinen poked the puck ahead for Ahcan. Although Ahcan’s first shot attempt was blocked, he stuck with the play and came up with the game’s final goal.

 
NOTES

• Deputy and Giampa each lit the lamp for the second consecutive night.
• Deputy, the game’s Second Star, extended his point streak to three games and led all players with a career-high eight shots on goal.
• Kyle Aucoin was credited with a career-high six shots on goal for the RedHawks.
• Delic picked up his team-leading 14th point of the season and has at least one point in 11 of Miami’s 12 games.
• Lalonde made his Miami debut.
• Matteo Drobac made 25 saves for the Red and White.

UP NEXT:
Miami travels overseas to compete in the Friendship Four in Belfast, Northern Ireland next week. The RedHawks will face RIT on Friday, Nov. 28 at 2 p.m. ET.