The Lakota East student section pretends to read the newspaper before the start of game against Lakota West on Jan. 8. At the time, East was 11-1 and 5-0 in the GMC. Exactly a month later, East has gone 3-5 and 2-5 in the GMC. Photo by Joseph Fuqua II.
Just a month ago, Lakota East was considered to be one of the best teams in the state.
The Thunderhawks were ranked No. 4 in the Associated Press state poll, 11-1 overall and 5-0 in the Greater Miami Conference heading into their matchup with rival Lakota West on Jan. 8.
Since then, East has lost five of its last eight games. The latest loss, 52-47 in overtime at Sycamore, coming on Thursday night, has dropped the team’s record to 14-6 and 7-5 in the GMC.
With only two regular season games left, East now trails Fairfield (13-7, 8-4 in GMC), Sycamore (11-8, 8-4) and Middletown (11-9, 8-4) in the GMC standings.
Tonight, East will host Middletown at 7:30 p.m. and will play at Fairfield next Friday, Feb. 15 at the same time.
| Lakota East | 10 | 7 | 11 | 17-2 | 47 |
| Sycamore | 5 | 8 | 18 | 14-7 | 52 |
Lakota East (14-6, 7-5) - Emrick 2 0 4, Harpring 1 0 2, S. Lowry 5 3 16, Panzeca 0 1 1, White 4 0 8, D. Lowry 4 0 9, Baxter 3 1 7. Totals 19 5 47.
Sycamore (11-8, 8-4) - Gruden 6 1 14, Farquhar 4 2 13, Brown 5 2 12, Morgan 2 1 5, Hill 3 2 8. Totals 20 8 52.
Halftime: Lakota East 17-13. 3-pointers: L 4 (S. Lowry 3, D. Lowry); S 4 (Gruden, Farquhar 3)
Girls’ basketball
Lakota West improves to 18-3 – The Firebirds added another win to what has become a very impressive season. On Thursday, Lakota West blewout McAuley 54-34 in its second to last game of the regular season.
The game didn’t start like a blowout, as McAuley actually led 30-27 at halftime. However, Lakota West put together an impressive second half and outscored its opponent 28-4 in the final two quarters.
6-foot-2 sophomore Arianne Whitaker led all scorers with a career-high 16 points.
For the Firebirds, the winning streak is now at 8. Overall the team is 18-3 and 11-3 heading into Saturday’s regular season finale at Oak Hills (6-15, 3-10 in GMC) at 2 p.m.
| Lakota West | 16 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 54 |
| McAuley | 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 34 |
Lakota West (18-3, 11-3 in GMC) - Staples 4 0 8, Carter 1 1 3, Tomasic 1 0 3, Niehaus 2 0 5, Adams 2 2 6, Whitaker 5 6 16, Aull 1 2 4, Wasan 4 1 10. Totals: 20 12 55.
McAuley (12-9, 4-6 in GGCL) - Bove 1 2 4, Lambert 4 2 10, Vogelpohl 1 0 2, Egbers 2 3 9, Pifher 3 0 6, Harris 1 1 3. Totals: 12 8 34.
Halftime: McAuley 30-27. 3-pointers: W 3 (Tomasic, Niehaus, Wasan); M 2 (Egbers 2).
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