Thu Feb 21

Thunderhawks advance to district semifinals

Posted by akiefaber February 21st, 2013, 8:31 am

Sophomore Cydney Franklin led Lakota East with 9 points in her team's postseason win against Harrison. Photo taken Feb. 20, 2013 by Barb Trimble of TrimPhotoAndVideo.com.

Sophomore Cydney Franklin led Lakota East with 9 points in her team’s postseason win against Harrison. Photo taken Feb. 20, 2013 by Barb Trimble of TrimPhotoAndVideo.com. More photos from this game, http://proofs.trimphotoandvideo.com/g/022013har_east

Lakota East’s girls’ basketball team used a balanced scoring attack and strong defense to defeat Harrison, 45-32, in a district quarterfinal matchup at Kings High School on Wednesday.

Lakota East had 10 players score and it held Harrison to 27 percent shooting, while forcing 25 turnovers.

The Thunderhawks led 18-17 at halftime, but blew open the game by outscoring Harrison 13-4 in the third quarter.

Cydney Franklin scored a team-high 9 points and Erin White grabbed 10 rebounds to help Lakota East hold onto the win.

Lakota East will play Mason (20-1) in the district semifinals on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Kings. Mason advanced to the matchup after defeating Oak Hills, 63-26, on Wednesday.

East has faced Mason twice in the regular season, losing 60-30 at Mason on Dec. 1 and losing 53-28 on Jan. 19.

Harrison – Borgemenke 1 1 3, Cron 0 2 2, Robben 2 4 10, Salatin 3 0 6, Ferneding 1 2 4, Knollman 3 0 7. Totals: 10 9 32

Lakota East (10-14) – White 2 2 6, Satterwhite 2 4 8, Rodgers 1 2 4, Wills 2 0 4, Franklin 4 0 9, Catron 1 0 3, Pearl 1 0 2, Goodwin 2 0 5, Panzeca 2 0 4. Totals: 16 10 45

Halftime: Lakota 17-16. 3-pointers: 3 (Robben 2, Knollman); H 3 (Franklin, Catron, Goodwin)

POSTSEASON UPDATE: GIRLS BASKETBALL – West (20-3) will play McAuley (14-9) in the district semifinals on Friday at 7 p.m. at Harrison High School.

POSTSEASON UPDATE: BOYS BASKETBALL – East will open with a game against Glen Este (4-18) this Friday at 6 p.m. at Lakota West High School. If East advances, it will face Oak Hills (8-14) next Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 6 p.m. at Lakota West. Meanwhile, West won’t have its first postseason game until next Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 6 p.m. at Hamilton High School. In that game, the Firebirds will face the winner of the Loveland (10-11) and Sycamore (12-10) game – which will be played Friday at 6 p.m. at Hamilton.

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