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The regular season will end this week for both the Lakota East and Lakota West girls’ basketball programs. Each team will play an out-of-conference opponent Wednesday night before capping off the regular season against a Greater Miami Conference foe on the road Saturday afternoon.

As it stands, Lakota East (11-7 overall, 8-5 in the GMC) and Lakota West (11-7 overall, 7-6) are in the middle of the pack in regards to the conference standings.

In boys’ basketball, Lakota West (11-6 overall, 8-3 in the GMC) will host Lakota East (6-11 overall, 3-8 in the GMC) at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Meanwhile, also taking place this week, are the swimming and diving sectionals. The diving portion will take place Feb. 7-8 at Miami University, while the swimming portion will take place Feb. 10-11 at St. Xavier’s Keating Natatorium.

See below for the weekly Lakota varsity high school sports schedule:

Monday, Feb. 6

Lakota East – bowling – at Reading at 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 7

Lakota West – bowling (boys) – vs. St. Xavier at 4 p.m.
Lakota East and Lakota West – boys’ diving – sectional meet at Miami University at 6 p.m.
Lakota East at Lakota West – boys’ basketball – at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 8

Lakota East – bowling – vs. Tri w/ St. X/Ursuline at 3:30 p.m.
Lakota East and Lakota West – girls’ diving – sectional meet at Miami University at 6 p.m.
Lakota East – girls’ basketball – vs. Bellbrook at 7:30 p.m.
Lakota West – girls’ basketball – vs. Notre Dame (Ky.) at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 9

Lakota East – bowling – at Badin at 3:30 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 10

Lakota East and Lakota West – boys’ swimming– sectional meet at Keating Natatorium at 6 p.m.
Lakota East – boys’ basketball – vs. Oak Hills at 7:30 p.m.
Lakota West – boys’ basketball – at Sycamore at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 11

Lakota East and Lakota West – girls’ swimming– sectional meet at Keating Natatorium at 11 a.m.
Lakota East – girls’ basketball – at Hamilton at 2 p.m.
Lakota West – girls’ basketball – at Mason at 2 p.m.

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The athletic departments at Lakota East and Lakota West high schools recently named their athletes of the week. Junior Emily Neihaus and senior Jamie Keesling received the honor at Lakota West, while senior Taylor Alden and junior Jimmy McCarthy were honored at Lakota East.

Niehaus led or was tied for the team lead in assists and steals the past three games, at Oak Hills last Wednesday, at Sycamore last Saturday and against Lakota West this Wednesday. She also tied a career high with 11 points in the 68-52 loss against Sycamore.

Keesling was the only double winner for Lakota West wrestling last week. Keesling, who competes at 170 pounds, earned a 2-0 decision in last Wednesday’s match against Lakota East. He also added an 11-8 win at Harrison last Saturday.

Alden, according to EastThunderhawks.com, has been among the team leaders in each of the matches. Also, according to the high school sports website: “Her consistency has helped the team keep pace and helped to push all of her teammates. She has been willing to step into whatever position is asked of her in the baker games and has performed well.”

McCarthy, according to EastThunderhawks.com, rolled a 424 series (221, 203) to lead the boys’ team to their first victory of the season over Kings. This was the high series rolled by any of the boys this year and it came at a good time as it led them to a 99-pin victory. McCarthy also had a solid day bowling in the fifth position on the baker team. Despite being a first-year team member, he has consistently been among the team leaders and has shown good improvement, according to the Lakota East athletic website.

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It will be an eventful week for Lakota East and Lakota West varsity athletics. On Wednesday, National Signing Day, student athletes from both schools will be recognized for their commitment to play sports in college. Wednesday night, Lakota West will host rival Lakota East in a girls’ basketball game. Then on Saturday, Mason and Oak Hills will host Greater Miami Conference meets in swimming and wrestling.

In the girls’ basketball rivalry, Lakota East (11-5 overall, 8-3 in the GMC) defeated Lakota West (9-7 overall, 5-6 in the GMC) earlier this season by the score of 61-54 Dec. 14. The Firebirds have lost three straight to their school district rival.

See below for the weekly Lakota varsity high school sports schedule:

Monday, Jan. 30

Lakota East – bowling – at Monroe at 3:30 p.m.
Lakota West – bowling (boys) – vs. Mason at 3:45 p.m.
Lakota East and Lakota West – swimming – at Sycamore at 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 31

Lakota West – bowling (girls) – vs. McAuley at 3:45 p.m.
Lakota East – academic quiz – at Hamilton at 4 p.m.
Lakota West – academic quiz – vs. Oak Hills at 4 p.m.
Lakota East – boys’ basketball – at Fairfield at 7:30 p.m.
Lakota West – boys’ basketball – at Oak Hills at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 1 – Signing Day

Lakota East – bowling – vs. Colerain at 3:30 p.m.
Lakota East at Lakota West – girls’ basketball – at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 2

Lakota West – bowling – vs. Monroe at 3:45 p.m.
Lakota East – academic quiz – vs. Fairfield at 4 p.m.
Lakota West – academic quiz – at Colerain at 4 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 3

Lakota East and Lakota West – diving – at GMC Meet at Mason at 7:30 p.m.
Lakota East – boys’ basketball – at Hamilton at 7:30 p.m.
Lakota West – boys’ basketball – at Mason at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 4

Lakota East and Lakota West – wrestling – at GMC Meet at Oak Hills at 10 a.m.
Lakota East and Lakota West – gymnastics – at Gymskins Invitational at Anderson at 1 p.m.
Lakota East and Lakota West – swimming – at GMC Meet at Mason at 1:45 p.m.
Lakota East – girls’ basketball – vs. Sycamore at 2 p.m.
Lakota West – girls’ basketball – vs. Hamilton at 2 p.m.
Lakota West – academic quiz – vs. Hamilton at 4 p.m.

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Lakota East and Lakota West will face off in multiple sports this week including bowling, wrestling, swimming and gymnastics. Next week, on signing day Feb. 1, Lakota East will face rival Lakota West in girls’ basketball.

In boys’ basketball, Lakota West has an important home game against Fairfield at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Firebirds (8-5 overall, 5-2 in the Greater Miami Conference) are currently tied with Fairfield (11-2 overall, 5-2 in the GMC) in the conference standings. Both teams are one game behind Mason (12-1 overall, 6-1 in the GMC) and Middletown (9-4 overall, 6-1 in the GMC).

See below for the weekly Lakota varsity high school sports schedule:

Tuesday, Jan. 24

Lakota East at Lakota West – bowling – at 3:30 p.m.
Lakota East – boys’ basketball – vs. Middletown at 7:30 p.m.
Lakota West – boys’ basketball – vs. Fairfield at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 25

Lakota East – academic quiz – vs. Mason at 4 p.m.
Lakota East – girls’ basketball – vs. Fairfield at 7:30 p.m.
Lakota West – girls’ basketball – at Oak Hills at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 26

Lakota West – bowling – vs. Clinton Massie at 3:45 p.m.
Lakota East at Lakota West – wrestling – at 7 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 27

Lakota East and Lakota West – swimming – at Mason at 5 p.m.
Lakota East – boys’ basketball – vs. Princeton at 7:30 p.m.
Lakota West – boys’ basketball – vs. Colerain at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 28

Lakota East – wrestling – Tri with Moeller/Mason at 9 a.m.
Lakota West at Lakota East – gymnastics – Lakota East Invitational at 9:30 a.m.
Lakota East – girls’ basketball – at Oak Hills at 2 p.m.
Lakota West – girls’ basketball – at Sycamore at 2 p.m.
Lakota West – wrestling – at Harrison at 7 p.m.

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With the day off from school on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, several Lakota East and Lakota West athletes are participating in holiday invitationals.

Both the Lakota East boys’ and girls’ basketball programs will take part in well-known Ohio prep basketball events.

The Lakota East boys (5-6 overall, 2-4 in the Greater Miami Conference) are playing at noon Monday against Vandalia-Butler in the Flyin’ to the Hoop Invitational, which is held at Trent Arena in Kettering.

Meanwhile, the East girls (7-5 overall, 5-3 in the GMC) will face Rogers (Toledo) at 5 p.m. Monday at the Classic in the Country at Berlin High School.

In gymnastics, both Lakota West and Lakota East are competing in the Troy Invitational Monday.

Later in the week, the Lakota West boys’ basketball team (7-5 overall, 4-2 in the GMC) will host Middletown (9-2 overall, 6-0 in the GMC) at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

See below for the weekly Lakota varsity high school sports schedule:

Monday, Jan. 16
Lakota East and Lakota West – gymnastics – Troy Invitational at 10 a.m.
Lakota East – boys’ basketball – vs. Vandalia Buter at Flyin to the Hoop in Kettering at 12 p.m.
Lakota East – girls’ basketball – vs. Rogers (Toledo) at Classic in the Country Challenge at Berlin Hiland High School at 5 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 17

Lakota West – bowling – vs. Badin at Gilmore Lanes at 4 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 18

Lakota East – bowling – vs. Sycamore at 3:30 p.m.
Lakota East – academic quiz – at Sycamore at 4 p.m.
Lakota West – girls’ basketball – at Middletown at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 19

Lakota West – bowling – at Colerain at 3:45 p.m.
Lakota East– swimming – at Tri at Milford (diving only) at 5 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 20

Lakota East– wrestling – vs. Fairfield at 7 p.m.
Lakota East – boys’ basketball – at Colerain at 7:30 p.m.
Lakota West – boys’ basketball – vs. Middletown at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 21

Lakota West– wrestling – at Mason’s James Horning Memorial at 9:30 a.m.
Lakota East – girls’ basketball – vs. Middletown at 2 p.m.
Lakota West – girls’ basketball – vs. Fairfield at 2 p.m.
Lakota East– wrestling – vs. Super Tri w Edgewood/Oak Hills/Alliance at 6 p.m.
Lakota East– swimming – at Oak Hills at Keating 6 p.m.

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The Lakota East and Lakota West boys’ basketball teams each face road tests against one of the top teams in the Greater Miami Conference this Friday.

Lakota East (5-5 overall, 2-3 in the GMC) – winners of three straight – will visit Mason (9-1 overall, 4-1 in the GMC) at 7:30 p.m., while Lakota West (7-3 overall, 4-1 in the GMC) will visit Princeton (7-2 overall, 2-2 in the GMC) at the same time.

This past Friday, Mason defeated Lakota West, while Princeton – losers of two straight – suffered a 60-55 upset at Oak Hills.

On the girls’ side, Lakota East will try to bounce back from a 70-63 loss to Princeton last Saturday when it visits Colerain (8-4 overall, 4-3 in the GMC) at noon this Saturday.

The Thunderhawks (7-3 overall, 5-2 in the GMC) did return starter Tazzie Shaw for the Princeton game.

Shaw, who had been out since suffering a concussion in a game against Notre Dame (Ky.) Nov. 30, scored 11 points and had 9 rebounds in the loss.

See below for the weekly Lakota varsity high school sports schedule:

Monday, Jan. 9
Lakota West – academic quiz – at Fairfield at 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 10

Lakota East and Lakota West – swimming – Tri with CovCath and Notre Dame at 3:30 p.m.
Lakota East – bowling – at Oak Hills at 3:30 p.m.
Lakota West – bowling – at Middletown at 3:45 p.m. (more…)

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After two weeks of limited varsity sports, all winter sports programs at Lakota East and Lakota West high schools will be action this week.

In girls’ basketball, both Lakota high schools will have to face Princeton this week.

The Vikings are led sophomore Kelsey Mitchell, who is ranked as the No. 1 player overall in the class of 2014 by ESPN HoopGurlz Terrific 25 rankings. So far this season, Mitchell is averaging 25.3 points per game.

Mitchell’s team, meanwhile, is 8-0 overall and 5-0 in the Greater Miami Conference. Princeton is also ranked No. 23 in the nation by ESPN.

Lakota East, which has suffered setbacks due to injury, is 6-2 overall and 4-1 in the GMC. Lakota West, on the other hand, is 6-4 overall and 2-3 in the GMC.

On the boys’ side, Lakota West (5-2 overall, 3-0 in the GMC) will be tested this week when it hosts Mason (7-1 overall, 2-1 in the GMC) at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Currently, the Firebirds are in first place in the GMC. Princeton (7-0 overall, 2-0 in the GMC) and Middletown (5-2 overall, 2-0 in the GMC), however, are both unbeaten in conference play.

See below for the weekly Lakota varsity high school sports schedule:

Tuesday, Jan. 3

Lakota West – gymnastics – at Miamisburg Inv. at 6 p.m.
Lakota East – boys’ basketball – at Sycamore at 7:30 p.m.
Lakota West – boys’ basketball – at Hamilton at 7:30 p.m. (more…)

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Last week it was the girls’ turn, now it is time for the Lakota East and Lakota West boys’ basketball programs to face off for the first time this season.

Last Wednesday, Lakota East defeated Lakota West in girls’ basketball by the score of 61-54. It was the third straight time that Lakota East defeated Lakota West in girls’ basketball.

Last season, the Lakota East boys’ team defeated Lakota West by the score of 74-34.

This year’s game is expected to be much closer.

Lakota East is 1-2 overall and 0-2 in the Greater Miami Conference, while Lakota West is 2-0 overall and 2-0 in the GMC. Both teams have a common opponent in Oak Hills, a team Lakota East lost to by the score of 48-46 last Friday and a team that Lakota West defeated 56-47 in its season opener.

Besides the big rivalry game, this week will be short due to the holiday break. Lakota students will be out of school starting Wednesday and won’t return until 2012.

See below for the weekly Lakota varsity high school sports schedule:

Monday, Dec. 19

Lakota West – bowling – vs. Taylor at 3:45 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 20

Lakota East – bowling – at Cincinnati Christian at 3:30 p.m.
Lakota West at Lakota East – boys’ basketball – at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 21
Lakota West – swimming – at Oak Hills at 4 p.m.
Lakota East – girls’ basketball – vs. Hamilton at 7:30 p.m.
Lakota West – girls’ basketball – vs. Mason at 7:30 p.m.

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The athletic departments at Lakota East and Lakota West high schools recently named their athletes of the week for the second time in the winter sports season. Seniors Adrianna McNeal and Daniel Lindberg received the honor at Lakota West, while junior bowlers Jeff Amlung and Kelly Monroe were honored at Lakota East.

Despite missing practice in the preseason with a microfracture on her tibia, McNeal helped the Firebirds jump out to 4-0 start this winter. Currently, she leads her team in rebounding with 5.2 rebounds per game and in steals with 2.6 steals per game. Last week, McNeal had her best game of the season when she scored 16 points and pulled down 13 rebounds in a 56-48 loss to Sycamore. Lakota West is now 4-2.

Lindberg was a double winner, and Lakota West’s only winner at last Saturday’s quad meet at Keating Natatorium. Lindberg won both the 200 yard individual medley and the 500 yard free style races. He also added to the Firebirds’ scoring total by swimming legs on two placing relay teams.

Amlung currently leads the Lakota East squad with a 167.6 average. According to the school’s official athletic website, eastthunderhawks.com, “Despite having limited varsity experience, he has stepped into a leadership role on the team. Jeff has worked hard in the offseason and at practice to improve his game. With his work effort he will continue to improve and will be moving up the conference leader board and taking the team with him.”

Monroe currently leads the Lakota East girls’ bowling team with a 122.1 average. According to the school’s official athletic website, eastthunderhawks.com, “Kelly has also worked on her game in the offseason and is showing potential to become a solid bowler in the GMC conference. She is also a leader on the team and encourages her teammates to raise their games as well.”

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Both the Lakota East and Lakota West girls’ basketball programs jumped out to great starts this winter, combining to win eight of their first nine games.

However, there can be only one winner when the two rivals face off at 7:30 p.m. at Lakota East High School Wednesday.

Both teams will be back in action with road games against Greater Miami Conference opponents on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the boys’ programs at both Lakota high schools will play Friday.

See below for the weekly Lakota varsity high school sports schedule:

Tuesday, Dec. 13

Lakota East – swimming – vs. Beavercreek at 3:30 p.m.
Lakota West – bowling – at Oak Hills at 3:45 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 14

Lakota East – bowling – vs. Princeton at 3:30 p.m.
Lakota East – academic quiz – at Middletown at 4 p.m.
Lakota West – academic quiz – vs. Hamilton at 4 p.m.
Lakota West at Lakota East – girls’ basketball – at 7:30 p.m. (more…)

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