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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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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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The Lakota West boys’ basketball team will be the last high school varsity basketball team in the school district to open its season when it hosts Oak Hills (0-1) at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The other three Lakota varsity basketball teams have a combined record of 7-0 so far this season.

The Lakota East girls’ team (3-0) will host Oak Hills (0-3) at 2 p.m. Saturday, while the Lakota West girls’ (3-0) will play two games this week. The Firebirds will visit Ursuline (2-1) at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and then will host Sycamore (2-1) at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Meanwhile, the Lakota East boys’ team (1-0) will host Fairfield (1-0) at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

See below for the rest of weekly varsity high school sports schedule:

Monday, Dec. 5

Lakota East – swimming – at Princeton at 4:15 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 6

Lakota West – bowling – vs. Princeton at 3:30 p.m.
Lakota East – chess – at Colerain at 4 p.m.
Lakota East – gymnastics – at CCD Quad at 6 p.m.
Lakota West – boys’ basketball – vs. Oak Hills at 7:30 p.m.
Lakota West – girls’ basketball – at Ursuline at 7:30 p.m. (more…)

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The Lakota East girls’ basketball team tipped off its season with a 58-42 win against McAuley in the Greater Miami Conference-Girls Greater Cincinnati League shootout at Cincinnati State Saturday night.

On Monday, the Lakota West girls’ basketball squad will begin its season when it hosts Mount Notre Dame at 7:30 p.m. The Firebirds will then play in two other contests this week – at Withrow Thursday and at home against Oak Hills Saturday.

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By week’s end, Lakota East will have also played three games this season. The Thunderhawks will play at Notre Dame Academy (Park Hills, Ky.) Wednesday and will play at Fairfield Saturday.

The Lakota East boys’ basketball team will begin its season when it hosts Lockland Friday night.

See below for the rest of weekly varsity high school sports schedule:

Monday, Nov. 28

Lakota East – bowling – vs. Mason at 3:30 p.m.
Lakota West – bowling – at Fairfield at 3:45 p.m.
Lakota East – wrestling – vs. Black/Silver Wrestle-Offs at 7 p.m.
Lakota West – girls’ basketball – vs. Mount Notre Dame at 7:30 p.m. (more…)

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