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Lakota East held off school district rival Lakota West, 77-73, Saturday night in a game that went down to the final seconds.

Myo Baxter puts up a shot against Lakota West in what turned out to be a 77-73 win for Lakota East Saturday, Dec. 15. Photo taken by Barb Trimble of TrimPhotoAndVideo.com. For more photos from this game, visit http://proofs.trimphotoandvideo.com/g/121512east_west

The Thunderhawks, No. 3 in the latest Cincinnati Enquirer Division I coaches’ poll, led Lakota West, No. 2 in the same poll, by 10 points with 2:48 left in the fourth quarter. The Firebirds, however, closed the gap to one and trailed 74-73 with a minute remaining, according to WestFirebirds.com.

Lakota missed opportunities to take the lead, missing field goals with 45 seconds and then again with 23 seconds to go. Then, with nine seconds left on the clock, the Firebirds missed a three-point attempt that would have tied the game.

According to the Pulse Journal, the two teams played in front of “a standing-room-only crowd.” The paper’s Eric Hickey reported senior Stedman Lowry led East with 24 points. Furthermore, according to the Pulse, Myo Baxter added 18 points and eight rebounds in the win.

WestFirebirds.com reported Lakota West seniors Ali Barnes and Monty Boykins led the Firebirds with 22 and 21 points, respectively.

The win improves Lakota East to 7-0 overall and 2-0 in the Greater Miami Conference, Lakota West falls to 3-1 and 2-0 in the GMC. Due this season’s scheduling rules, the game did not count as a GMC league game.

Lakota East will be back in action this Tuesday when its visits Oak Hills (0-4, 0-2 in GMC) at 7:30 p.m. Next up for the Firebirds is a home game against Sycamore (2-2, 1-1 in GMC), also on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

(Box score not provided)

GIRLS BASKETBALL - The Firebirds (6-1, 4-1 Greater Miami Conference) stayed in a tie for second place in the GMC with a 55-29 road win against the Indians (3-3, 2-2). Sophomore guard Lauren Cannatelli led all scorers with 12 points, and freshman guard Nia Staples added 11. Junior guard Bria Spaulding led Fairfield with 10 points.

Lakota West (6-1, 4-1) - Wells 2 0 4, Niehaus 2 0 4, Staples 2 5 11, Adams 0 4 4, Cannatelli 5 0 12, Whitaker 1 0 2, Carter 3 2 8, Tomasic 1 2 5, Aull 0 3 3, Kibell 1 0 2, Wasan 1 0 2. Totals: 17 16 55.

Fairfield (3-3, 2-2) – Butler 1 1 4, Slaughter 1 1 3, Spaulding 5 0 10, Mueller 1 1 3, B. Williams 2 0 4, Bentley 0 2 2, James 1 0 2, Branch 0 1 1. Totals: 11 6 29.

Halftime: Lakota West 34-11. 3-Pointers: L 5 (Staples 2, Cannatelli 2, Tomasic); F 1 (Butler).

GIRLS BASKETBALL - After losing its first five games of the season, Lakota East won its second straight when it defeated Middletown by the score of 56-47 Saturday afternoon. Sophomore Kandace Satterwhite led East with 16 points and seven rebounds, both career highs. Sophomore Cydney Franklin added 11 points for the Thunderhawks. Middletown senior Vada Edwards led the Middies with a season high 27 points. Edwards, who is averaging 19.7 points and 9.6 rebounds per game this season, also had 12 rebounds in the loss. Lakota East will be back in action Monday night at 7:30 p.m. when it visits Winton Woods.

Middletown (3-4, 0-4) - Rodriguez 2 1 5, Edwards 12 3 27, Shealey 1 0 3, Roberts 4 0 8, Reynolds 2 0 4. Totals 21 4 47.

Lakota East (2-5, 2-2) - Satterwhite 8 0 16, Rodgers 3 3 9, Wills 1 0 2, Franklin 4 2 11, White 2 0 4, Catron 3 0 8, Thomas 1 0 2, Goodwin 2 0 4. Totals 24 5 56.

Halftime: Lakota East 26-23. 3-Pointers: M 1 (Shealey); LE 3 (Franklin, Catron 2).

Comet Classic Diving meet At Sycamore
Individual results: 1. McConnell (Lakota East) 432.15; 2. Sewell (Mason) 428.85; 3. House (Lakota West) 392.40; 4. DiMasso (Sycamore) 378.45; 5. Brophy (Summit Country Day) 368.40; 6. Carr (Mason) 361.85; 7. Wegryn (Indian Hill) 353.5; 8. Arnold (Indian Hill) 335.45; 9. Hayes (Mercy) 323.90; 10. Korengele (Indian Hill) 323.25; A. Mitchell (McNicholas) 318.05; 12. Carolin (Seton) 310.50; 13. M. Mitchell (McNicholas) 310.30; Tepe (Colerain) 308.05; 15. Rupp (Oakwood) 304.15.

RESTLING Coaches Classic At Harrison Note: semifinals and finals are Sunday
Team scores (thru quarterfinals): 1. Fairfield 131, 2. Moeller 129.5, 3. Loveland 101, 4. Mason 93.5, 5. Ross 81, 6. Simon Kenton (Ky.) 80.5, 7. Mount Vernon 73, 8. Lakota East 70, 9. Elder 65.5, 10. Kettering Fiarmont 63, 11. St. Xavier 60.5, 12. Harrison 59, 13. Beavercreek 57, 14. Glen Este 53.5, 15. Sycamore 52.5, 16. Ryle 52, 17. Middletown 48.5, 18. Lakota West 45.5, 19. Walton-Verona (Ky.) 42.5, 20. Edgewood 42, 21. Colerain 41, 22. Princeton 39.5, 23. La Salle 36.5, 24. Lebanon 36.5, 25. New Richmond 36, 26. Amelia 33, 27. Bethel-Tate 32, 28. Oak Hills 30, 29. Deer Park 26, 30. Hamilton 25, 30. Reading 25, 32. Turpin 24, 33. Milford 23, 34. Kings 22.5, 35. Withrow 21, 36. Talawanda 19, 36. Northwest 19, 38. Madeira 17, 39. Western Hills 17, 40. Anderson 16.5, 41. Goshen 9.5.

Quarterfinals
106–Kearney (Mason) dec. Branson (Glen Este) 8-2; Roth (Lakota East) dec. Frankel (Sycamore) 8-1; Gatica (Fairfield) dec. Kruspe (Moeller) 4-2; Vuyk (Loveland) major dec. Bemerer (Reading) 13-2. 113–Riley (Mount Ver.) pin Sper (Fairfield) 3:43; Tucker (Loveland) dec. Logsdon (Lebanon) 9-5; Ziegler (Moeller) dec. Bean (Edgewood) 11-4; Milano (La Salle) major dec. Delvalle (Kettering) 10-0. 120–Daly (Lakota East) dec. Ward (Moeller) 6-5; Davis (Fairfield) dec. Owens (Simon Kenton) 10-6; May (Lebanon) dec. Peters (Bethel) 13-6; Adams (Ryle) major dec. Clouse (Beavercreek) 14-6. 126–Parrett (Kettering) dec. Allen (Colerain) 3-1; Borton (Moeller) dec. Ibarra (Madeira) 10-5; Parrott (Simon Kenton) dec. Donigian (Beavercreek) 6-2; Barden (Fairfield) dec. Selmon (Princeton) 3-2. 132–Denlinger (Kettering) major dec. Brown (Lakota East) 9-0; Hinkle (Mount Ver.) dec. Smith (Elder) 7-2; North (Ryle) pin Rose (Middletown) 3:43; Mendel (Moeller) dec. Meddings (Fairfield) 8-1. 138–Brown (Walton-Verona) dec. Stephens (St. Xavier) 6-1; Morgan (Elder) major dec. Davis (Glen Este) 10-2; Bryant (Fairfield) major dec. Keller (Beavercreek) 14-4; Leonhardt (Lakota West) pin Andrews (Deer Park) 1:58. 145–Sams (Fairfield) pin Burke (Oak Hills) 1:58; Camps (Edgewood) dec. Cummins (Turpin) 11-5; Collins (Mason) pin Morton (Moeller) 3:25; Jones (Ross) dec. Huber (Sycamore) 8-2. 152–Cooper (Simon Kenton) major dec. Williamson (Madeira) 12-1; Kowal (Princeton) dec. Staten (Mount Vern.) 4-0; Siemon (Deer Park) dec. Jones (Walton-Verona) 10-8; Davis (Middletown) dec. Wilson (Moeller) 7-4. 160–Heyob (St. Xavier) major dec. Conners (Elder) 10-0; Meyer (Moeller) dec. Caniglia (Loveland) 8-5; Lauffer (Fairfield) dec. Smith (Colerain) 2-1; Globke (Middletown) major dec. Rivera (Harrison) 13-2. 170–Sizemore (Moeller) pin Thomas (Fairfield) 3:11; Jones (Walton-Verona) major dec. Day (Reading) 15-1; Corba (Beavercreek) pin Meiman (Ryle) 1:09; Weber (Loveland) dec. Reid (New Rich.) 7-6. 182–Chamblee (Simon Kenton) pin Kennedy (Glen Este) 5:20; Rosser (Moeller) dec. White (New Rich.) 11-7; Danis (Mason) pin Jones (St. Xavier) 1:00; Lay (Loveland) pin Plunkett (Fairfield) 1:49. 195–Scales (Colerain) dec. Rowan (Glen Este) 2-1; Ludwig (Fairfield) pin O’Toole (St. Xavier) 3:45; Bridwell (Ross) dec. Thornberry (Moeller) 2-1; Lybarger (Mount Ver.) major dec. Allgor (Mason) 15-7. 220–Frueauf (Moeller) pin Brennock (Loveland) 2:22; Morris (Mason) dec. Jordan (Colerain) 6-3; Mueller (Simon Kenton) pin Batchelor (West Hi) 5:57; Heimkreiter (Ross) dec. Kuhllmann (St. Xavier) 5-1. 285–Burton (Lakota East) dec. Quick (Mason) 5-2; Gutapfel (Harrison) def. Alten (Loveland) injury default; Peacock (Ross) dec. Forsee (New Rich.) 7-2; Daniels (Northwest) pin Tulloch (Kettering) 2:35.

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The Lakota East boys’ team and the Lakota West girls’ team won their games on Tuesday night. East defeated Western Hills 69-59, while West defeated Ursuline 52-43.

Lakota East improved to 3-0 with its win. Senior guard Stedman Lowry led the Thunderhawks with 28 points. Teammates, senior guard Robbie Harpring and sophomore forward Myo Baxter, each added 13 points.

Meanwhile, Lakota West (3-1, 1-1 in GMC)) outscored Ursuline 17-9 in the fourth quarter en route to its third win of the season. Freshman guard Nia Staples led the Firebirds with 12 points. Staples is now averaging 13.3 points per game in four games this season.

Next up for East is a home game against GMC foe Colerain (0-0) on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Lakota West will be back in action this Saturday with a road game at Colerain (1-2, 1-0 in GMC) at 2 p.m.

Lakota East (3-0) – Bah 0 2 2, Enrick 1 0 2, Harpring 6 0 13, S. Lowry 9 7 28, D. Lowry 1 1 3, Baxter 6 1 13, White 3 2 8. Totals: 26 13 69.

Western Hills (1-1) – nathis 3 1 7, Davis 6 6 21, Sherman 6 1 15, adams 5 4 14, Clifton 1 0 2. Totals: 21 12 59

Halftime: Lakota East 34-29. 3-pointers LE 4 (S. Lowry 3, Harping); WH 5 (Davis 3, Sherman 2).

Ursuline (3-1) – Goodwin 2 3 7, Schirmer 3 0 7, Reilly 6 4 16, Christy 0 2 2, Miller 1 2 4, Valentine 2 0 4, Oglibee 1 1 3. Totals: 15 12 43.

Lakota West (3-1) – Wells 3 2 8, Staples 3 4 12, Adams 1 0 2, Cannatelli 2 4 9, Tomasic 2 2 8, Aull 2 0 6, Wasan 3 1 7. Totals: 16 13 52.

Halftime: Lakota West 26-17. 3-pointers: U (Schirmer), L 7 (Staples 2, Tomasic 2, Aull 2, Cannatelli).

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Both the Lakota East and Lakota West girls’ basketball teams fell to two of region’s best on Saturday, while the Lakota East boys’ team cruised to a 87-38 win against Lockland.

Lakota East freshman Sam Rogers takes a shot against Mason on Dec. 1, 2012. The Thunderhawks lost the game 60-30 and start the season 0-3, while Rogers is averaging 8.7 points per game. Photo taken by Barb Trimble of TrimPhotoAndVideo.com. For more photos from this game, visit http://proofs.trimphotoandvideo.com/g/120112east_mason

The Lakota East – No. 8 in The Cincinnati Enquirer preseason coaches’ poll – couldn’t keep up with No. 2 Mason, losing 60-30 and its third straight game to begin the season.

Mason senior and Missouri commit Kayla McDowell recorded game highs in rebounds with nine, in blocks with two and in points with 26. Sophomore Leah Goodwin led Lakota East with 11 points and six rebounds.

Meanwhile, the Firebirds – No. 6 in The Enquirer poll – kept it close before falling 51-46 to No. 1 Princeton.

Lakota West received a strong effort from freshman Nia Staples, who scored a game high 18 points. Sophomore teammate Lauren Cannatelli nailed four three pointers and finished with 12 points.

The Lakota East boys’ team improved to 2-0 with its win. Senior Stedman Lowry converted four three pointers and finished with 21 points in the win. Teammates senior guard Austin Emrick (12 points), senior center Zach Panzecca (16 points), sophomore forward Myo Baxter (14 points) and sophomore center Alex White (11 points) all finished in double figures in scoring.

Lakota East (0-3, 0-1) – Satterwhite 2 0 4, Rodgers 2 2 6, Goodwin 4 1 11, Franklin 2 1 5, Catron 1 0 3, Wills 0 1 1. Totals 11 5 30.

Mason (2-0, 1-0) – Herren 1 0 3, McDowell 9 8 26, Ammons 1 0 2, Neal 2 1 5, Gunn 3 2 8, Mason 1 0 3, Melinick 2 2 6, Van Kleunen 1 0 2, Brown 1 0 2, Rotowski 1 0 2. Totals: 22 13 18.

Halftime: Mason 29-17. 3-pointers: L 3 (Goodwin 2, Catron); M 2 (Herren, Mason).

Princeton (3-0) – Sherman 1 0 2, C. Mitchell 6 1 13, Roper 3 0 7, Ballew 1 1 3, Hardin 1 0 2, Drake 1 1 3, Pogue 4 3 11, K. Mitchell 3 4 10. 20 10 51

Lakota West (2-1) – Staples 7 2 18, Cannatelli 4 0 12, Carter 1 1 3, Tomasic 2 0 4, Aull 1 0 2, Wasan 3 1 7. 18 4 46

Halftime: Princeton 25-18. 3-pointers: P 1 (Roper); L 6 (Cannatelli 4, Staples 2)

Lakota East 87, Lockland 38 (scoring by quarter not available)

Lakota East (2-0) – Emrick 6 0 12, Harpring 3 2 9, S. Lowry 8 1 21, Mays 1 0 2, D. Lowry 1 0 2, Panzecca 8 0 16, Baxter 7 0 14, White 4 3 11. Totals: 38 6 87

Lockland (0-1) – Char. Harris 1 0 2, Athie 3 0 7, Hice 1 0 2, Carnine 1 0 2, Phillps 1 0 2, Riddle 3 2 8, Marshall 3 1 7, Chris Harris 1 0 2, Finley 3 0 6. Totals: 17 3 38

Halftime: Lakota East 41-17. 3-pointers: Lakota East (S. Lowry 4, Harpring); Lockland 1 (Athie)

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Both the Lakota East and Lakota West boys’ basketball programs won their season openers Friday night. Lakota East – No. 7 in The Cincinnati Enquirer preseason coaches’ poll – defeated Wilmington by the score of 72-59, while No. 2 Lakota West defeated Talawanda 51-39.

The Thunderhawks outscored Wilmington 21-14 in the third quarter, growing their lead to 10 points after leading by only three at halftime.

In the win, senior guards Stedman Lowry and Robbie Harpring combined to make 14 of their 14 free-throw attempts. Lowry finished the game with 18 points, while Harpring added 16 points and five assists.

Also contributing to the win were sophomores Myo Baxter and Alex White. Baxter had eight points and six rebounds, while White had career highs in rebounds with 13 and in points with 18.

Junior guard Tyler Williams paced Lakota West by knocking down four three pointers, finishing with 16 points. Williams, who has offers from Miami and Kennesaw State, also had five steals. Senior Ali Barnes (seven points), junior Tyler Bowling (nine points), junior Malik Grove (eight points) and Ethan Thomas (seven points) also contributed to the win as West played without its returning leading scorer in senior Monty Boykins.

The Firebirds actually trailed 11-9 at the end of the first quarter before getting out to a comfortable lead at halftime by outscoring Talawanda 23-9 in the second quarter.

Lakota East (1-0) - Emrick 2 0 4, White 7 0 18, Harpring 6 6 18, S. Lowry 6 8 18, Baxter 4 0 8, Panzeca 3 0 6, D. Lowry 1 0 2. Totals: 25 18 72

Wilmington (0-1) - Jarron Cumberland 5 7 19, Jaevin Cumberland 6 3 17, Scott 3 4 10, Mansfield 3 3 9, Briggs 1 0 2, Beaugard 1 0 2. Totals: 19 17 59

Halftime: Lakota East 35-32. 3-pointers: L 4 (Harpring 2, Lowry 2); W 4 (Jarron Cumberland 2, Jaevin Cumberland 2)

Talawanda - Webb 4 0 11, Robinson 6 0 12, Davidson 4 0 8, Kimiecik 1 0 2, Mincy 0 1 1, Adams 0 5 5. Totals 15 6 39.

Lakota West (1-0) - Barnes 2 1 7, Bowling 4 1 9, Williams 6 0 16, Grove 2 4 8, Thomas 0 7 7, Moo Young 1 0 2, Martin 1 0 2. Totals 16 13 51.

Halftime: Lakota West 51-39. 3-pointers: T 3 (Webb 3); L 6 (Barnes 2, Williams 4)

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Lakota East student athletes Myo Baxter and Stedman Lowry are starting to attract the attention of more college basketball programs, according to Lakota East head coach Wally Vickers.

Lakota East's Myo Baxter received an offer from Toledo to play basketball. The sophomore-to-be has a chance to be a "big time" recruit, according to head coach Wally Vickers. Photo taken by Joseph Fuqua II.

The 6-foot-4 sophomore has already received an offer from Toledo. As a freshman last winter, Baxter averaged 5.3 points and 3.4 rebounds per game. As the season went on, Baxter’s minutes per game and scoring went up – averaging 9.4 points and 6.2 rebounds in the last five contests.

Vickers said, “Myo has a chance to be big time.”

Meanwhile, Baxter’s teammate senior Stedman Lowry is getting interest from Kennesaw State. Lowry already has offers from Northern Kentucky University and Hillsdale College.

Vickers has also said that Navy wants Lowry to visit soon. According to The Enquirer’s Mike Dyer, Army has also shown interest in Lowry.

Many schools were interested in Lowry this past winter, but backed off after he tore his ACL just five games into his junior season. Prior to the injury, Lowry was averaging 17.5 points and 7 rebounds per contest.

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To let West Chester and Liberty Township residents catch up with the news that they need to know, WestChesterBuzz.com will list and link to all of last week’s top local stories every Monday.

Robb Vogelmann, who was named the principal at Liberty Junior in 2009, was approved by the Lakota Board of Education as the school district’s new assistant superintendent June 25, 2012. Photo provided.

Lakota hires assistant sup- The Lakota Board of Education approved at its regularly scheduled meeting last Monday the hiring of a new assistant superintendent and a new open enrollment policy, which allows children of Lakota employees who don’t live in the school district to attend Lakota schools.

Butler-Warren Road project forces more closures – The Butler County Engineer’s Office reported last week that two separate closures will take place in July on Butler-Warren Road north of the Liberty Way/Mason Road intersection. The closures are affiliated with the third phase of the Butler-Warren Road improvement project.

Lakota concludes that it will not ask for a levy – The Lakota Board of Education concluded last Monday night at its regular scheduled meeting that it would not place a tax levy on the November ballot. All five of the school board members, the treasurer and Lakota’s superintendent agreed it wasn’t the right time to ask voters to approve a tax hike.

Lakota East’s Myo Baxter received an offer from Toledo to play basketball. The sophomore-to-be has a chance to be a “big time” recruit, according to head coach Wally Vickers. Photo taken by Joseph Fuqua II.

Toledo offers Myo Baxter – Toledo became the first, of what Lakota East boys’ basketball head coach Wally Vickers expects to be many schools, to offer sophomore Myo Baxter a scholarship.

Former Lakota teacher gets 15 years for child porn – Paul McKibben and Dan Horn of The Enquirer reported that a federal judge last Tuesday sentenced a former Lakota school district teacher to 15 years in prison for child pornography crimes.

Rialto Road Bridge in West Chester to be replaced – Butler County Engineer Greg Wilkens reported last Thursday that the Rialto Road bridge over Mill Creek in West Chester Township will be replaced, causing a closure that will begin July 9 and end sometime in October.

West Chester Fresh Market to create around 90 jobs – According to a public relations specialist that works for The Fresh Market, the new location currently being built in West Chester will bring approximately 90 new jobs to the area. Most of those positions will be filled at a career open house Wednesday, July 11, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Cincinnati North Hotel, 11320 Chester Road in Sharonville.

Video shows police striking patron with batons at West Chester bar – A Surveillance camera video released last Thursday from a West Chester bar shows police striking a man repeatedly with batons during an arrest in May. Police said he ignored their commands and took a fighting stance, but a Butler County grand jury this week declined to indict him in the incident and his attorney indicated West Chester Township is negotiating “a resolution.”

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Lakota East's Myo Baxter received an offer from Toledo to play basketball. The sophomore-to-be has a chance to be a "big time" recruit, according to head coach Wally Vickers. Photo taken by Joseph Fuqua II.

As a freshman this past winter, the 6-foot-4 Baxter averaged 5.3 points and 3.4 rebounds per game. As the season went on, Baxter’s minutes per game and scoring went up – averaging 9.4 points and 6.2 rebounds in the last five contests.

“He continues to improve tremendously,” Vickers said.

“Myo has a chance to be big time.”

Meanwhile, Baxter’s teammate senior Stedman Lowry also recently received his first offer. Lowry received an offer from Hillsdale College after visiting the school on Monday.

“It is the first of many more to come,” Vickers said. “I am glad he has one and I expect him to have a good month of July.”

Many schools were interested in Lowry this past winter, but backed off after he tore his ACL just five games into his junior season. Prior to the injury, Lowry was averaging 17.5 points and 7 rebounds per contest.

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