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Lakota West earned its 10^th win of the season when it defeated Oak Hills by the score of 69-41 on the road Tuesday. Last year, the Firebirds finished with a 9-13 overall record.

The 28-point margin made for the Firebirds’ most dominating win of the 2011-2012 season. Leading Lakota West to the win was junior Monty Boykins, who finished with 18 points and 5 rebounds.

Lakota West sophomore Tyler Williams (photo from earlier game this season) added 10 points and 5 assists.

Another bright spot for the Firebirds was the return of forward Kayaune Ross, who had not played due to injury since Jan. 7. In his return, Ross scored 5 points and pulled down 4 rebounds.

Meanwhile, junior Jake Richmond and senior Alex Bergen each scored in double figures for Oak Hills. Richmond finished with 11 points, while Bergen totaled 12.

The Firebirds will be searching for their third straight win when they visit rival Mason (14-2 overall, 8-2 in the Greater Miami Conference) at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Oak Hills will also be in action Friday at 7:30 p.m. when it visits Princeton (12-3 overall, 7-3 in the GMC).

In previous meetings, Lakota West lost to Mason (70-60) at home Jan. 6 and Oak Hills upset Princeton (60-55) on its home court the same night.

Lakota West 69, Oak Hills 41

Lakota West (10-6 overall, 7-3 in the GMC) – Bowling 1 0 2, Hicks 1 0 2, Ross 3 1 7, Blue 3 0 7, Thomas 1 1 3, Barnes 3 1 8, Williams 3 2 10, Manin 2 0 4, Boykins 7 1 18, Grove 2 4 8. Totals: 26 10 69.

Oak Hills (7-8 overall, 5-5 in the GMC) – Richmond 4 2 11, Elliott 1 0 2, Walter 0 2 2, Pflum1 1 3, Herbig 1 0 2, McDowell 1 2 4, Bergen 5 2 12, Witsken 1 0 2, Chisholm 0 3 3. Totals 14 12 41.

Halftime: Lakota West 35-22. 3-pointers: L 7 (Boykins 3, Williams 2, Barnes, Blue); O 1 (Richmond).

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The Thunderhawks defense limited Oak Hills to 5 points in the first half and defeated the Highlanders by the score 38-17 Saturday. The win extends Lakota East’s winning streak to four games.

The win also gives Lakota East sole possession of third place in the Greater Miami Conference standings, behind Princeton (13-3 overall, 9-1 in the GMC) and Sycamore (16-1 overall, 10-1 in the GMC).

In the win, Lakota East took a 28-5 halftime lead. The leading scorer for the Thunderhawks was senior Alyssa Grevenkamp, who finished with 12 points.

In its next game, Lakota East will visit rival Lakota West (9-7 overall, 5-6 in the GMC) at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Sycamore will also play Wednesday night when it will visit Hamilton (11-5 overall, 5-5 in the GMC) at 7:30 p.m.

Lakota East 38, Oak Hills 17

Lakota East (11-5, 8-3 in the GMC) – Palmore 1 0 2, B. Satterwhite 2 0 5, Grevenkamp 5 0 12, K. Satterwhite 1 2 4, Franklin 2 0 4, N. Thomas 1 1 3, A. Thomas 0 2 2, Blomer 2 2 6. Totals: 14 7 38.

Oak Hills (2-14, 1-10 in the GMC) – Kingery 1 0 2, Laumann 1 0 2, Kilgore 1 0 2, Reddington 1 0 2, Murray 0 4 4, Eckstein 1 1 3, Rogers 1 0 2. Totals: 6 5 17.

Halftime: Lakota East 28-5. 3-pointers: L 3 (Grevenkamp 2, B. Satterwhite); OH none.

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The Lakota East boys’ basketball program lost its second straight game to a Greater Miami Conference opponent when it fell 48-46 to Oak Hills Friday.

Statistically, Oak Hills made a higher percentage of its shots and committed less turnovers than its opponent. Lakota East made 36 percent of its field goals, while it committed 14 turnovers. Meanwhile, the Highlanders made 43 percent of its field goals and committed 9 turnovers.

Oak Hills junior Jake Richmond, who finished with 26 points, scored more than 54 percent of his team’s points in the win. It was the second game where Richmond had scored more than 20.

Junior Stedman Lowry led Lakota East with 12 points and 6 rebounds. In three games this season, Lowry is averaging 18.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. He has also made 18-of-19 free throws (95 percent).

Lakota East (1-2 overall, 0-2 in the GMC) will host Lakota West (2-0 overall, 2-0 in the GMC) at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Oak Hills (2-2 overall, 1-1 in the GMC) will host Hamilton (1-4 overall, 0-2 in the GMC) at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Box score – Oak Hills 48, Lakota East 46

Lakota East (1-2, 0-2 GMC) – Leppert 0 1 1, Emrick 2 2 6, Harping 1 1 4, Lowry 2 7 12, Wall 0 1 1, Owens 2 0 4, Brady 1 3 5, Panzeza 3 3 9, Baxter 1 2 4. Totals: 12 20 46.
Oak Hills (2-2, 1-1 GMC) – Richmond 9 4 26, Walter 2 0 4, Pflum 2 0 6, Laumann 0 5 5, Bergen 1 3 5, Kamp 1 0 2. Totals: 15 12 48.

Halftime: Tied 20-20. 3-Pointers: O 6 (Richmond 4, Pflum 2); L 2 (Harping 1, Lowry 1).

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Lakota East jumped out to a 19-4 lead after the first quarter and cruised past Oak Hills with a 50-21 victory Saturday. The win improves Lakota East – No. 2 in the Cincinnati Enquirer Division I coaches’ poll – to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the Greater Miami Conference this season.

The Thunderhawks continued to add to its lead in the second quarter and ended the first half with a 34-10 advantage.

A total of 10 Lakota East players scored in the win. As a team, Lakota East made 22-of-43 of its field goals (51.2 percent) while Oak Hills made 9-of-38 of its field goals (23.7 percent).

Senior Alyssa Grevenkamp, who is committed to Findlay, led the Thunderhawks with 10 points and five rebounds.

With the loss, Oak Hills falls to 1-4 overall and 0-2 in the GMC.

In its next game, Lakota East (4-0 overall, 2-0 in the GMC) will host rival Lakota West (4-1 overall, 1-1 in the GMC) at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. That game will be covered by WestChesterBuzz.com.

Box score – Lakota East 50, Oak Hills 21

Oak Hills (1-4, GMC 0-2) – Laumann 2 0 6, Kilgore 1 0 2, Eckstein 2 0 4, MacArthur 3 0 6, Braun 1 1 3. Totals 9 1 21.

Lakota East (4-0, GMA 2-0) – B. Satterwhile 2 0 4, Grevenkamp 4 2 10, Pashi 2 0 4, Wyckoff 3 1 8, Blomer 4 0 9, Palmore 1 0 2, K. Satterwhile 1 0 2, Franklin 2 0 5, White 1 0 2, Thomas 2 0 4. Totals 22 3 50.

Halftime: Lakota East 34-10. 3-pointers: Oak Hills 2 (Laumann 2); Lakota East 3 (Wyckoff, Blomer, Franklin).

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Oak Hills erased a 19-point second half deficit, but came up short at the buzzer losing 56-47 to Lakota West Tuesday.

After leading Lakota West in scoring down the stretch last season, junior guard Ali Barnes waited until the final minutes of the season opener to get in the scoring column.

With the score tied 42-42 with three minutes to play, Barnes drilled a three pointer. He would later score on a lay up and make two free throws, as the Firebirds ended the game on a 14-5 run.

“When I took the three in the corner it was a little nerve racking. It was my first jumper of the season and it was when the game was tied, they were coming back and the crowd was out of it,” Barnes said.

“It felt good. It was a big shot to make and I just knocked it down.”

It appeared that Firebirds wouldn’t need any late-game heroics after jumping out to 33-14 lead in the third quarter.

Lakota West started to accumulate its big lead when 6-foot-4 senior Kayaune Ross scored 12 first-half points off the bench.

Ross, who entered the game without scoring more than two points in a varsity game, also finished with four rebounds.

Feeding off the energy in the first half, Lakota West began the second half on a 7-0 run.

Battling back, the Highlanders cut the Firebirds’ lead to 38-31 after three-point field goals from seniors Ben Laumann and Jack Pflum late in the third quarter. (more…)

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