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Lakota West unofficially clinched a Division I, Region 4 playoff berth after shutting out Colerain 48-0 on Oct. 9, with senior Kenyon Norman rushing for 182 yards and three touchdowns in the first half.
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Gov. Mike DeWine signed an executive order Oct. 13 letting Ohio colleges grant fifth-year eligibility to Class of 2022 athletes despite NCAA rules, a move with ties to Lakota West graduates competing at the college level.
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Senior tailback Kenyon Norman rushed for 182 yards as No. 2 Lakota West shut out Colerain 48-0 on Friday, Oct. 9, with Andrew Fryer anchoring a defense that held the Cardinals to 69 total yards.
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Hopewell Junior School in West Chester will hold Thunderhawk basketball cheerleading tryouts Nov. 10 and Nov. 12, with a uniform ordering deadline of Nov. 18.
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Lakota East boys soccer played to a 1-1 draw at Kings on Tuesday, the Thunderhawks' fifth draw of the season, leaving them at 7-3-5 overall and 4-2-1 in the Greater Miami Conference with two regular-season matches remaining.
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Lakota East volleyball beat Loveland in four tight sets on Oct. 6 to improve to 9-9 overall and 5-3 in the GMC, capping a stretch in which the Thunderhawks climbed from 5-8 to .500 heading into Senior Night.
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Hopewell Junior School has posted open gym and tryout dates for its seventh and eighth grade boys basketball teams, with sessions beginning Oct. 19.
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Lakota West hosts Colerain and Lakota East travels to Middletown in Week 8 Greater Miami Conference games Friday, Oct. 9, with both teams' playoff positioning on the line.
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Lakota East senior Brendan Lauber juggles football captaincy, trumpet in the school's top concert band and engineering coursework as the No. 8 Thunderhawks prepare for a Week 7 trip to Fairfield.
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Lakota West (5-1) travels to Middletown on Saturday, Oct. 3 in a matchup of GMC second-place teams, with Kenyon Norman topping 1,000 rushing yards, while Lakota East (4-2) looks to bounce back at Fairfield behind Nile Knutson's 1,422 passing yards.
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Lakota East boys soccer improved to 7-2-3 overall and 4-1-1 in the GMC after beating Hamilton 3-2 and Fairmont 2-1, setting up a pivotal home match against No. 2-ranked Mason on Thursday, Oct. 1.
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Lakota East sophomore Alyssa Browne ran 19:12.5 to finish 12th at the Fairmont Firebird Invitational, shaving more than a minute off her earlier season time, while freshman Lucy Meyer posted a breakthrough 22:10.2 as the Thunderhawks prepare for the Northmont XC Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 3.
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Lakota East boys soccer ranks No. 3 and Lakota West girls soccer ranks No. 5 in the latest area soccer rankings, with both programs facing pivotal GMC matchups this week.
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Lakota West beat rival Lakota East 2-0 at Firebird Stadium on Tuesday as former Firebird and Ohio State career goals leader Kailyn Dudukovich returned to broadcast the game, connecting the program's 2019 state championship past to its present.
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