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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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Sophomore Alyssa Brown clocked 20:23.8 for seventh place at the Little Miami Invitational, leading the Lakota East girls cross country team to ninth among 16 schools, with the Thunderhawks set to race under the lights Saturday at the Troy Twilight Invitational.
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Lakota East boys soccer suffered its first Greater Miami Conference loss of the season, falling 3-0 at Sycamore on Friday, Sept. 18, dropping the Thunderhawks to 5-2-3 overall and 3-1-1 in the GMC.
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Lakota East boys cross country placed 10th of 17 teams at the Little Miami Invitational, led by junior Jacob Turner's ninth-place finish, and races Saturday evening at the Troy Twilight Invitational.
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A statewide petition asks the OHSAA to split postseason tournaments into separate public and private brackets, with a December deadline for 75 principal signatures and a potential May 2027 membership vote that would affect Lakota East and Lakota West.
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The No. 8-ranked Thunderhawks (3-1) carry a two-game winning streak to Hamilton (1-3) for a 7 p.m. Friday GMC road game, fueled by Nile Knutson's three-touchdown homecoming win and AJ Fitzstephens' clutch late field goal against Mason.
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Lakota West earned the No. 4 ranking in the AP's first Division I state football poll of the 2026 season, riding a 4-0 start powered by Northwestern commit Kenyon Norman and a suffocating defense into a top-five GMC showdown at Princeton on Friday.
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Lakota East boys soccer holds the No. 1 area ranking behind junior Miles Polachek's six goals and senior Nick Maslin's GMC-leading four shutouts, while the girls program sits at No. 3 in Eric Hickey's first girls top 5 of the season, with both teams facing Sycamore on Thursday.
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No. 3 Lakota West, 4-0 and allowing just 10.5 points per game, travels to No. 1 Princeton on Friday, Sept. 18, in a matchup of the GMC's only unbeaten teams with conference title implications.
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Unbeaten Lakota West hosts Hamilton and Lakota East welcomes Mason for Homecoming in Week 4 Greater Miami Conference football Friday, with GMC standings implications for both West Chester Township programs.
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Sophomore Alyssa Brown finished fifth in 19:54.2 at the Lebanon Running Warrior Invitational on Sept. 5, leading the Lakota East girls cross country team to ninth place among 36 teams.
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Junior Jacob Turner ran 16:45.5 to place fifth individually as Lakota East boys cross country finished 12th of 32 teams at the Lebanon Running Warrior Invitational.
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College lacrosse player EJ Upton collapsed at home on Dec. 29, 2025, with a ruptured brain aneurysm, was stabilized at UC Health West Chester Hospital and transferred to UC Medical Center for surgery, then returned to the field in the spring to score a goal.
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