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Blog Entries - September 2021
The EL CAPORAL Lakota East Team of the Week-- Girls Soccer
This week's EL CAPORAL, Lakota East Team of the Week is the Thunderhawk Varsity Girls Soccer Team. East Girls Soccer is enjoying an outstanding campaign in 2021. The Hawks are currently 3-0-2 in the GMC coming off a tie with league leader Mason.
BOYS GOLF GMC RUNNER-UP
HAWKS FINISH 2ND IN ONE-DAY EVENT A rain-shortened GMC tourney was necessary to determine the 2021 GMC Boys Golf title (GMC bylaws). After Tuesday's round at Walden Ponds, the league determined Mason as the GMC champion. The Hawks boys (2nd
BOYS SOCCER FALLS TO MASON 2-0
Lakota East boys soccer visited Mason on Thursday and fell 2-0. The Hawks played outstandingly in the first half holding off the Comets 0-0. Mason was able to get on the board twice during the 2nd half on a couple of very difficult shots. East had some
GIRLS SOCCER TIES 1-1 WITH MASON
The Thunderhawks squared off against State Ranked Mason HS last night at the Hawks Nest. The JV team battled a much more experienced squad in Mason JV-A and fell short 3-2. They continued to battle till the final whistle and looked good in the
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL LOSES TO MASON
Lakota East Volleyball faced Mason last night in a BIG GMC conference game. Mason was able to sweep the Hawks in 3 sets: 9-25, 11-25, and 20-25. Natalie Dieball, Paige Clippenger, and Erin Cooney's had big attacks at the net and Julia Schaffeld's Blocks kept
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY 4th PRINCETON INVITE
The rain held off at the Princeton Invitational on Saturday, and the Lakota East Cross Country team saw some good conditions for racing which led to many lifetime and season-best performances. The men’s team placed a very respectable 4th out of 14
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY 6th PRINCETON INVITE
The Thunderhawk women placed 6th out of 9 teams at Saturday's Princeton Invite. The team did not have their top runner in the lineup for this event. Senior, Dani Thorner, led the way for East with her 10th place overall finish in the 85-runner
FOOTBALL EARNS COME FROM BEHIND WIN VS. AVES!
Lakota East remains unscathed in GMC play this year, improving to 4-0 against league foes with a come-from-behind 34-27 effort at Sycamore on Friday. The Thunderhawks scored 14 unanswered in the fourth quarter behind quarterback TJ Kathman, who threw a
GIRLS TENNIS RUNNER-UP AT COACHES CLASSIC
The Hawk ladies tennis team competed in the annual Coach Classic this past week. East was runner-up in Coaches Classic - Flight C division. See scores below: Turpin 17 pts Lakota East 14 pts Oak Hills 13 pts Summit 12 pts It was great
GIRLS GOLF 9th AT THE DUBLIN JEROME INVITE
The East girls golf team battled the elements up at Darby Creek for the Hope Invitational on Monday, hosted by Dublin Jerome. Off and on sprinkles with some strong wind gusts, made for a tough grind out there. The girls kept at it and finished 9th out of 21
GIRLS SOCCER DEFEATS BIG BLUE
HAWKS HOST MASON FOR GMC ON THURSDAY The Thunderhawk girls soccer team traveled to Hamilton to take on Big Blue in a GMC showdown. On a wet and rainy night, the JV Hawks started the night with a 6-0 victory over Hamilton JV led by a hat trick
GIRLS TENNIS BOUNCES MIDDLETOWN
HAWKS FINISH 3RD IN GMC East Girls Tennis earned a GMC win vs Middletown on Tuesday, 5-0. The Hawks finished 7-2 in the GMC with a solid 3rd place finish. See scores below: Reagan Gilbert vs Nora McGuffy 6-0, 6-0 Natasha Kejriwal vs Ashlynn Tran 6-0,
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL SWEEPS HAMILTON
The Hawk volleyball team dominated over the Big Blue yesterday, winning the match in 3 sets.
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No other details were available.
The Hawks visit Mason on Thursday.
Putter's Lakota East Athletes of the Week for 9/23/21
SOPHIA PERRINO
Sophia is a junior on the East Girls Soccer Team.
Sophia is a defender who has been instrumental in the Hawk's transition to a new formation this season.
Sophia is a savvy player who has a high soccer IQ and seeks to make herself an all-around better athlete!
The EL CAPORAL Lakota East Team of the Week-- Lakota East Girls Volleyball
This week's EL CAPORAL, Lakota East Team of the Week is the Thunderhawk Varsity Girls Volleyball Team. East welcomes first-year head coach Jenn Dreher. Her team this fall got off to a slow start but recently turned things around with a big GMC win over
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY 4th MILFORD INVITE
The top 5 varsity men’s teams at the Milford Invitational were only separated by 28 points. The Lakota East men’s team placed 4th despite not having one of their top athletes (Ashton Gibbs) in the lineup. Senior, Will Tenoever,
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY MILFORD INVITE RESULTS
The Lakota East women’s cross country team started to face some hot conditions in their race as they placed 13th out of 23 teams. Junior, Jocey Willis, continued to be the top Lady Hawk as she placed 15th overall out of 184 runners in 19:43.3,
FOOTBALL EARNS A BIG WIN VS. MASON 33-27!
East FB went on the road to Mason this past Friday and came away with a tough 33-27 win to keep their GMC record perfect at 3-0 (4-1 overall). A pair of TJ Kathman fourth-quarter touchdown runs was enough to lift Lakota East past Mason for its fourth
BOYS SOCCER FALLS TO SUMMIT
East Boys Soccer hosted Summit this past Saturday and fell to the D.2 powerhouse 2-0. East gave up a goal in the first half and then another with about 7 minutes to play in the game.
The Hawks (5-2-1, 1-0-1) will host Hamilton on Tuesday.
GIRLS SOCCER LOSES TO SUMMIT 4-1
The Summit Silver Knights journeyed to the Hawk's nest for a nonleague matchup this past Saturday. The Hawk JV team started the evening with a convincing victory 4-0 over an impressive Summit squad. The Silver Knights varsity squad repaid the
GIRLS GOLF PLACES 4TH AT GMC TOURNEY
The East Girls Golf Team battled it out in the GMC Tournament this past Tuesday and Wednesday. Playing within the top half of the conference with girls in their groups from Mason, Sycamore, Oak Hills, and West. There was some amazing golf played over the past
GIRLS TENNIS DEFEATS URSULA B AND FAIRFIELD
Girls Tennis earned a 5-0 win over the St. Ursula B team on Wednesday. See scores below Reagan Gilbert vs Cari Gemrich 6-2, 6-0 Natasha Kejriwal vs Cristina Reina 6-1, 6-0 Kelsey Retzsch vs Noelle Bellamah 6-0, 6-1 Kirsten Kusel/Abigail
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL FALLS TO FENWICK
The East varsity girls volleyball team took Fenwick to 4 sets coming out strong in the first set. Natalie Dieball’s and Anna LaCalameto’s kills along with Bre Sayles and Paige Clippenger’s Defensive net strategies lead the Hawks to victory
The EL CAPORAL Lakota East Team of the Week-- Lakota East Boys Soccer
This week's EL CAPORAL, Lakota East Team of the Week is the Thunderhawk Varsity Boys Soccer Team. East Boys Soccer is enjoying a great start to its 2021 season. Their record climbed to 5-1-1 with a 5-game streak this season (1-0-1 GMC). There is
Putter's Lakota East Athletes of the Week for 9/16/21
JOCEY WILLIS Jocey is a junior on the East Girls Cross Country Team. Jocey has led the Lakota East women’s cross country team in each of her three races in 2021. After struggling a bit in her first two meets, Jocey cut an entire minute off
BOYS GOLF 2ND AT UPPER ARLINGTON INVITE
East Boys Golf shot a team score of 298 on Monday at the Upper Arlington Invite in Zanesville, Ohio. The Hawks finished 2nd out of 16 teams and were just 3 strokes behind winner Dublin Jerome. TY SYLLA shot -3, 69. And Joe Wilson came in with a
BOYS SOCCER TIES WITH SYCAMORE
The East boys soccer team battled to a 3-3 draw against the Sycamore Aviators Tuesday night. Twelve minutes into the match junior, Jacob Nguyen slotted a ball to senior captain, Connor Pletikapich, who dribbled past the Sycamore backline and fired a shot 17
GIRLS SOCCER PLAYS TO DRAW WITH AVES
The Hawk Girls Soccer team traveled to Sycamore on Tuesday night for a GMC matchup. The Varsity squad managed to claw out a tie with a motivated Aves squad. Junior Erica Cox led the Hawks with a goal and an assist. Junior Macy
GIRLS TENNIS WINS TWO MORE MATCHES
East Tennis took on Mason's Varsity B team on Monday and came away with a 4-1 win. See scores below: Reagan Gilbert vs Niki Chhabra 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 Natasha Kejriwal vs Sonal Marla 6-3, 6-3 Abigail Price vs Ananya Karthijegan 6-2, 6-1 Kirsten Kusel/Mary
BOYS CC 4th AT TROY TWILIGHT
The Thunderhawk men ran a great race at Troy, placing 4th out of 16 teams, without their #1 runner (Will Tenoever) in the lineup. Leading the way for East was junior, Marshall Novean, who ran a season-best time of 17:18 to place 19th overall in the 145-man
GIRLS CC...WILLIS 5TH AT TWILIGHT INVITE
Jocey Willis continues to improve this season, as she raced up front this past weekend at the Troy Twilight Invitational. Jocey placed 5th overall out of 144 runners, and her time of 19:41.5 for the 5k (3.1-mile) course shaved an entire minute off of
LAKOTA EAST FB SMASHES BIG BLUE
Lakota East football continues to light up the scoreboard, having now put up 103 points in its last two games. The Thunderhawks have won three straight after pulling away from Hamilton Friday night with 20 consecutive points and posting a 54-21 win at home.
BOYS GOLF 3RD AT ST. CHARLES
East Boys Golf had a solid day this past Saturday at the annual St. Charles Invtie. The course only played 14 holes due to construction but East players focused on the positive and tried to beat par on the day (55). The Hawks finished 3rd overall among
BOYS SOCCER WINS 5TH IN A ROW!
The East boys soccer team defeated the Springboro Panthers on the road Saturday evening 2-0. In the opening minutes of the match senior captain, Connor Pletikapich, was taken down inside the penalty area earning a pk for his team. Pletikapich converted the pk
GIRLS SOCCER FALLS SHORT TO KY STATE CHAMPS
Thunderhawks took on the defending KY state champions, Sacred Heart on Saturday. Sacred Heart entered the match at 8-0 and featured the KY Gatorade player of the year, Junior Mallory Glass. The JV team started the day with a victory over a talented JV
GIRLS TENNIS FALLS IN STATE MATCH TO AVES
East Girls Tennis took a tough 0-5 loss to Sycamore in our GMC match and State Team match last Friday afternoon. See scores below: Reagan Gilbert vs Elle Frischer 3-6, 1-6 Natasha Kejriwal vs Corine Baker 7-6, 0-6, 7-10 Kelsey Retzsch vs Mya Reardon 6-4,
The EL CAPORAL Lakota East Team of the Week-- Lakota East Girls Tennis
This week's EL CAPORAL, Lakota East Team of the Week is the Thunderhawk Girls Tennis Team. East Girls Tennis is approaching the mid-way point of their season. Their fall campaign has been strong as the team has accumulated a 8-3 overall record and 3-1
GIRLS GOLF FALLS TO WEST
The East girls golf team took on Lakota West at Hamilton Elks on Thursday, Sept 9th. The course was playing tough for the match. West came out on top with a score of 168 against our 182. Lakota East's Clare Yeazell (sophomore) was the low medalist with
BOYS SOCCER DEFEATS NORTHMONT!
The boy's soccer team won their fourth game in a row with a 3-0 shutout on the road against the Northmont Thunderbolts Thursday evening. Junior goalkeeper, Kobe Foster, came up with two big saves in the opening minutes of the match to keep Northmont off the
GIRLS SOCCER TAKES DOWN THE FIREBIRDS!
The Thunderhawk Girls Soccer team took on league and cross-town rival Lakota West last night at the Hawks Nest. No one on the current roster has ever experienced a victory over West on the soccer pitch and there was plenty of motivation to go
GIRLS TENNIS DEFEATS KINGS AND PRINCETON
On Wednesday, East defeated Kings 5-0. See scores below: Reagan Gilbert vs S. Victor 6-0, 6-0 Natasha Kejriwal vs L. Astacio 6-0, 6-0 Kelsey Retzsch vs M. Moore 6-3, 6-4 Kirsten Kusel/Abigail Price vs B. Gause/H. Hardman 6-4, 6-3 Nisso
BOYS CC 7th AT WARRIOR INVITE
This past Saturday, the East Boys CC team ran an aggressive race to place 7th in a 20-team field at the Lebanon warrior invite. The team was missing a couple of their top runners at this event. Senior, Will Tenoever was the first
GIRLS CC 6TH AT WARRIOR INVITE
The Lakota East women’s cross country team had a strong showing at the Lebanon Running Warrior Invitational on Saturday despite not having their #1 runner (Jocey Willis) in the lineup. They placed 6th out of 14 teams. Senior, Dani
LAKOTA EAST SMASHES MIDDLETOWN
The East Football team smashed Middletown at home this past Friday by a score of 49-7. The Hawks built a 35-0 lead by halftime and never looked back. See scoring summary below: Significant individual stats QB TJ Kathman 4/5 passing for 166 yards and 3 TD's
BOYS GOLF 2ND AT NEW ALBANY INVITE!
East Boys Golf competed at the New Albany Invite yesterday. The Hawks finished 2nd overall shooting a team score of 317. Dublin Coffman was the overall winner with a score of 302. East senior Joe Wilson was 2nd overall shooting an individual score of 75.
GIRLS GOLF 6TH AT SPRINGBORO INVITE
East Girls Golf competed at the Springboro Invite on Thursday, Sept. 2. East had a team score of 349 and came in 6th place out of 16 schools. Clare Yeazell making the top 10 and Ellie Yeazell making the top 20 in low individual scores. The match
GIRLS SOCCER FALLS 1-0 TO ELKS
The Thunderhawks took on state-ranked Centerville at the Hawks Nest on Saturday. The JV team started the day with a hard-fought 0-0 tie with the Centerville JV-A. The Varsity team played a back and forth battle which ended in a 1-0 loss to
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL UPDATES
Last Saturday, East girls VB hosted the Loveland Tigers, and but up a great fight before falling in 4 games, 25-18, 23-25, 25-17, 25-21. The Hawks had the best serve-receive of the season and a great offensive attack but Loveland’s netplay held strong
BOYS SOCCER SHUTS OUT OAK HILLS
East Boys Soccer opened GMC play last night with a 2-0 shut out at home vs. Oak Hills. Goals were scored by: Ty Langhorn and Andrew Shroder. Kobe Foster earned the shutout as goalie with 3 saves.
Next up, East (3-1, 1-0) will visit Northmont on Thursday, Sept. 9th
GIRLS SOCCER DEFEATS OAK HILLS
Girls Soccer earned their first GMC win last night at Oak Hills by a score of 2-1. No other info was available to report at this time.
Next up for East Girls Soccer (3-2, 1-0) is a home match vs. Centerville on Saturday.
GIRLS TENNIS FALLS TO MARIEMONT AND MASON
East Girls Tennis suffered a tough loss vs. Mariemont on Wednesday, 5-0. See scores below: Natasha Kejriwal vs Ella Malafa 6-4, 1-6, 4-6 Kelsey Retzsch vs Kate Taylor 6-2, 5-7, 3-6 Abigail Price vs Lucy Glassmeyer 3-6, 1-6 Kirsten Kusel/Mary
Putter's Lakota East Athletes of the Week for 9/2/21
TJ KATHMAN TJ is a senior on the 2021 East Football Team. TJ is the Thunderhawk quarterback and is making big contributions to his team early in the 2021 season. At 2-games into the fall schedule, TJ has 235 yards passing and 3 touchdowns.
The EL CAPORAL Lakota East Team of the Week-- Lakota East Boys Golf
This week's EL CAPORAL, Lakota East Team of the Week is the Thunderhawk Boys Golf Team. East Boys Golf is annually one of the best teams in the area and state. The 2021 Thunderhawks continue to produce outstanding scores and results early in the
BOYS GOLF 8TH AT PICKERINGTON
East Boys Golf competed at the Pickerington Invite on Monday. The Hawks shot a team score of 320 and finished 8th overall. See scores below: Ty Sylla 75 Cam Uhl 78 Nick Collins 82 Walker Wood 89 Jacob Curry 89 Next up, East will compete at the New
GIRLS TENNIS SHUTS OUT BIG BLUE
East Girls Tennis defeated Hamilton 5-0 on Tuesday, to push their overall record to 7-1 and 3-0 in the GMC. See scores below: Natasha Kejriwal vs Vaishuavi Vengula 6-0, 6-0 Kelsey Retzsch vs Scarlett Mejia 6-0, 6-0 Abigail Price vs Jasmine Buell 6-0, 6-0
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