With the Winter Sports Season coming to an end and Spring airsing, this time can be mixed with a lot of different emotions. Every team can qualify for tournaments but it takes a hard and long fight to see who will make it out with a championship. The...

With the 2023-24 College Football season ending, the 4-team playoff format leaves. The new format will be a 12-team playoff, a large jump from four teams.  How does it work? The new 12-team playoff will include the “five highest-ranked conference...

Led by star SG Donovan Mitchell, along with Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, Jarrett Allen, and others, the Cavs had an optimistic look into the 2023-24 season. They have won 17 of their last 19, and have taken over the 2nd seed in the Eastern Conference....

As the Firebirds headed into the heart of Liberty Township last Friday night, they were a hungry group that sat a game out of first place in the Greater Miami Conference standings. While they had come close many times in the season, the team struggled...

This past NFL season has been a hectic one. Cincinnati Bengals fans in particular had a season riddled with injuries, surgeries, and glimpses of hope that sliver away. Or take the complete shutdown the San Francisco 49er’s had in their revenge match...

In the first Friday night basketball matchup of the 2024 calendar year, the Lakota West Firebirds took down the Lakota East Thunderhawks on West’s home floor with a final score of 56-46. While the matchup was fairly even when looking at the GMC standings,...

Being a student-athlete is an opportunity that should be taken advantage of, but it can also come with a lot of hardships. Being a high school student is already a lot to manage but trying to juggle a sport at the same time can start to get very stressful....

The 2024 offseason has begun for the Ohio State football team, after a loss to Missouri 14-3 in the Cotton Bowl. That game and the loss to Michigan have given Ohio State fans much cause for concern, as many feel that the program is starting on a downward...

At this point, the whole world knows who Simone Biles is and if they don’t, they must live under a rock. Simone is an incredibly talented gymnast From the United States. Simone has won many awards such as in the Olympics and World Championship medals...

Have you ever wondered what athletes do in their free time? Lily Johnson, a Senior here at Lakota West, plays Varsity girls basketball. She has been playing basketball for 12 years, and high school varsity all four years. She plans to attend college and...

LSU has gotten a commitment from Ohio State transfer and Lakota West alumni Jyaire Brown, giving a boost to a secondary group that struggled heavily in 2023. It’s now the third season in a row Brian Kelly and LSU have gotten a Transfer Portal cornerback...

The term baseball can be dated to 1744, in John Newbery’s children’s book: A Little Pretty Pocket-Book. The book has a brief poem and a picture explaining a game called baseball. A fun fact: the bases in the picture book are marked by wooden posts...