Lakota East Athletics

2025-2026 Boys Wrestling

2025-2026 Boys Wrestling Seniors

Lakota East Wrestling

Bryan Pennix		Head Boys Coach
Greg Harmon		Assistant Coach
Josh Cioca		Assistant Coach
Shay Lenos		Assistant Coach
Keith Pennix		Assistant Coach

Practice Schedule: 2025-26 Practice Schedule

25-26 Season Outlook

The 2025 team will need to improve quickly in order to develop into a team with a chance to repeat as GMC champions. We need to replace half of the lineup from last year’s Greater Miami Conference championship team.

Our program participation numbers have doubled since I started 4 years ago. We have a HUGE freshman group with 19 freshmen on the team, but only 3 seniors.

I expect our strong junior class to grow in their leadership abilities as the season progresses.

We are looking forward to the challenge of getting better each day and can’t wait to see what the boys can accomplish.

East Side Pride

GMC Champions - Team GMC Champions - Individual		2025 33
GMC Runner-Up - Team		3 times
District Runner-Up - Team		2003
District Champions - Individual		12
State Qualifiers - Individual		45
State Champions - Individual		3 - Khetag Pliev x 2, Tony Johnson

#theEastway

Upcoming Events

Varsity
vs Fairfield(H)
01/03/2026 Sat. TBD
Lakota East High School

Junior Varsity
New Richmond Invitational(A)
01/03/2026 Sat. TBD
New Richmond High School

Varsity
at Wilmington(A)
01/07/2026 Wed. TBD
Wilmington High School

News & Announcements

Putters Athletes of the Week

Posted on: December 18, 2025

BOYS WRESTLING HARRISON DUAL RESULTS

Posted on: December 16, 2025

BUSY WEEKEND COMING FOR HAWKS The varsity Thunderhawks wrestled a dual meet against the #2 team in southwest Ohio on Friday. We lost 61-16. Wins for the Hawks were Mekhi Eady, Kevin Huang, and Brady Dillon. The JV team finished 2nd at our

BOYS WRESTLING 3RD AT XENIA!

Posted on: December 8, 2025

East Boys opened their season on Saturday, December 6th, at the Xenia Invitational. The Hawks were led by 165-pound champion Brady Dillon and 9 other top 6; the team finished tied for 3rd place. See individual highlights below: ● Sophomore Mekhi Eady

Cohen Reip and Demetrius Stanley Jr. wrestled in the STATE tournament this past weekend

Posted on: March 11, 2025

Cohen finishes a brilliant career with 109 wins. He was a two time district placer, state qualifier, and one victory away from placing in the top 8 at the state tournament. He is the perfect example of a Thunderhawk wrestler. Humble, hard

Putters Athletes of the Week for 3/6/25

Posted on: March 7, 2025

Boys Wrestling 3rd at Sectionals

Posted on: February 24, 2025

East Wrestling finished 3rd overall at the Sectional Championships at Lebanon on Saturday. East Qualifers to the District Championships are: 165-Brady Dillon-2nd 175-Matthew Malay--2nd 215-Cohen Reip--2nd 285-Demetrius Stanley-FIRST 126-Kevin

BOYS WRESTLING CAPTURES FIRST GMC TITLE!

Posted on: February 18, 2025

The Lakota East boys wrestling team made school history this past weekend by capturing their first-ever GMC team title! The Thunderhawks dominated the mat, scoring bonus points in over 71% of their matches and finishing with a 64.5-point margin of victory.