A battle-weary Lakota East Boys Basketball team fell in a tough fight with GMC foe Sycamore last Friday. The final score was 42-38. The Hawks fell behind 20-16 at the half in a defensive struggle with the Aves. The Hawks rallied in the 2nd half only to fall short at the final buzzer. 

East was led by Trey Perry's 20 points and Tyler Bachman's 11.

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On Sunday night, the Hawks played their 3rd game in 6 days vs Covington Catholic HS in the Beacon Holiday Hardwood Classic. The Colonels are one of the top teams in Kentucky and proved it by getting off to a fast start in the contest. The Thunderhawks gave the ball up seven times on first-half turnovers, and the Colonials turned it into 13 points and led 33-21 at the half.

The Colonials built their largest lead at 40-25 midway through the third quarter before the Thunderhawks gradually made their way back. Trey Perry and Derek Jackson each scored 14 second-half points and Lakota East outscored Covington Catholic 22-13 in the fourth quarter.

Perry hit 1 of 2 free throw attempts to put the Thunderhawks on top 59-58 with under a minute remaining for an amazing come-from-behind effort. Then the Colonials sunk a pair of free throws to go up by a point, and Perry had a contested layup fall off the rim just before the buzzer sounded. Perry was named the Beacon Player of the Game.


Perry turned in a game-high 25 points and Jackson hit a couple of late 3-pointers on his way to score 16, but it wasn’t enough for Lakota East to overcome a double-digit halftime deficit in Sunday night’s 60-59 loss to Cov Cath.

East (7-6, 4-4) will play at Princeton on Friday, 1/19.