Playoff football made it’s way to Butler County and Lakota East High School as the eighth seeded Thunderhawks played host to the number nine seed West Clermont Wolves.

Lakota East plays host to West Clermont in a Division I, Region 4 first-round game Friday night in Liberty Township.

On May 15, Lakota East Freshman student Aspen Runnels was walking in the crosswalk at the intersection of Bethany Road and Liberty Court just after 2 p.m. when he was fatally struck by a vehicle.

In the wake of the incident, several parents expressed concerns about speeding and safety along busy Bethany Road, where the Lakota East Freshman Campus sits. The school stated back in May that it ...

In May, 15-year-old Aspen Dylan Runnels was walking in a crosswalk toward the end of the school day at the Lakota East Freshman Campus and was struck by a vehicle driven by Kaitlyn Hyde ...

Lakota West senior quarterback Sam Wiles rushed for 199 yards and two touchdowns and threw for another score in the Firebirds ...

In May, a 15-year-old student tragically died after being hit while in a crosswalk at the Lakota East Freshman Campus. In September, a 17-year-old student was seriously injured after being struck ...

Lakota West High School Principal Scott Laman and Head Football Coach Tom Bolden both ... injuries and is a college student now. Lakota East Freshman School student Aspen Dylan Runnels, 15 ...

The 26-year-old driver who struck and killed 15-year-old Aspen Runnels outside Lakota East Freshman School in Liberty Township on May 15 was recently indicted with a misdemeanor count of vehicular ...

On May 15, Aspen Runnels was hit and killed by a pickup truck at a crosswalk just outside of Lakota East Freshman School. In September, just four months later, a second student was hit by a pickup ...

The message was sent by a 17-year-old student at Lakota East High School. “I’m shooting up the school tomorrow, be ready,” the student said via Snapchat. Threatened with deportation ...