Welcome to the Lakota Tomahawks Team # 19's home web page. The Tomahawks are one of the largest and most successful full contact youth football programs in the country. Team 19 plays in the Community Youth Football League and will be entering the 5th grade level in 2008.

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2006 CYFL 3rd Grade League Champs and Division Champs

2007 CYFL 4th Grade League Champs and Division Champs

2008 CYFL 5th Grade Runner-Up and Division Champs 

After 53 straight wins, Team 19 finally loses a game and unfortunately it came during the 2008 CYFL Championship game.  Loveland #2 was both well prepared and well-coached.  Loveland won the time of possession, won the turnover ratio, and had less penalties than Team 19.  In the first half, Team 19 was driving the ball well but when it was 3rd and goal from the 6 yard line we had a costly illegal procedure call that they could not bounce back from and turned over the ball to Loveland inside their own ten.  Loveland marched the ball down the field right before half sparked by two nice catches but the half ended in a tie.  The second half started with Team 19's defense bending but not breaking.  A fumble on a punt return for the Tomahawks set up great field position for Loveland.  However, Team 19 had a great goal-line stand and stopped Loveland on their own one yard line 4 straight plays.  Team 19 then had the tough job of taking over offensively on that same one yard line.  They moved the ball out to about the 20 but was forced to punt with about 5 minutes left in the game.  Loveland pressured the kick well and the Loveland returner made a nice snag catching the punt in stride and returning it to the Tomahawk 3 yard line.  Team 19 could not muster up another goal line stand and when Loveland converted the kick they took the lead 8-0.  Team 19 took the ball and drove it down the field hoping for the game tying touchdown.  However, the drive stopped on Loveland's 20 when Team 19 had its second turnover on a fumble.  After three more costly penalties for Team 19, Loveland then tacked on a second touchdown to ice the game and win 16-0.

Needless to say the boys of Team 19 where heart broken but regardless of the outcome of the game, Team 19 players should hold their head up high as they have nothing to be ashamed of.  They played their heart out but just came up short this year.  I am just as proud of them this year as I was last year.  It is very difficult to try to win three straight CYFL Championships.  As a matter of fact, no other Tomahawk team has ever done that.  To win two League Chammpionships in a row and to follow it up with a League Runner Up is nothing to be discounted.  Count on Team 19 coming back with a vengenance next year to win that title in their last year.

Week two of the playoffs had Team 19 playing another tough Tomahawk team.  Team 20 came out prepared and ready for the challenge when they took their first snap and went 55 yards to take the early lead 6-0.  For the first time, Team 19 had their back up against the wall but came storming back with a potent offense.  Team 19 racked up 251 yards of offense scoring four touchdowns while Austin Williams was a perfect 4 for 4 on extra point kicks.  Kaleb Lepper led the way with 109 yards rushing while Nick Sam had 107.  Lepper had a TD while Nick Sam had two.  The last touchdown for the Tomahawks was by Brett Schneider who banged his way in from the one.  Adding to the offensive output was Andrew Acuna 33 yards, and Austin Hatfield 4 yards.  The game was won in the trenches with the great blocking of Ben Hinton, Luke Brown, Alex Parker, Derek Swingle, Mikey Kennard, Jon Fox, Luc Gendreau, Hatfield and Schneider.  The defense was led by Sam and Acuna who had 7 tackles a piece while Tyler Towns added 6 and Andrew Binzer added 4.  Chandler Forsthoffer recovered a fumble as well as Nick Sam.  Tyler Towns blocked a punt while Sam Roth blocked an extra point.  Team 19's cheers where led by Leah Aspinwall, Sydney Gormont, Emily Harris, Jenna Hill, Ryanne Kotte, Emily Oleson, Isabel Oleson, Erika Orr, Tristan Philpot, Brittany Shannon, Morgan Smith, Jessica Towns, Kelsie Wieland, and Kaelin Wieland       

Team 19 gets it shot to become the first Tomahawk team to ever win three straight championships when they take on a very worthy foe in Loveland #2.   This one should be an exciting game.  The Super Bowl will be Saturday, October 25th at 7 pm at Kings High School.

In the first round of the playoffs for Team 19, they where faced with a rematch of the 2006 Superbowl by matching up with Lakota Team #3.  Team 19 knew that Team 3 would be well prepared by their coaching staff and be fired up for the battle.  It had to be a fun one for the fans to watch.  After both teams went four and out, Team 19 went on a 15 play drive and took the lead when Nick Sam banged his way in from the three yard line which was followed by Austin Williams who split the uprights to make it 8-0.  Team 19 took the ball in the second half and put together another drive that took the entire third quarter but on the 12th play from the 8 yard line they fumbled and turned the ball over.  Five plays later the defense picked up the slack for Team 19's offense when Kaleb Lepper picked off a pass and returned it 40 yards for a touchdown.  After Austin Williams make his kick again the score went to 16-0.  Michael Reimer put the nail on the coffin when he also intercepted a pass and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown to make the final score 22-0.

Nick Sam led all rushers with 78 yards rushing while Andrew Acuna added 26 and Kaleb Lepper added 18.  The defense was led by Brody Ketron, Brett Schneider and Andrew Acuna who had three tackles a piece while Austin Hatfield, Andrew Binzer, Ben Hinton, Naai'l Mahdi, and Tyler Bostion all had two.  Jordan Shean also added an interception to end the game. 

Hats off to Team 3 players, coaches, and fans who are a class act and had to over come a lot of adversity this year to make the playoffs.  They should be very proud of their accomplishments.  

Once again Team 19 cheerleaders put on a great "show".  Cheers are led by Leah Aspinwall, Sydney Gormont, Emily Harris, Jenna Hill, Ryanne Kotte, Emily Oleson, Isabel Oleson, Erika Orr, Tristan Philpot, Brittany Shannon, Morgan Smith, Jessica Towns, Kelsie Wieland, and Kaelin Wieland     

Up next for Team 19, fellow Tomahawk Team #20. 

The 5th grade Lakota Tomahawks Team 19 finished the regular season with a convincing win over Division Three Champion Milford #23.  The Tomahawks dominated the game beating the Eagles 34-14.  The Tomahawks had an outstanding day offensively racking up 260 yards of offense using 12 different rushers.  The offense was led by Nick Sam who rushed for two touchdowns and 97 yards while Andrew Acuna also added two touchdowns and 67 yards.  Naa'ill Mahdi added 39 yards, Brody Ketron 43 yards (Threw for a TD), Austin Hatfield 12 yards, Kyler Bengal 11 yards, Jordan Shean 2 yard TD run, Brett Scheider 2, Jon Fox 6, and DJ Benson 6.  Austin Williams coverted two kicks to round out the scoring.  The defense was led by Ben Hinton's 3 tackles and a sack that caused a fumble that Andrew Binzer recovered.  Tyler Towns also added 3 tackles as well while Sam Roth, Kaleb Lepper, Luke Brown, and Luc Genreau all added 2 tackles.  Team 19's cheers are led by Leah Aspinwall, Sydney Gormont, Emily Harris, Jenna Hill, Ryanne Kotte, Emily Oleson, Isabel Oleson, Erika Orr, Tristan Philpot, Brittany Shannon, Morgan Smith, Jessica Towns, Kelsie Wieland, and Kaelin Wieland   

Lakota Tomahawk 5th grade Team 19 remains undefeated as they beat Little Miami Red 36-0.  The opening drive set up one of the most exciting plays of the year when DJ Benson threw a half back pass to Michael Reimer which went for 12 yards and the 1st touchdown.  It was all Lakota from there.  Naai'l Mahdi led all rushers with 39 yards rushing (TD, XPT Run), Kyler Bengal 31 yards (TD), Austin Hatfield 28 yards (TD), Kaleb Lepper 28 yards (TD), Jon Fox 14 yards (XPt Run), Brett Schneider 8 yards, and Austin Williams 2 Xpt kicks.  The defense did not give up a first down the entire game, forced seven turnovers, and Little Miami had negative yards of offense for the day.  The defense was led by Chandler Forsthoffer, Jordan Shean and Sam Roth who all had 4 tackles while Austin Haley, Jack Vanhorn, and Cody Shannon added three.  Team 19 had six fumble recoveries: Hatfield 2, Schneider, Reimer, Forsthoffer, and Nick Sam.  Fox added an interception.  Team 19's cheers where led by Leah Aspinwall, Sydney Gormont, Emily Harris, Jenna Hill, Ryanne Kotte, Emily Oleson, Isabel Oleson, Erika Orr, Tristan Philpot, Brittany Shannon, Morgan Smith, Jessica Towns, Kelsie Wieland, and Kaelin Wieland 

Hurricane Ike could not stop Team 19 from beating their toughest competition of the year Loveland #2 8-6 in a great game.  Team 19 took the opening drive and drove down the field and on the sixth play of the drive, Kaleb Lepper found the endzone on a 10 yard run.  In a huge wind storm Team 19 called upon Austin Williams to pull off what most people thought was an almost impossible feat.  However, with the elements against him he split the uprights to complete the kick conversion which ended up being the game winner.  Late in the game, Loveland scored to make it 8-6 and needed to match the T'Hawk kick to send the game to overtime.  However when the Tigers went to kick it, Nick Sam of the Tomahawks blocked the extra point kick to conserve the victory.  Sam also led all rushers with 55 yards rushing while Andrew Acuna added 36 yards.  Acuna also led the defense with 6 tackles.  Team 19 team members also include Brody Ketron, Andrew Binzer, Jack Vanhorn, Chandler Forsthoffer, Jon fox, Ben Hinton, Naai'l Mahdi, Brett Schneider, Cody Shannon, Sam Roth, Michael Reimer, Jordan Shean, Christian Cunningham, Kyler Bengal, Derek Swingle, Tyler Towns, Austin Hatfield, DJ Benson, Jake Dauer, Tyler Bostion, Mikey Kennard, Luke Brown, Tim Tanner-Blair, Austin Haley, Alex Parker, and Luc Gendreau.  Team 19's cheers where led by Leah Aspinwall, Sydney Gormont, Emily Harris, Jenna Hill, Ryanne Kotte, Emily Oleson, Isabel Oleson, Erika Orr, Tristan Philpot, Brittany Shannon, Morgan Smith, Jessica Towns, Kelsie Wieland, and Kaelin Wieland.   

It was a busy but exciting 1st weekend for Team 19 as they opened up the season Saturday at Paul Brown Stadium sporting their new white jerseys.  The T-Hawks came out rusty as Mariemont scored first and was ahead at halftime 6-0.  However, at the start of the 2nd half, the T-Hawk offense took over and scored quick to tie the game at 6-6.  The defense stood strong and got the ball back into the hands of the offense as they marched down the field for the game winning TD 13-6.  The offense was led by Andrew Acuna who rushed for over 100 yards and two TD's while Kaleb Lepper added the point after run.

Sunday brought Lakota's Jamboree games pitting T-Hawk team versus T-Hawk team.  Team 19 looked strong as they beat both Team #18 and Team #20 15-0 a piece.  TD's where scored by Andrew Acuna, Kaleb Lepper, DJ Benson and Naa'il Mahdi.  Jordan Shean and Kyler Bengal ran in both of their conversion runs while Austin Williams converted both of his extra point kicks.

The jamboree contests where also very favorable for Team 19 as Nick Sams finished 1st in the run while Naa'il Mahdi finished 3rd in the run.  Kaleb Lepper also finished third in the passing competition. 

T-Hawks looked great as they won their preview game against Indian Hill 24-0.  Indian Hill won the toss but deferred and gave the ball to the Tomahawks.  Why?  So the Tomahawks took the ball and ran it straight up the gut and marched down the field but fumbled on the 1 yard line to stop the drive.  The stingy T-Hawk defense stopped them three and out which set up an exciting play.  Naai'l Mahdi received the punt, sprinted to the left, and was gone for the first TD untouched.  Austin Williams converted the kick to make it 8-0.  The Tomahawks went on defense and after a Jordan Shean interception drove the ball down to the ten but ran out of time before half.  The next score came on a Brody Ketron 30 yard sprint around the corner while Austin Williams converted the extra point kick.  The Tomahawks last TD came on a 10 yard reception from Ketron to Jon Fox and Austin Williams once again converted the extra point kick.  Brett Schneider had 30 yards receiving/rushing, Austin Hatfield had 25 yards rushing, Kaleb Lepper had 37 yards rushing/receiving and Andrew Acuna had 32 yards rushing.  Ketron finished 4 of 9 for 43 yards passing.   The Tomahawk defense only gave up one first down the entire game. Tackles where led by Andrew Binzer 3, Chandler Forsthoffer 3, Austin Haley 3, Nick Sam 2, Tyler Towns 2, Mikey Kennard 2, and Brett Schneider 2.

The next day, Team 19 traveled to Mt Healthy to play the Super Bowl runner up for their prospective league, Three Rivers.  Although the Tomahawks racked up close to 200 yards of offense, they could not put the ball in the endzone due to costly penalties and fumbles.   Team 19's defense was solid only giving up one first down and allowing negative yards of offense for their opponnent for the game.  It was disappointing to see the game end in a tie even though the Tomahawks dominated the game from the first snap. 

The 5th grade Team 19 Tomahawks played their first division game against the Sycamore Aviators at home and won 28-8.  On the opening drive on a third and long, Naai'l Mahdi took the handoff and zigged zagged through the Aviator defense on the way to a 30 yard TD scamper.  Austin Williams converted the kick.  After the Tomahawks stopped Sycamore three and out, Kaleb Lepper received the punt and took off for a 49 yard TD jaunt of his own.  The third touchdown came on the initial drive in the second half when Nick Sam darted around the end for a 11 yard TD.  Austin Williams converted the kick.  The last touchdown came on the defensive side of the ball when Naai'l Mahdi found paydirt again when he intercepted a pass for a 49 yard touchdown.  Adding to the Tomahawks 300 yards of offense was Andrew Acuna 29 yards,  Austin Hatfield 12 yards, DJ Benson 33 yards, Kaleb Lepper 57 yards, Brody Ketron 48 yards,  Luc Gendreau 11 yards, Brett Schneider 2 yards and Kyler Bengal 1 yard.  Other contributers to Team 19's win where Andrew Binzer, Jack Vanhorn, Chandler Forsthoffer, Jon Fox, Ben Hinton, Cody Shannon, Sam Roth, Michael Reimer, Jordan Shean, Christian Cunningham, Derek Swingle, Tyler Towns, Jake Dauer, Tyler Bostion, Mikey Kennard, Luke Brown, Austin Haley, and Alex Parker. Team 19's cheers where led by Leah Aspinwall, Sydney Gormont, Emily Harris, Jenna Hill, Ryanne Kotte, Emily Oleson, Isabel Oleson, Erika Orr, Tristan Philpot, Brittany Shannon, Morgan Smith, Jessica Towns, Kelsie Wieland, and Kaelin Wieland.