Boys Basketball

Short-handed Lakota East competing through adversity, earns shot to play for a title in Florida

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Lakota East High School coach Clint Adkins talks to his team in a huddle Dec. 28, 2025, during a boys basketball game against Franklin (Wis.) in the Lowman Law Firm Invitational at Nature Coast Technical High School in Brooksville, Fla. East won 52-30. RICK CASSANO/STAFF

BROOKSVILLE, Fla. — The process is working, even if it’s a little more gradual than Lakota East High School boys basketball coach Clint Adkins was hoping for.

Adkins isn’t big on excuses, so he’s happy that his Thunderhawks are making headway through a stream of adversity that started

 
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