LHS Junior Wins State Piano Contest

Lakewood High junior Makito Otsuka has won the Ohio Music Teachers Association’s Buckeye Auditions competition in the piano category. After winning one of the competition's five regional contests, Otsuka moved on to state finals at Malone University on June 6, where he finished first in the state. Otsuka, who also plays trumpet, was featured in the Orchestra Carnival of the Animals concert with Angelin Chang earlier this year.