Archive: Sports

The varsity baseball team is off to a 10-2 start this spring behind solid pitching, defense and timely hitting. This past week they went to Union Springs on Monday and defeated the Wolves 15-1. Shawn Mix, Justin Payne and Charlie Hatfield combined for the win on the mound. At the plate, Brian Milliman continued his strong start this spring at the plate going 4 for 4 with 3 RBI’s.

Trevor Wolf went 3 for 3 with 2 RBI’s while sophomore, Justin Payne added two hits. On Tuesday the Bobcats hosted Moravia in a divisional game and came out on top 10-2. Senior, Kevin Mabry threw a complete game five hitter while striking out six. At the plate, Shawn Mix went 3 for 3 while Teagen Barresi and Brian Milliman went 2 for 2.

Next action for the team is Friday at Moravia 4:30 start.

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The varsity tennis team is currently 3-1 with a loss this week to Elmira Notre Dame 6-1. Our 3rd doubles team of Nathan Allen and Tyler Engels pulled off a close match win with 2 tiebreaker scores of 9-7 and 7-5.

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Lansing girls trounced Union Springs in a duel track meet on Tuesday with an overall score of 109 to 23.  Lansing athletes took first place in all events except two.  Lansing took all three top spots in the triple jump when Colleen Trowbridge leaped 30'9",Rachel Bland 29', with Katie Bland taking third at 27'5".

Some big stories are freshman Chloe Ryan taking 4 first place finishes with a personal record in the long jump," says Coach Bill Levett.  "Veronica Palladino hit a huge personal record in Discus and another personal record in the 100m hurdles.  Colleen Trowbridge got a big mark in the triple jump."

Lansing hosted its annual 'Kickstart Classic' Track & Field Invitational Saturday when 13 schools participated in the all-day event.  With perfect weather, Lansing's Boys team scored in third place behind Ithaca and Dryden with an overall score of 92.50, and the girls team also came in third behind Ithaca and Dryden with a score of 72.  Bill Levett coaches the girls team of about 25 athletes, with Matt Scheffler coaching more than 40 boys.  ""We usually compete for league championships at the end of May," says Athletic Director Ed Redmond.  "We're usually in the top 3."

Despite the weather, Lansing's Spring varsity teams have already started their seasons.  Despite the snow day on Monday, a varsity baseball game and a JV softball game were scheduled on the home fields yesterday afternoon.  Athletic Director Ed Redmond attributes that to the high quality of the fields and the school grounds crew.  "Glenn Fenner and his staff do an outstanding job on those fields," Redmond told the Star yesterday.  "Due to the quality of our fields, our grounds crew, we feel like we're going to be able to play JV softball here today vs. Trumansburg, and we're going to play varsity baseball vs. Trumansburg here also."

Spring is bringing the Lansing Recreation Department's baseball and softball programs, and Recreation Director Steve Colt says that both programs are filling nicely.  His department is spending most of its time coordinating the two programs, recruiting coaches, and scheduling workshops for the K-6 programs.  "I was really pleased this year by the participation by the parent coaches that indicated that they were willing to coach," Colt says.  "It is probably one of the best turnouts in recent memory."

More than 1,200 competitors and spectators will converge on Cortland this weekend when the Cortland YMCA Stingers Swim Team hosts the prestigious New York State Swimming Championships.

The event takes place Friday-Sunday, March 16-18, at the Park Center Holsten Pool on the SUNY Cortland campus.

Wednesday night the high school Athletic Department celebrated 165 student athletes in an awards night ceremony.  The 12 Lansing winter teams had six divisional champions, two league championships, three Section IV championships, and 23 student athletes participated at State level competition.  Lansing had four All-American swimmers, and Kyle Dake became a State champion in wrestling.

In preparation for the 16U Tier 2 State Tournament March 9-11 in Clinton, the Ithaca 16U Shooting Stars played the Mohawk Valley Herricanes 19Us to a 4-2 win, and then faced the visiting Tier 1 16U Princeton Tiger Lillies falling 3-0 and 4-2. Shots on goal were fairly even in all three games so Ithaca goalies Sarah Eisenhut and Annabelle Jones each needed to make about 25 saves during the weekend.

Against Mohawk Valley, Janesa Cornish had two goals and Lauren Cole and Alex Colbert each scored one. Erin Grainger assisted on two, and Robin Worsell and Leigh Trumpfeller helped on one. In the 4-2 loss to Princeton, Whitney Colbert scored both, one assisted by Emma Marshall.

The Ithaca Shooting Stars girls hockey teams were all active Feb. 24-25 including three teams competing with other Central Section teams for the opportunity to advance to their age level state tournaments.

Ithaca 16Us defeated the Camillus Cougars 16Us twice by 4-0 margins to win the Central Section Championship and advance to the NYSAHA (New York State Amateur Hockey Association) 16U Tier 2 Tournament in Clinton, March 9-11. Sarah Eisenhut and Annabelle Jones shared goaltending duties for the two shutout wins. In the two games, Janesa Cornish scored three goals. Erin Grainger scored one goal and had three assists. Emma Marshall scored one as well as two assists. Ariana Cornish, Alex Colbert and Katie Long scored single goals. Lauren Cole made two assists and Robin Worsell one.

During Feb. 17-18, the three Ithaca Shooting Stars girls hockey teams that will be playing in Central Sectionals next weekend were preparing by playing strong competition. The 14U team defeated the Troy Albany Ice Cats 4-1 and tied the Rome Grizzlies 3-3. The 16Us were edged by the North Country Ice Storm Tier 1 team 2-0 and 2-1 but beat the Cornell Women’s Club team 4-1. Ithaca’s 19Us defeated the Pocono Pirates 19Us 3-1.

Lucy Marshall lead the scoring for the Ithaca 14Us with two goals against Troy and one goal and one assist against Rome. Carrie Wilder had one goal and two assists while Marissa Ramos scored once in each game. Meredith Kirk, Olivia Ramos, Jackie Cornell, Lauren Herrick, and Hannah Golay also added helpers. Ali Pace tended goal with 24 saves vs. Troy and 33 vs. Rome.

Midway Lanes Vestal: This past weekend the Lansing Boys team showed what they were made of by capturing the Sectional "C" Title. Starting out with a 1140 first game the Bobcats near looked back. The day was a total team effort as Phil Kulis lead the way with a 705 series and the rest of the team each bowled around 650.

Teamwork was the key as Kevin Quigley came into to replace Dan Baldini for the third game and helped provide the push that was needed to finish in front of all the divisions. The Bobcats now go back on 2-24-07 to roll in the section IV State Qualifier @ Midway and be one of ten teams from all classes to try for the Section IV Crown. Team work is what has gotten us this far and it's what will be needed this weekend to advance. The team consists of Kyle Christopher, Jon LaRock, Dan Baldini, Ricky Newton, Phil Kulis, Kevin Quigley, and Tyler Clark.