Archive: Sports

2/2 -- In a key match the Lansing Bobcats Boys Varsity team took all four points from Waverly 2988 to 2637. Lansing was lead by Danny Baldini 258-690 series and Jon LaRock 226-606 series. Waverly's high score was Shane LaFritz with 215-615 series.

On the girls side Waverly won all points but the last game was a close one with them winning by a pin. Megan Paterson 199-547 & Taylor McCutcheon 201-525 paced Waverly while Rachel Strolman 190-543 was Lansing's high score. This was Lansing's last home match and there final match of the season will be Tuesday @ Rossi Lanes against Elmira Notre Dame.

The Ithaca 14U Shooting Stars came home champions of the Bantam division of the Nepean Girls Hockey Association tournament Feb. 3-5 near Ottawa, Ontario. They had four victories to qualify for the championship game which they won 1-0 over the Nepean #3 Bantams on Erin Grainger's goal. Grainger scored from the point assisted by Whitney Colbert and Emily Eisenhut. Sarah Eisenhut earned her third shutout of the tournament in the tight final contest.

They defeated Nepean #2 3-0, North Bay 4-1, and Stone Mills 6-0 before meeting Sudbury in the semi-final round and winning 5-1. Colbert had one hat trick during the tournament as well as four other goals and two other assists. Her twin Alex Colbert had one goal and four assists during the tournament. Katie Long scored three goals and four assists. Emma Marshall had two goals and two assists, and her sister Lucy had two goals. Other goals were scored by Lauren Cole, Sarah Mogil and Kelly Shenk. Other assists were recorded for Colleen Dillon, Cole, Mogil, Eisenhut and Grainger.

People who work at home and home schoolers are almost an invisible sub-culture in Lansing and the surrounding area.  You don't tend to see them or even know about them unless you are one.  So it might be surprising to learn what a large and active home school community there is here and in Tompkins County as a whole.


You would think that home schooling isolates kids, but the local community finds ways to bring them together to interact, and to have some fun.  Mondays from 1pm - 2:30pm you'll find a group of them at The FIELD on East Shore Drive in Lansing, where Mike Carpenter and Fritz Schmidt have organized a ten week soccer program.  18 kids from about a dozen families showed up last Monday, aged 8 to 13 years old.  They came from Candor, Newfield, Ithaca, Danby, Trumansburg and Lansing.  "It grows and shrinks from week to week," says Schmidt.

The Lansing Basketball Team picked up two more wins over the past week.

1/27 - The Boys Varsity Team beat Southern Cayuga 71-34.  The guys were led by Treyson Barresi's 19 points and Ryan Shaff added 12.

The game was never in question as the boys ran out to a 23-7 1st quarter lead and never looked back- I was very pleased with the play off the bench as Junior Shaun Mix led them with 7 points.

The Lansing wrestling team returned to action this Wednesday  with a home dual meet against Oxford Academy.  The Blackhawks prevailed, beating the Bobcats 45-22.  However,Lansing sported some bright spots. Kyle Dake remained undefeated at 27-0 with a technical fall over Keith Thompkins, Jon Glennon received a forfeit at 112, Donald Krebs recorded a 7-2 decision over P.J. Hubman. Juniors Vernon Nabinger and Curtis Fenner both scored major decisions over their opponents 13-0, and 12-2 respectivley.

Lansing was a little flat after a 10 day lay off.  Hopefully this meet proves to be a nice warm-up for the Class "C" meet this Saturday at Newark Valley. Wrestling will start around 10:00 am with the consolation finals to start as close to 4:00 pm, Finals to follow.

1/17 Last weekend the Lansing Varsity Boys team captured the Roger Myers Big House Trophy by defeating Waverly 3098 to 3090 and Watkins Glen @2962. All ten schools were @ Rossi Lanes in Elmira as the high scoring event seen Joe Steiner (Tioga) 267-752, Christian Thompson (WG) 246-709,Kyle Christopher (Lansing) 248-691,Micheal Beard (Waverly) 253-687,Jon LaRock(Lansing) 252-647 & Phil Kulis (Lansing) 247-642 have a real shoot out.

Not to be out done the IAC Varsity Girls powered by T-Burg’s Ashley Golden 234-616,Jill Krietzer (END) 213-588, Michelle Reynolds (Groton) 245-581 Natasha Evens (WG) 209-571 and Courtney Atkinson (Tioga) 207-542. All schools are in action this week making up for a snow date a couple of weeks ago and preparing for the end of the season.

What do skiing and Karate have in common?  They are both part of Lansing's Recreation Department Winter program.   In addition the Rec Department is offering rock climbing, wrestling, gymnastics, swimming and cardio step classes.  Some of these programs are already under way, while others will be starting soon.

One of the biggest programs is skiing at Greek Peak.  It has grown to the point where it takes five school busses and a pickup truck to get everyone and their equipment to the slopes.  "It's nice in that Greek Peak is pretty quiet on Monday nights," says Recreation Director Steve Colt.  "There are no lift lines, it's easy for us to operate, the kids get plenty of attention, and consequently our kids are very skilled."

Do you know where Lansing's Sports Hall of Fame is? Go into Lansing High School and walk all the way down the hall, then take a right. Walk past the gym as far as you can go and take a left. Last Saturday (01/14) three athletes were inducted, and for the first time a team was brought into the Hall of Fame in a packed ceremony that was sandwiched between the Junior Varsity and Varsity Basketball games.

Inducted into the Hall of Fame "Class of 2005" were Tanisha Jenkins (1990), Jim Pronti (1993), Bill Kerry (1994) and the Ludlowville High School Basketball Team, known as The Trojans, from the 1943-44 school year.

Watkins Glen, January 17 -- The Lansing Wrestling Team finished 9th out of 20 teams this past weekend at the Mike Watson Invitational. Pacing the Bobcats, Kyle Dake remained undefeated at 23-0 wining the 96 pound weight class. Other solid performances included, Jon Glennon, 5th at 112, Matt Starner,5th at 145, and Matt Martin 4th at 171.

Newark Valley, January 18 -- With his official return to the Bobcat lineup, tri-captain Vernon Nabinger's 9-6 win at 135 over Tyler Simmons, paced the the team to a 36-33 dual meet upset of perennial IAC power Newark Valley. Jon Glennon also added 6 valuable team points in an upset pin at 112 over Ray Stone.

The Boys Basketball Team is now 11-2.  Last week the boys finished 1-1.  

The team lost to Dryden 59-56 in overtime on a last second shot.  Lansing was led by Treyson Barresi who had 20 points, and John Sluty who pulled down a season high 14 rebounds.

Wednesday night the boys hosted Newark valley and won 58-53.  Again Lansing was led by Treyson Barresi who netted 18 points.  Lansing will travel to Groton on Friday and then are off until the following Friday as they will travel to Southern Cayuga.

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Bill Howell, a Lansing graduate from the class of '65, sent the Star some pictures of the Alumni Basketball game that took place in the Lansing High School Gymnasium just before New Year. Varsity Basketball Coach Adam Heck organized the two games, one for players who graduated before 1985, and the other for what Howell calls "the kids" who graduated after that date.

The Lansing wrestling team picked up their 9th win of the dual meet season last evening by defeating Elmira Notre Dame 46-26. Captain Vernon Nabinger returned to the lineup and started a 4 match winning streak with a pin. Mike Gonzales, Jon Fenner, and Jon Glennon also pinned their oponents.

Matt Starner claimed Lansing's only decision wining 12-1. Kyle Dake remained undefeated at 20-0 with a forfeit win. Ryszard Jarmuszewski and Donald Krebs also claimed wins by forfeit. The most entertaining match of the night pitted Lansing's Mike Kaplan against E.N.D.'s Dan Freeman at 125 pounds. Kaplan lost the match 3-4, but gained valuable experience in his young career.