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Emma Dhimitri (Photo by Mike Barre)In their first home meet of the season, the Lansing girls track & field team was victorious over both Trumansburg (77-64) and Dryden (80-52) while Trumansburg beat Dryden in their dual scoring (86-45).  Dryden boys were the winners against both Lansing (89-51) and Trumansburg (83-57), while Trumansburg posted the win over Lansing (76-55) in their dual scoring.

The meet began with a ceremony honoring the seven seniors on the girls and boys teams: Lyndsey Lehr, Michelle Schafer, Reilly Zajac, Tyler Ayers, Nate Fleishman, Joe Koch, and Jacob Lange.  Both Schafer and Fleishman, in addition to their own individual events, were members of 4x400M relays teams that battled it out with their neighboring rivals.  Fleishman held off Trumansburg in the final leg of the boys relay for a win over Trumansburg while Dryden took the top spot overall.  Schafer anchored the girls relay and fought to hold off Dryden's fourth runner Abbey Yatsko who narrowly edged out Lansing by 0.4 seconds.

New York State Senator Mike Nozzolio welcomed members and coaches of the South Seneca Girls Varsity Basketball Team to the State Capitol last Saturday. Members of the team and their coaches were special guests of Nozzolio and Assemblyman Phil Palmesano who congratulated the team for their hard work, perseverance and teamwork in winning the New York State Class C Championship.

Early lead gives Lansing Bobcats JV victory over Spencer-Van Etten, 13-1 Lansing Bobcats JV jumped out to an early lead on Spencer-Van Etten and captured a 13-1 victory on Wednesday, March 30.

The game was decided quickly as Lansing Bobcats JV exerted its will early with five runs in the first three innings.

The field looked great. The teams were ready.  The sun was out warming our part of the world and a breeze was blowing across the land… Wait just a minute… It's still March shouldn't we be shoveling snow or walking in mud at least?

Thanks to many people in the Lansing community, the Lansing Varsity Baseball field looked almost as good as the Lansing Varsity Baseball team played.  When Jared Strait #8 took the mound for the Bobcats he left no doubt in anyone's mind that he meant business and was ready for his senior season to start.  Twelve pitches thrown, nine strikes and three K's sent Spenser Van Etten's first three batters back to the bench shaking their heads.

The Finger Lakes Regional Hockey Association Central Outlaws Squirt team took home the Championship trophy March 24-26 in the "House "Select" & "AA" Squirt/Atom Travel Team division in the PEPSI Tournament held in Buffalo, NY. They finished with a 4-0-1 record and hosted the Pepsi Trophy when the final buzzer went off! The Outlaws battled Eastern Ontario, West Seneca and the Southtowns Stars in the round robin portion of play.

The team took care of business in the first game vs. West Seneca with a hard fought 7-4 win. Nick Oplinger was solid in the net and Dane Sciarabba and Cole Atwater with 2 goals apiece to lead the way. The second was to be a battle right to the finish; it was a 2-2 tie with Southtowns Stars; this time solid goal tending from Jacob Fifield and both goals put in by Henry Jackson. The Outlaws finished the round robin play with a 5-3 win versus Eastern Ontario. Brady Coffin and Henry Jackson lead the way offensively for the Outlaws to help send them to the Semi Finals vs. Amherst.

The Lansing Tennis Bobcats seeking their 7th consecutive league crown opened the 2016 season with a 7-0 sweep of Southern Cayuga.

Lansing 7 Southern Cayuga 0

#1 Singles: Zoli Csaki (L) def. Emily Kopp (SC) 6-0;6-0
#2 Singles: Nick Parkes (L) def. Julia Angotti (SC) 6-1;6-0
#3 Singles: Ryan Buchanan (L) def. Dylan Conklin (SC) 6-2;6-2
#4 Singles: Ethan Buchanan (L) def. Michael Redmond (SC) 6-0;6-0

Gansevoort, NY – Freshman Jonathan Haines (Wellington, Fla.) has been selected as the North Eastern Athletic Conference Men’s Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week, the league office announced on Tuesday. Haines and the Express posted a 2-2 record this past week, collecting conference victories against Keuka and D’Youville.
 
At the net front, Haines recorded 21 total blocks for the Express while averaging 1.5 per set across the four matches. His 14 solo blocks led all Wells players and he also chipped in 16 kills while only committing four attacking errors.
 

Oneonta, NY – Senior Connor Jansen (Horseheads, N.Y.) of the Wells College men’s lacrosse team became the program’s all-time leader in career points scored on Saturday during his team’s 32-6 loss to SUNY Oneonta. The Express drop to 1-2 overall on the year while the Red Dragons move to 3-1 on the young season.
 
With a goal and an assist in the game, Jansen has tallied 133 career points via 84 goals and 49 assists to pass former teammate Daniel Munsell ’13 for first place all-time in the team’s nine-year history.
 

Where else can you participate in an event with your neighbors, having little or no triathlon training, and at the same time, compete alongside experienced athletes who are seriously racing for time?  At the Ithaca YMCA Tri for the Y Triathlon!  The Y Triathlon is an annual fundraiser designed to raise funds for the Open Doors Scholarship fund, which provides financial aid to those community members who could not otherwise belong to the Y.  The outcome is an intentional dedication to focus on becoming healthier in spirit, mind, and body with the help of your Ithaca Y.

"We believe that a healthy body supports a healthy mind and improves the spirit", says Ithaca Y CEO Frank Towner.

Gansevoort, N.Y. – Senior captain Connor Jansen (Horseheads, N.Y.) of the Wells College men's lacrosse team has earned North Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Week honors for his efforts this past week, the league office announced Monday afternoon.

Jansen and the Express posted a decisive 21-9 victory over Houghton this past Saturday in the first-ever contest played on the newly-constructed artificial turf field in Aurora. Scoring a team-leading five goals against the Highlanders, Jansen also tied his own team record with seven assists. His 12 total points of offense is tied for the most-ever in a single game for the Express.

Aurora, N.Y. – Senior Derek Nipps (Turnersville, N.J) eclipsed the 1,500 assist threshold on Wednesday as the Wells College men's volleyball team defeated Keuka College in four sets at the Farenthold Athletic Wing. Wells moves to 7-14 overall on the season and to 3-5 within the North Eastern Athletic Conference while Keuka drops to 9-7 (4-4 NEAC).

Wells battled the visitors to a 26-24 victory in the first set before setting down the Wolfpack in convincing fashion in the second set, 25-16. Keuka would rally to take set three by a 25-23 score, but the Express posted a match-high 14 kills in the fourth set to earn its fifth-straight win against the Wolfpack dating back to Feb. 15, 2014.

The Tompkins Girls Hockey Association (TGHA) 12-And-Under team won the Central Section Championship for Tier II Girls hockey over the past weekend February 21 and 22, 2016. They beat the CNY Bobcats in a two-game series, earning 4 points to their 1 point. Ithaca has will represent the Central Section in the State Championship in Amherst, NY on March 4-6, 2016.