Archive: Sports

Gansevoort, N.Y. – The North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) announced today that SUNY Cobleskill sophomore Alex Steelman, Ithaca, N.Y., Lansing High School, has been named the league’s Female Swimmer-of-the-Week for the week ending Sunday January 25. This marks the fourth-time in her career the Ithaca, N.Y. native has been honored by the NEAC with Female Swimmer-of-the-Week honors.
 
The Fighting Tiger sophomore diver won the one-meter diving event posting a score of 338.15 points on Saturday at triangular meet hosted by Utica College with Nazareth College on Saturday afternoon in Utica, N.Y. Despite the effort by Steelman, the Orange & Black were defeated Utica College by a score of 151-118 and by Nazareth by a 223-62 margin to fall to 8-5 versus head-to-head competition on the year.

The Ithaca Youth Hockey Association (IYHA) Bantam, Peewee & Squirt Travel teams played in the Steel City Shootout Tournament in Bethlehem, PA January 17-19, 2015.  All three teams won, taking the Championship title in each of their divisions.
 
The Bantam Travel team was undefeated for the weekend. They played a total of four games taking 14.5 points out of a total of 15, seeding them in first place.  They won the Championship game 3-1 over the New Jersey Penguins.

Two Lansing athletes recently earned important recognition for outstanding high school career achievements.   Senior Shea McCartney won the Van Sickle award for Female Athlete of the year.   Brandon Davis was named Class C All-State in football by the he New York State Sports Writer's Association.  Lansing High School Principal Coleen Lesley reported on the athletes' achievements at last week's Board of Education meeting.

"It will be be sad when Brandon leaves us this year," she said.  "We will also miss Shea McCartney.  Shea focused on the importance of her team."

The Tompkins Girls Hockey Association (TGHA) 14U team played in the Adirondack Northstars Winter Hockey Classic Tournament XXI in Glens Falls NY January 16-18, 2015. Game 1 was on Friday night vs. Lady Patriots, ending in a 3-0 shutout win. Game 2, played on Saturday against Pawling, resulted in a tie, 2-2.

One day after Christmas the Lansing Athletic Hall of Fame held its 16th induction ceremony, inducting six individuals and two teams.  The banquet attracted the largest crowd, 116 people, in the Hall of Fame's history.  The ceremony also recognized the largest number of new inductees since the original ceremony in 1988.

68 individuals and 11 teams have been inducted prior to the December 26th banquet.  Master of Ceremonies Geoff Wright announced the inductees: Jackie Ryan, 2003, 10 time letter winner in Track and Field, Swimming and Basketball. Matt Biviano, 2003, eight time letter winner in Football, Bowling and Baseball. Tim Wright, 1996, nine time letter winner in Soccer, Basketball and Baseball and C.J. Wurster, 1995, six time letter winner in Soccer, Basketball and Baseball.  Cathy Haight was inducted in the Coach category, and Dave Hatfield in the Community Contributor category.  The 1990-91 Girls Basketball Team and the 2002 Baseball Team were also brought into the Hall of Fame.

The Lansing Varsity Wrestling team took to the mats this past weekend at the Fourth Annual Groton Holiday Duals Tournament to test their skills against five other local schools.  The Bobcat grapplers took the mat five times in the duals format and came away with an overall victorious team records of 3-2.  It was an exciting day as the team began the tourney with a win over Marathon.  They continued their run with impressive victories over Groton and Southern Cayuga to finish out the morning session.   The afternoon proved more challenging for the Bobs as they registered their first loss of the day to overall tournament winner and undefeated, Cazenovia.  The final dual brought with it some hard fought matches, and ended with a close loss to Moravia.

Winter programs are gearing up for January at the Lansing Recreation Department.  Recreation Director Steve Colt says there is a lineup of travel basketball, second and third grade basketball, a new gymnastics session, an oil painting session, and after school skating at The RINK for grades 3 through 8.

The ski program is popular every winter.  This year the program kicks off on January 7th.  Colt estimates about 40 skiers going on two busses, plus 10 to 15 elementary school level skiers.  One bus is for elementary students, and the other is for middle and high school skiers.

On Tuesday the boys varsity basketball team opened league play with a 55-52 win over Union Springs.  Lansing was led by Zach Detrick with 21 point and then Nate Bandler and Josh Miller-Labar with 10 each.  

Logan Osterman tallied double digits in rebounding.  the bobcats were 14-18 from the free throw line which in turn proved to be a big reason for the win. Lansing will travel to Southenr Cayuga on Tuesday the 9th.

Tompkins Girls Hockey Association (TGHA) announced Wednesday it will host the 16th Annual Shooting Stars Tournament this upcoming weekend December 5 - 7th. The action starts Friday December 5th at Cass Park at 5:15pm between the CNY Bobcats 16U and Webster Cyclones 16U.

12U girls vs. Binghamton
The 12U girls played their first game of the season against Binghamton, losing 6-2. Goalie Hannah Brennan had an amazing game, facing 36 shots in net.

14U girls vs. Camillus
The 14U girls were in action, beating Camillus 6-5 with 3 goals scored by Reed Baker and 3 assists by Kelty Goodrow. Ithaca was up 6-0 after the 1st period but Camillus rallied in the 2nd and 3rd to score 5 goals. Other Ithaca goals scored by Amy Milner, Nicole Nixon and Charlie Rowe. Assists by Kiely Howe, Dori Shipman, Reed Baker and Nicole Nixon. Goalie Catie Eisenhut faced 30 shots (25 saves).

Lansing defeated Immaculate Heart Central High School (IHSC) Saturday.  The first half was back and forth and I thought Bryce had some good saves to keep the score 1-1.  They have some very good dynamic players who put good pressure on us in the first half.

I thought in the second half we settled down and were able to slow down their attack.  Josh Zajac played real well in the back.  Sam Drake was solid as well.