Archive: Sports

The middle of July is often best known for its hot days, the scent of chicken barbecue, and the sound of children enjoying their escape from school. In Lansing, this is also the time when baseball fills the air. The sound of a ball hitting the catcher’s glove or the sound of the umpire shouting safe as the runner successfully makes it home before the throw.  The sound the bat hitting the ball and the chance to cheer on your team is what brought hundreds of people to the Lansing Town Fields during this past weekend for the Lansing 10U Baseball Festival.

The Lansing 10U Baseball Festival brought together six teams and over 80 area youth together for some friendly competition.  The festival was for boys and girls that were 10 years of age and under. Three teams from Lansing played in a round robin format against two teams from Ithaca and one team from Dryden. The round robin portion of the festival included a total of three games which were played on Friday and Saturday. The teams were then ranked by record and matched up for the finale on Sunday.

Gansevoort, NY – Thirty-seven student-athletes from Wells College were named North Eastern Athletic Conference Scholar-Athletes for the 2012-13 academic year, the conference office announced Monday afternoon. The Express set a school record with 37 students to the exclusive list – last year, 20 student-athletes from Wells were tabbed by the conference.

In order to be selected to the list, a student-athlete must have achieved a combined grade point average of 3.40 or higher for the fall and spring semesters and must have been in good standing on his or her team. Amongst the NEAC sport offerings at Wells, at least one student-athlete from each team was selected to the list. In addition, five student-athletes who play multiple sports at Wells were named to the list.

'Between The Lines', 1160 ESPN Radio's (WPIE-AM) locally-produced talk show highlighting local and regional sports, recently received the most “Outstanding On-Air Broadcast Personality or Team” award by the New York State Broadcasters Association. The statewide recognition for hosts Matt Schultz and Eric Silverman is part of the Association's annual 'Awards For Excellence in Broadcasting'.

The program focuses on local and regional sports, and can be heard weekdays from 4:00 to 5:00 pm on 1160 ESPN WPIE-AM and www.1160ESPN.com .

Junior Dylan Bland, Soph Max Jordan, and Soph Hayley Wigsten competed in the pole vault at the state meet this past Saturday in Middletown, NY. Dylan Bland medalled with a 5th place finish in the State with a 13' 6" clearance. Max Jordan missed medalling by one place. He was 7th in the state with a 13' 0" clearance.

Hayley Wigsten medalled with 6th place in the girls competition with a height of 9' 0" which was a foot below her season's best. It was a great experience for all 3 athletes. We would like to thank the community and district for their support of Lansing athletics.

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The Lansing Varsity Track and Field team had 3 athletes qualify for the State Meet this coming Friday and Saturday in Middletown, NY. Junior Dylan Bland and Sophomore Max Jordan both qualified in the pole vault for the boy's team. They have been the top 2 jumpers in section IV the entire season. They will compete Friday morning at 11:30am.

Hayley Wigsten was the only qualifier for the girls team. She will also be competing in the pole vault on Friday following completion of the boy's pole vault.

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The Lansing Bobcats gained a new team member Monday -- an actual bobcat.  Carl Nedrow presented the stuffed cat, which will be displayed prominently in Lansing High School's trophy case, to the Lansing Board Of Education Monday.  The bobcat is a gift of Nedrow and his nephew Patrick Tierney, both Lansing athletes and graduates.

"I've always had a dream that I would donate a bobcat to the school," Nedrow said.  "My nephew, who played on the football team, had the same idea.  He came up with this cat that we could donate.  So here I am."

The JV baseball team finished with a regular season record of 16 – 0.  Continuing to play with poise, confidence and discipline the team defeated the Eagles, Blue Devils and the Blue Raiders in the last matchups of this season.  They started the week with an assertive, 24 – 3, win over Whitney Point.  The boys then traveled to Moravia where they took the lead and never let it go.  For their final regular season game the Bobcats battled their rival across the lake, defeating them 15 – 8.   They earned the title of IAC Large School North Champions and the right to compete in the IAC Large School championship game against the Waverly Wolverines.

The Whitney Point Eagles soared into Lansing only to be hooded and sent away by a committee of Bobcat pitchers.  Relying on the solid defense behind them, Corbin Atkins, Greg Lee, Ben Kutler, and Dominic Tarallo combined for six strikeouts and allowed only three runs.  The offense was alive from the start of the game.  Kyle Arrison batted a thousand going 1 for 1 with a two RBI single.  Logan Osterman went 2 for 3 with a double and a single.  Atkins, Kutler, Mikula, Tarallo, Jesse Richardson, Jared Strait and Owen Davis all batted five hundred.

TC3 softball player Taylor Policay (Lansing H.S./Lansing) has been recognized for her outstanding play. The freshman was named the NJCAA Region III co-Athlete of the Week. She shares honor with Mary Lenhart, a track and field athlete from Herkimer County Community College. Region III consists of 26 schools with four sports for women in the spring.

Policay earned the honor with a huge week. The freshman caught fire at the plate while to helping the Panthers go 6-2. She hit five home runs in a span of five games, including two different two-homer games.

The JV baseball team has continued to improve in every aspect of the game.  They started the week with a confident, 12 – 0, shut out of Thomas Edison (TAE).  Then they dropped in on the Groton Indians and took a 13 -2 win.  The boys ended their week with a double header against the then undefeated Union Springs Wolves.  These games were the closest that the Cats have had so far this season.  Game one, 7 – 1, game two, 6 – 0.

TAE came to Lansing and ran into a sawmill of strikes and persistent bats.  Corbin Atkins took the mound and would not let it go.  He pitched a complete game, shut-out, with 10 K’s, two hits and one walk.  It was three up three down for five of the seven innings so he only faced an average of 3.3 batters per inning.  The defense never allowed a TAE player past second base.  Lansing’s starting catcher, Bryce Stanhope, picked off a player trying to steal second with a bullet to Ben Kutler.

The Lansing Tennis Bobcats continued their winning ways over the last few weeks with 5 additional victories over conference foes and a resounding triumph over Syracuse powerhouse Baldwinsville. This brought the Bobcats record up to 8-0 on the season as the team attempts to go through league play undefeated for the third straight year and claim it's fourth consecutive league crown. The Bobcats are back in action on Friday May 3rd at Auburn and wind up in-conference regular season play on Monday May 6th at Trumansburg.

While the regular season draws to a close the team's schedule picks up with the IAC tournament starting on May 8th followed by out-of-conference matches against another Syracuse tennis powerhouse, West Gennesse, on the 10th of May and a contest with undefeated STAC team Norwich which is to be held on the 13th of May. All of this to be followed by Sectionals as Lansing goes for it's third straight Sectional title.

Get out the dust pans.  The Bobcats JV Baseball team swept the Purple Lions of Dryden in a two game battle of the big cats. With solid pitching and respectable hitting, the Dryden team came over the hill to give Lansing one of the closest games yet this season.  The Lions held their heads high with the 14 – 6 loss and hoped to have their revenge the following day when they would host Lansing at their house.  The Bobcats denied them with a 14 – 3 win, putting the Bobcat's record at 9 – 0 for the season.

For their first meeting, 6’3” Logan Osterman took the mound.  Dryden battled at the plate taking several full counts, but Osterman held firm only allowing one run in three innings.  He struck out five of sixteen batters that he faced and only allowed three hits.  Corbin Atkins relieved Osterman in the fourth inning.  He did a sound job, striking out eight and allowing only two hits giving him the win.

The number seven is considered lucky but, it wasn’t luck that put the Lansing Junior Varsity Baseball team’s record to seven and zero.  The team has been working hard, developing not only their skills but their discipline at the plate, sportsmanship and confidence in themselves and in their teammates.  The Moravia Blue Devils were almost blanked in their 20 – 1 loss against Lansing.  The Groton Indians didn’t fare much better when they hit the buzz saw of strikes from The Brandon and Brandon Show resulting in a 13 – 1 defeat.  Last Friday the Blue Raiders were caught between two storm fronts.  One was being carried by the wind from the west and the other was delivered by a bus from across the lake.  For their fourth game last week, the Bobcats shut the Blue Raiders out with a five inning, one hit, 7 – 0, victory.

Logan Osterman took the mound for his season debut, pitching four efficient innings and earning the win.  For the first two innings, he worked on developing some of his pitches the Blue Devils would get a few runners on base.  Osterman would then tighten down and strikeout the next three.  For the third and fourth innings the Lansing defense did their share by making good plays.  In total Osterman had seven K’s, two walks, and allowed only one run.  Bryce Stanhope came out from behind the dish as catcher to close the game as pitcher.  He also was very efficient, averaging only 15 pitches per inning.  Stanhope knew his team had his back and only had to strikeout two of the Moravia players to finish the game.