Archive: Sports

Trumansburg, NY (September 18, 2012) -- Ben Reynolds and Reynolds Racing’s No. 47 Chevrolet team finished twenty-sixth in Saturday evening’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series American Ethanol 200 at Iowa Speedway, marking Ben and the team’s first finish in a NASCAR race. The Trumansburg, New York native took the green flag from the 35th position and raced his way to the 26th position within the first 30 laps of the event.

A rocky start for Reynolds as they hauled his No. 47 over 1000 miles from  New York to Iowa when their vehicle broke down two hours into the trip, finally arriving at the Iowa Speedway after 2:30 a.m. Friday morning.  Guided by Crew Chief Scott Coyle, the Reynolds Racing crew worked until the garage closed, and began again Saturday morning until final practice started to get the truck set up for track conditions.

Williamsville, N.Y. – Buffalo Bills defensive end Mario Williams is introducing his very own cereal just in time for the start of the 2012 football season.  The cereal is called “MariO’s” is available exclusively at Western New York-area Tops stores. The cereal is a partnership between Tops, Buffalo Bills defensive end Mario Williams and PLB Sports.

“MariO’s” is a honey nut toasted oats cereal packaged in a 14 ounce collector’s box featuring the newest member of the Buffalo Bills defensive line.  The cereal is available exclusively at Western New York Tops stores and online at www.plbsports.com.  “MariO’s” is the latest athlete endorsed product from PLB Sports which has created products for some of Buffalo’s great athletes including Ryan Miller, Terrell Owens, Michael Peca, and Doug Flutie.

The streaking Lansing girls varsity volleyball team made it 4 consecutive IAC victories on Thursday, September 13th, downing Whitney Point in 3 games, 25-15, 25-21 and 25-12 at home.

Overall it was a balanced effort, as coach Brenda Powers used all twelve of her players to build depth for the IAC stretch run. In game 1 there were two ties and 3 lead changes early on before Lansing took control on senior Keara Lowenhar's sharp return and junior Sam Detrick's power hit to lead 12-9.

200 Medley Relay:  Lansing – Isabelle Corgel, Anna Conte, Adele Ferris, Rory Allen

200 Free Relay:  Lansing – Chelsea Boles, Tori Swanson, Rory Allen, Anna Conte

400 Free Relay:  Lansing – Tori Swanson, Chelsea Boles, Isabelle Corgell, Adele Ferris

The Lansing varsity girls volleyball team captured their third straight victory on Tuesday, September 11th, with a hard fought three games to one road triumph over IAC section 4 foe Southern Cayuga.

In game game the Bobcats jumped out to an early 13-2 lead led by seniors Keara Lowenhar and Jada Gooch who combined for 7 points including 2 kills and 3 aces as Lansing in that stretch scored 9 consecutive points.  The hometown Chiefs closed to within 5 pts at 16-11 & 17-12 but in the end fell 25-17.

The Lansing girls varsity volleyball team made it two straight wins, with a 3 game sweep on Tuesday September 4th over IAC rival Dryden in the teams home opener before a loud and fiery crowd.

The seniors set pace for the Cats as they jumped out to a 5-2 lead on the strength of 4 aces, 3 by Hannah Armstrong. A 5-0 Dryden run gave them a 7-4 advantage as the teams stayed close the entire way.  Lansing finally tied the core at 19 for the 6th and final time on a Keara Lowenhar service point. She then hit a scorching ace to give the home club the lead for good at 20-19. A deep kill by senior Jada Gooch and follow up kill by senior Shalyn Watson made it 23-21. Junior Sam Detrick added a Kill for good measure as the Cats won the opening game 25-20.

The Lansing Bobcats 10U baseball team has completed a successful first half of the summer baseball season. The team has utilized a balanced attack of pitching, fielding and hitting to start the season with an 11-3 record.  During this stretch of games, the Lansing team has wins against multiple Ithaca teams, Dryden, and Trumansburg.

The Lansing team has a powerful offensive squad who has amassed 191 runs through the first 14 games. This run total has been limited by a number of maximum runs per inning restrictions used in league play.  The team connected on 40 extra base hits which includes five homeruns and 13 triples. All the players have contributed offensively with their hitting, plate discipline, and baserunning.

v8i29

Lansing Varsity Baseball captured the Class C State Championship Saturday at Johnson City High School defeating Haldane by a score of 5 to 3.  It is the first state championship for any Lansing boys sports team and the second state championship for Coach Stuart Dean (the girls basketball team won the State Championship in 2001).

On Saturday, April 28, the Lansing Cats swim team (LCAT, for short) held its biennial Swim-A-Thon. The Swim-A-Thon is a fundraiser to support the team’s operational costs including rental of pool time at 3 local pools, lifeguards, supporting scholarship program to underprivileged swimmers and help offset travel expenses to national swim events.  This year, the team decided to share 10% of their proceeds with the local charity Mira’s Movement.

Mira’s Movement supports families facing childhood cancer in Tompkins County and across Central New York. They provide direct support to families, connecting them to information and resources, as well as emotional support. Mira’s Movement is based in Ithaca, and also has an office in Liverpool, NY.

First, we must give thanks to the many parents who showed supreme support throughout the season not only through their attendance but in so many other ways that live behind the scenes. A special mention must go out to Ryan and Sha for their efforts and access to their tyrannical stringing machine. I must also thank Karen and Peter Parkes for their efforts and a special shout out to Richard Warkentin who helped behind the scenes. Lastly here thanks to Diane and Richard Hughes whose well placed concerns towards their talented son gave me motivation and moved his game forwards in ways he may not understand at this moment.

In addition to the parents we must thank Tina Mallinson for her due diligence in handling all the scheduling complications.

Cortland – The 2012 Empire State Senior Games event is close to beginning for the 30th year, most of which has been spent in Cortland.  Many of the participants will begin arriving next Tuesday, June 5th with the majority of the events slated to begin on Wednesday, June 6th.

“There have been a couple of setbacks this year – we found out just about a month ago that our Track & Field coordinator was unable to assist with the games.  We are very fortunate to have Ron Reed and John Bush from the Cortland High School Varsity Track & Field team step up and offer to help us.   Not only does it show a commitment on their part to the sport, but it also goes to show what kind of people we have in this community.  Tom Spanbauer and Manny Lann did the same thing for us last year and agreed to come back again in 2012 to help.  We really have great, sports minded people in Cortland!” said Machell Phelps, Executive Director of the Cortland Regional Sports Council.