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The Lansing Wrestling Team is sending a record four wrestlers to the State Wrestling Tournament.  William Koll, Connor Lapresi, and Ryan Todd punched their tickets to States last Saturday evening, winning their respective weight classes at the Section4 finals. Corey Dake lost in the finals, but at 5:00 pm Wednesday was named as the 1st At-large Bid at 126 pounds.

William Koll dominated the 113 pound field, pinning his way to the finals. Koll met Windsor's Nate Hayes for the second year in a row and beat him 8-0 for a major decision.  Connor Lapresi wrestled the best tournament of his life, upsetting the #1 seed, Windsor's Jessy Williams 7-1.  Ryan Todd won his 3rd consecutive Section 4 title, pinning BGA's Mark Vivianno in just 1:02.  These three titles matched last year's three section titles as the most in Lansing wrestling history.

The whole IAC Bowling League met Saturday in Waverly at Valley Bowl with 69 girls and 72 boys bowling for their schools and for indivual awards.

The day was highlighted by Fred Miller from Waverly rolling a perfect game (300) on his way to a 745 series, but he was not the highest bowler.  That was Jarad Joseph from Waverly with a 747.  With scores like this you can see that there are some very good boy bowlers in the league.

Lansing's Wrestling Team played host to, and crowned -- a tournament high -- 4 champions last Saturday at the Section 4 Class C Wrestling Tournament.

William Koll won his 3rd Class section title wining both of his matches by pin. Corey Dake won his 4th Class section title with a 12-5 decision in the final. Connor Lapresi, and Ryan Todd pinned their way to the 132 pound, and 195 pound Class C titles respectively.

The  IYHA PeeWee 2 team faced Cortland Flames this last weekend in a game to decide the regular season Snowbelt League Championship before Playoffs being in March.  Both teams had strong regular season records with Cortland  sporting a 13-1-1 record and Ithaca 2  posting an 11-1-1 record.

A win by Ithaca 2 over Cortland would place them in a position to grab the regular season pennant. The game started out well for Ithaca when Josh Zajac was able to sneak a centering pass from Jack Babuka past the Cortland net minder.  With 4 minutes left in the first, Ithaca again scored when Ryan Bishop ripped a shot onto the Cortland goalie who made the initial stop, but gave up the rebound to Damian Valent.

The Lansing Girls Basketball team completed their regular season finishing with a record of 16-1, with wins over Dryden 42-28 and Southern Cayuga 60-39.

On Senior night the Ladycats honored their 8 seniors; Rachel Bruce, Megan Drake, Soraya Leathers, Taylor Policay, Sabrina Tilton and Tri-captains Carlene Fields, Shanna Shaff and Colby McCartney. They defeated Dryden 42-28 with Colby McCartney leading the way with 14 points, while she shared top rebounding honors with sister Shea McCartney with 9. Shea also had a team high 4 assists and 8 points, while sister Maura McCartney had a team high 8 steals.

Marathon came to Lansing at Helen Newman Lanes for the regular season final match for both teams and the lansing girls finished in style taking 3 of the 4 points.  Being their last match, the Lansing senior girls put on a show as Nicole Davis lead the  Lansing girls with a 169 - 465, followed by fellow seniors Gianna Gentile's 173 - 453 and Vanesa Cory's 165 - 449 and Ashley Engels's 164 - 437.  The girls totaled a season high of 2218 pins.

Lansing's Wrestling team honored it's seniors last Thursday the 26th, Beating the Odessa Montour Indians 54-18. Seniors, JD McKane, Dakota White, Ryan Todd, and Corey Dake were all recognized for their years of Dedication. Both Ryan, and Corey each are concluding their 5th year, as both wrestled as 8th graders.

Dakota White, currently ranked 3rd in section 4, registered a 1st period pin in his match. Corey Dake, ranked 1st in section4, 2nd in New York State, also pinned his opponent. JD, and Ryan were unavailable for the match. A Lansing crowd turned out for the meet. The team has a great following.

The Lansing girls basketball team improved to 14-1 on the year with two road wins at Trumansburg last Friday and at Marathon Tuesday. At Trumansburg the Ladcats won 50-21 with Colby McCartney leading the way with 16 points while sister Shea McCartney added 10 points. Taylor Policay had a team high 9 rebounds in addition to her 5 points, while Carlene Fields had a team high 3 assists and Sabrina Tilton had a team high 5 steals. The team play solid team defense throughout the contest limiting Trumansburg to single digit scoring in three of of four quarters.

Marty AasenLansing defeated Watkins Glen in their last home meet of the season on January 17, 2012, with a score of 116-62, bringing the team record to 8-0.

Ronan Corgel was a standout, qualifying for the NYS Championship Meet in the 100 yard Backstroke with a time of 55.42. Eighth grader Joe Koch narrowly missed the state cut in the 500 yard Freestyle with a time of 4:57.77. Senior Marty Aasen won the diving competition. Aasen's dives have been impressive all season, scoring high marks while diving at a competitive skill level.

The Lansing Girls Basketball team improved their record to 12-1 on the year following wins at Union Springs and at home against Moravia last Friday.

At Union Springs the Ladycats defeated the Wolves 56-16, with Colby McCartney leading the way with a team high 10 points and 12 rebounds. Maura McCartney chipped in with 9 points and Carlene Fields added 8 points to a balanced scoring attack that saw all ten players score.

The Lansing Bobcats traveled to Groton to bowl Tuesday night.  The Lansing Boys did what they have been doing for most of the season: they won the match but it wasn't pretty.

Lansing's Brandon Emerick led all bowlers with a 207 - 606 series  and was followed up by fellow senior Troy Hradisky's 561 series and then came seventh grader Cole Quigley who has been there all season but today was a great day for him as he rolls a 204 -550 series and then Brandon Mikula rolls in a 523, so the scores weren't as high as they might have been but it's the results that count as the Lansing boys take all 4 points.

The Lansing Wrestling team hosted Waverly Wednesday evening. The Wolverines , as always, proved too much for the depleted Lansing Squad. With out  the services of seniors Corey Dake, and Dakota White. Lansing fell to Waverly 27-45. Greg Lee, William Koll, Connor Lapresi, and Ryan Todd all won their matches won 4 of the 8 contested matches. Michael Cree picked up an Exhibition win in an entertaining match.