- By Kristin Walker
- Sports
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On a cold and damp fall afternoon, the Lansing Small Fry Senior team celebrated a 34-0 victory against the South Seneca Falcons. The Sunday, October 2nd matchup marked the Bobcat’s first shutout game of the 2011 season.Quarterback Eric Eastman accounted for 4 touchdowns, including a quarterback keeper. He threw 2 in the air and hit Jesse Richardson for 75-yards and Zack Walker for 45-yards. The Bobcats ground attack was led by touchdown rushes from Colin McClure and Joe Miller-Labar and successful runs by Jerry Howser, Michael Lapar, and Lansing Miller. The offensive line Jonathan Duncan, Braydon Jackson, Lapar, Kyle Nickerson, Colter Pinney and Walker, was impenetrable allowing Eastman ample time to make passes and providing key blocks for the backs to effectively run the ball.
No one is happier that junior defender Spencer Warkentin has returned from his recent knee injury healthy and able than sophomore midfielder Benji Geisler and junior striker Ethan Kutler. Warkentin's return and effective play as the center back has allowed Geisler to move back into his central midfielder role and Kutler into his attacking striker position, allowing them reassert their roles in the Bobcats' offensive attack. And respond they have, as Geisler led the Bobcats to their most recent impressive win by notching 4 goals in a 7-0 victory of the Southern Cayuga Chiefs in Poplar Ridge on Wednesday afternoon.
The stage was full of Lansing Bobcats as many of their "Young Guns" stepped up to fill the positions of the several injured starters. Although the jersey was sidelined due to an injury, the #5 could be seen on the helmets and wrists of many of the Lansing players. Mario Rosetti's drive and attitude were seen in many of the Bobcats as they took the field and the 24 - 14 win over the Whitney Point Golden Eagles. 
The SUNY Cobleskill Department of Sport & Exercise announced today the junior Brooke Burke, Lansing, N.Y., Lansing High School, has been named the Fighting Tiger Athlete-of-the-Week.
Following consecutive victories over perennial rivals Marathon and Trumansburg, the Lasing boys' soccer team completed their rival sweep by dominating their arch rivals, the Purple Lions of Dryden, 9-0 last Friday at Dryden's Memorial Sports Complex. The impressive win moves the young team to a 7-0 record on the season, and marks their 3rd consecutive victory over higher ranked teams in the New York State Sportswriters Association polls. Ranked 13th in Class B in New York State, the Purple Lions were no match for the 13th ranked, Class C Bobcats on this rainy day in Dryden. Following the 3 victories, the Bobcats moved up 8 places, to 5th in the latest Class C NYSSWA rankings.
The varsity volleyball team advanced to 6-1 in Conference play over the past week. The Lady Bobcats lost a humbling match to rival Trumansburg last Thursday (Sept 22) by a 0-3 set count. The home team seemed off balance from the start as Trumansburg jumped to a 12-2 lead in the first set. The Bobcats clawed back but came up short in a 17-25 defeat. 
In their first matchup of the season, the Bobcats boys’ soccer team thoroughly dominated a younger, less experienced Groton team en route to a resounding 7-0 victory, bombarding the Groton goal with shot after shot, and moving the ball around with ease. In their rematch on Wednesday night at Lansing’s Sobus Field, the Groton footballers were determined to make a better showing against their close neighbors, and in doing so demonstrated significant improvement since the first contest. For his part, senior keeper Brandon Pollack did his best to keep his Groton mates in the game for the first 40 minutes, making 7 outstanding saves in the half against New York State’s 5th ranked team in Class C, the Bobcats of Lansing High School.
The Lansing Varsity Boys/Girls Cross Country teams had a very successful start to the season last week. It will be an interesting year this year as we have a young team that is hard working and has already posted some good times for the year. The year started out with the team traveling to Thomas Edison for an IAC divisional meet against SVE, Newark Valley, Groton, Thomas Edison, and Moravia. It was a balmy day for a cross country meet but the teams were up to the challenge on a tough 2.9 mile course. 
Lansing Girls Swimming tied with Odessa Montour at 85 points 9/16/2011.
On an unseasonably warm fall afternoon, the Lansing Small Fry Senior team opened the 2011 football season with a 26-12 victory against the Homer Trojans. The Sunday, September 18th game at the Lansing Stadium marked the first time in Small Fry football history the Bobcats went head-to-head with the Trojans.
After opening up the 2011 season with a resounding 11-0 victory over visiting Union Springs last week, and a Wednesday rainout scheduled at Marathon, the Lansing High School boys' soccer team soundly defeated Southern Cayuga High School 5-0 on Friday night at Sobus Field, to move to 2-0 on the season. Junior striker and tri-captain Ethan Kutler continued his scoring touch by notching 3 goals in the first half, giving him 4 for the young season. Junior midfield Cobi Byrne and sophomore midfielder Benji Geisler rounded out the scoring for the Bobcats, while senior midfielder and Tri-Captain Sean Streb assisted on 2 Bobcat tallies.
Sophomore midfield Benji Geisler had a fantastic day on the pitch scoring 3 goals, and assisting on 3 others as the Lansing boys' soccer team rolled to a 7-0 victory on Tuesday afternoon in Groton. Junior striker and Tri-Captain Ethan Kutler continued his scoring ways by quickly putting two behind the Groton netkeeper within the first 15 minutes of the game to get the Bobcats rolling. Later in the first half, Kutler played a nice through ball to an onrushing Geisler who slotted the ball into the far side netting for a 3-0 advantage. After securing a Groton turnover, Geisler then played a long through ball to sprinting junior striker Nathaniel McIntosh, who calmly placed his shot in the back of the net beyond the on rushing Groton keeper to round out the first half scoring.