Archive: Sports

Many months ago, if not years, Coach John Winslow started working on "the plan." Developing play books and a new logo, how to obtain safe helmets and better jerseys for his players to wear, coming up with recruiting and fundraising ideas, and a thousand other things were being put together. It seemed as if two questions came up for every answer found.

Last April, with the support of his very strong wife and his family, Winslow earned and accepted the position as The Head Coach of the Lansing Varsity Football team. Even though he is labeled as 'new', he has been coaching youth sports in Lansing for many years and has had a positive impact on countless children and adults in the Lansing community. He has voluntarily organized and managed many youth sporting camps, clinics and seasons. He has not only developed players but many coaches and parents along the way.

The Lansing boys 10U baseball team had a very successful 2011 season and came into the last game, away, against a talented Ithaca team on August 3rd.   Up to that point, the Lansing boys had a record of 12 wins, 2 losses (both losses by a margin of one run) and hoped to close out the season with a win against a tough Ithaca team.  

This was the second game against Ithaca and they were looking to get even after losing at Lansing in 9 innings a few weeks before.  After trading runs in the first inning, Ithaca pulled ahead 8-6 by the third inning on some key hits, bad hops and a little help from our boys.  Then the bats went quiet and both teams posted a total of one run each in the 4th and 5th innings.

The Lansing 16U Softball team captured the Babe Ruth title this last weekend in Dryden by defeating Dryden in the first game and Ithaca Gold in the winners bracket 11-3 and again in the championship game 18-9. Coaches Drew Watson and Randy Randall commented on how proud they were of this accomplishment.

"This team is young and what they have learned-they took to the tournament and proved they can play varsity ball," Randall said.

Lansing, NY – 1160 ESPN - WPIE announced their hire of Elmira native and Ithaca College alumnus Nick Karski as Lead Reporter and Play-by- Play Talent. Nick will assume the role in early August upon the departure of incumbent Matt Tymann, who will be attending graduate school this Fall.

“Nick is a talented young broadcaster who brings outstanding passion to our team at 1160 ESPN”, says WPIE Operations Manager Matt Schultz. “His experience with all facets of the job - reporting, play-by-play, and local sports coverage – will be instrumental to our continued growth as an organization and our development into the premier location for local fans to get their Sports Radio fix.”

Whitney Point, NY- On Sunday, June 18th the Lansing Cats (LCATS) swim team under the direction of coaches Reed Dewey and Bob Terry competed in the “Swim the Triangle” Open Water Event held at Whitney Point Lake.  This is the third year the team has participated in this Open Water Meet which has become a favorite of both LCAT swimmers and their families.

A total of 13 teams from all over central NY competed this year; the LCATS led the way with 47 swimmers, aged 8 to 22.   The athletes swam various distances ranging from 0.5 to 5K.  Swim times for these events ranged from about 10 minutes for the 0.5K swim to over 1 hour for the 5K distance events.

Last Friday and Saturday at the New York State Track and Field Championship meet, Junior Max Rogan took 3rd in the state in the pole vault with a jump of 14' 0".

Junior Cameron Bruce placed 6th in the state in the 1600m run with a time of 4:19.36 which broke his own school record of 4:19.55 that he set earlier in the year. The meet was a Caledonia Mumford high school outside of Rochester.

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New York State Senator Mike Nozzolio announced Monday that the Senate has adopted legislation he co-sponsored to establish guidelines for coaches, teachers and other school personnel to protect our students from traumatic brain injuries.

“School athletic programs, intramural sports and physical education classes are an important part of the educational experience at every school district in our State. It is important that we make this experience as safe as possible for our student athletes and ensure that every school is prepared to treat and monitor concussions and other brain injuries,” said Nozzolio. “This legislation is critical in reducing the risk of these injuries causing long-term damage and will encourage parents, students and coaches to take preventative steps to avoid serious head injury.”

The Lansing Baseball team finished the year with an 18-1 record, with several team members earning IAC Honors; First Team IAC All-Stars were Senior Harrison Herzog, Juniors Benji Parkes and Sean Streb and sophomore Ellington Hopkins.

IAC Honorable mention went to junior JD McKane and sophomore Sam Currie. The two team awards were, Most Improved Player which went to Kevin Howell, while the MVP award went to senior Harrison Herzog who finished the season with a team high .535 batting average and a .629 on base %. He led the team with 31 RBI's and 3 triples and a perfect 8-0 record as a pitcher with 51 strike outs in 45 innings pitched.

At an elevation of 5945’, a ½ marathon could be a challenge. Add in a few rolling hills and a field Olympic of runners, and it makes for a good race! The Sun Valley Half Marathon took place on Saturday, June 4th in Sun Valley, Idaho. Heather Miller, track and cross country coach at Lansing High School, didn’t let the elevation stop her.

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70 athletes at all levels competed Saturday at the annual Lansing Family Triathlon.  The event is held each year to encourage Lansing families to stay fit together.  Contestants gathered Saturday at the Lansing High School pool to start the course, and the event ran through the morning.

"We're trying to encourage more people to participate, especially families," organizer audrey Hummel says.  "There were several groups of families that participated together.  That's really the spirit of the whole activity."

The local Lansing Pitch, Hit & Run competition was held on Saturday, May 7th at the ballfields.  Boys and girls between the ages of 7 and 14 competed by pitching 6 balls at a target, hitting 3 balls off a tee, and running from second base to home. 

In each age class, the winner of each event, and the overall winner traveled to Oneonta, NY on Sunday, May 15th for the Sectional Competition.

Representing Lansing in the Sectionals were:

After a few days rest due to what else but more rain, the Bobcats hosted Moravia as they journeyed over the hill to Lansing for a double header on one of our first beautiful and sunny 70 degree Saturdays. The Bobcats improved their record to 7-1 using a barrage of strike outs, good gloves in the field and their bats swinging well.

In the first game, Moravia came prepared to play but was not a match for the Lansing team coming off their loss and wanting the sticky mud of defeat cleansed from their cleats. Greg Lee hurled 51 pitches for 4 scoreless innings. He handed the ball off to Craig Moster to close the fifth inning with 18 pitches; four up, three down, three K's and a walk. Game over.