Archive: Sports

The first couple of weeks of travel baseball for the Lansing boys U12 team has gone very well.  The team's offensive bats and base running led by Danny, Jesse, Dominic, and Jacob, scored 67 runs in the first four games.  The solid pitching of twelve different players and the overwhelming defense held Lansing's opponents to just ten runs. 

On the offensive side, the teams’ batting average is 0.593 and their OBP (On Base Percentage) is 0.697. (These averages were created from the over 60 hits.)  They have hit three home runs (HR); one each from Danny, Nick and one grand slam from Peter.  Jake and Luke aided the pitchers by hitting base clearing triples. 

Aurora, N.Y. – Former Wells College men’s basketball player Juan Paulino (Bronx, N.Y./Finger Lakes C.C.) is moving on to play professional basketball. The 6-7 center recently inked a deal to play with the Seattle Mountaineers of the American Basketball Association (ABA). Paulino is coming off an outstanding senior season at Wells in which he led all of NCAA Division III in rebounds per game (16.5) and field goal percentage (.699), while averaging 17.1 points per game. “We are extremely pleased to sign a player of Juan’s ability and he will help sure up our rebounding concerns,” stated Mountaineers Head Coach Don Sims.

On June 25, 2010, Erin O’Brien did one thing she’s never done, and one thing she rarely does… Erin graduated from Lansing High school, and she missed a swim meet, read on and learn how missing a swim meet is a big deal, and why Erin is a valuable member to the Lansing Community Aquatic Team and the entire Lansing Community as well.

Erin has been a member of the Lansing Community Aquatic Team (lcats) for 6 years, but has been swimming competitively since she was 6 or 7.   When her parents, Tim and Amy Obrien left Bar Harbor Maine and the MDI~ YMCA team, they knew they had to relocate someplace with a competitive swim team, and Lansing seemed perfect.

Thea Lansing Community Swimming Team (LCATs) usually competes at meets in lane-divided, indoor pools. In a departure, the swimmers, ranging from age 7 to 21, participated this past weekend outdoors in an open water meet held in Whitney Point’s Dorchester Park capturing numerous awards. The meet featured a triangular course in a scenic man-made lake. Events ranged in distances from .5K to 5K.

“Coach (Bob) Terry and I decided it was time to give the kids an opportunity to compete in open water swimming which is an Olympic event. The swimmers did exceptionally well and had a great time at the lake on a beautiful day” noted coach Reed Dewey.

Kids came to the FIELD Saturday to test their strength, endurance, and skills at Cayuga Medical Center's first annual Athletic Performance Competition.  Kids competed in three age groups and in five events to identify strengths and weaknesses that impact their sports performance.  While the event was a competition to see how kids compared to other local athletes, the underlying purpose was to identify areas where they can improve.

"This is for kids to see how strong they are, how fast they are, how high they can jump," says Cayuga Medical Center Director of Sports Medicine and Athletic Performance John Winslow.  "We also offer classes to improve your speed, to improve your power.  It's to prevent injury and improve performance."

The Ithaca SufferJets are coming down with Full Moon Fever as they get ready to take on Buffalo’s Devil Dollies in honor of Valentina Tereshkova—the first woman in space—on Saturday June 26th at the J.M. McDonald Sports Complex in Cortland.

This will be the Ithaca League’s final bout of the season in their springtime Cortland home, as they return to Ithaca’s Cass Park Rink in July.

The Lansing Varsity Softball Team took another step toward revitalizing the softball program by defeating a very good Waverly team Thursday night in their first Sectional Class B game at home 4-0.

"We have just turned another page," says Coach Randy Randall.  "The girls get all the credit for there hard work and commitment to the program. The return of an injured Nikki Arcangeli refueled the team.  I personally give props to the 2 young pitchers Kayla Green and Amber Howser for picking up the slack when Arcangeli went down 5 games ago."

Lansing High School’s Student Council Organization hosted its first ever May Madness event on Friday, May 14th in the high school gym. After months of planning, this basketball game for the community proved to be a success. The original purpose of the event was to bring together Lansing community members, administrators, faculty and students for a night of fun while raising money for our schools.

As Cornell’s basketball team headed to the Sweet Sixteen, Lansing SCO starting thinking about a community event and how to include some of Cornell’s  key players. With help from Casey Phlegar, Keara Lowenhar, Eric Hartz, Mike Schafer and countless Cornell administrators, this dream came true. Cornell Seniors Jeff Foote and Louis Dale were welcomed by SCO representatives and a beautiful banner made by Hannah McKinney and Richard McDonough. As seven o’clock neared, the line for tickets grew steadily as fans of all ages swarmed the gym to watch senior varsity athletes and Lansing faculty on mixed teams: Blue and Gold.

The Lansing Varsity Softball Team finished the season very strong with wins over Trumansburg & Marathon and just in time for the upcoming Sectional game against 9th seeded Waverly this Thursday at home. Coach Randy Randall says he is very excited about where his program is going.

Another 'positive' this season is that the LadyCats are hosting the first home Sectional game, something that hasn't happened here in a while.  That with the I.A.C. All Star Section this past Friday boasts 6 players on the All Star Team.

The Lansing boy’s golf team won the Class “C” sectional championship on Monday, May 24th in Marathon.  Seniors Craig Esposito and Austin Moore led the bobcats with a 74 and 78 respectively, while sophomore Conor Stanhope also contributed with a solid round of 79.

All three finished in the top ten in the championship and earned medals for their accomplishments.  Joe Skeps finished with an 84 and Ethan Kutler rounded out the scoring with a 90.  Seton Catholic finished in second place 9 strokes behind.

Adding to it's first-ever regular season title, the Lansing high school tennis team capped off it's regular season by winning the IAC Tournament title.

The IAC season tournament started on a Monday and due to rain delays was not wrapped up until the following Friday, leaving the Lansing tennis squad to watch and wait to see if their first day lead would hold up.

How many years was the Lansing varsity football team Tri-County League Champions since 1951?  What year did the team play seven shutouts?  What year was the team the IAC and Section 4 champs?  Who was the basketball coach between 1951 and 1958?  Where would you go to look up these statistics?  Old yearbooks, perhaps.  But now there is a handier resource in the Sports History Web page on the Lansing Central School District Web site.

"A number of months ago while researching information on teams  from the 1960s, I found myself looking through yearbooks in the high school library, only to note that many were missing from the 1940s through the 1980s," says Marty Christopher, Chairman of the Lansing Athletic Hall of Fame Selection Committee, and a Hall of Famer himself.  "I continued my search throughout offices at the school, finding a nearly complete set housed in the Lansing District Office. With the help of Patty Heaton, High School Librarian, and Sue French, District Treasurer, I was able to co-ordinate relocation of missing years to the District Office where we presently have nearly a complete set from 1932 through 2009."