Archive: Sports

With a fifth-inning home run at Delaware on April 14, Saint Joseph’s University senior David Valesente, a 2006 graduate of Lansing High School, became just the 10th player in SJU baseball history to notch 200 career hits.  While this is an impressive accomplishment, there is another piece to the story of David’s career at Saint Joseph’s that many aren’t aware of.

History repeats itself.

The age-old saying strikes again, but this time on Hawk Hill. George Valesente, head coach of the Ithaca College baseball team since 1979, coached Fritz Hamburg during Hamburg’s junior and senior years at Ithaca.  Now, Hamburg, commonly referred to as “Coach Fritz,” is the head baseball coach at Saint Joseph’s University.  Saint Joseph's welcomed Hamburg to Hawk Hill in August of 2008 and since that time he has had the opportunity to coach current senior David Valesente – his former college baseball coach’s son.

Teams from the Ithaca, NY USBC Association Youth Bowling Program brought home one state title and a third place finish in state competition. An unprecedented 4 teams from the Ithaca Youth Bowling Program competed for 3 titles at the NYS USBC Youth Team Championships held at Strike-N-Spare Lanes in Syracuse, NY on Saturday, May 1. The teams from Ithaca represented New York State Region 3 and bowled against teams representing 9 other regions from around the State.

On Thursday, April 29th, the Lansing golf team traveled to Trumansburg.  Seniors Craig Esposito and Austin Moore both led the bobcats with a two over par round of 38. Sophomore Conor Stanhope shot an 8 over 44, while Joe Skeps and Ethan Kutler rounded out the scoring with a 46.  Team totals for the match were:  Lansing 212, Trumansburg 243. 

The Lansing Varsity Softball Team defeated rival Groton 8-1.  The team is already far ahead of last year's teams in wins.  The Lady Cats composure remains intact heading down the season stretch.

"It was another game of overwhelming progress," says Coach Randy Randall. "Nina Lindberg sprouted wings last night with her amazing range at shortstop.  She was on fire batting 4x4 with three RBIs."

The Lansing Varsity Tennis team defeated Union Springs 6- 1 At Union Springs on Friday, April 30th

Singles: 1. Keenan Hughes (L) def. Jason Wright, 6-2, 6-0; 2. Jonathan Sun (L) def. McKenzie Brady, 6-3, 6-1; 3. Lydia Warkentin (L) def. Dom Delaney, 6-4, 6-4. 4. Mary Bacorn (L) def. Teresa Ross, 6-1, 6-1.

Ithaca athlete Christopher LaVallee recently joined 116 other competitors from around the world, in completing the RacingThePlanet Australia 2010 7-day, 155-mile rough-country foot race, which was held in western Australia from April 25 to May 1, 2010.

LaVallee is scheduled to return to Ithaca today. He suffered severe blisters on his feet during the race, which continue to hurt, but otherwise is not suffering from any other physical ailments.

On Friday, April 23rd, the Lansing golf team hosted Whitney Point at Robert Trent Jones Golf Course.  Seniors Craig Esposito and Austin Moore shared medalist honors with a one over par round of 37.  Sophomores Conor Stanhope and Zach Myers also had solid rounds in the match with a 40 and 44 respectively.  Freshman Josh Randall rounded out the scoring for the bobcats with a 50. 

Highlights from the match include birdies from Esposito on holes 1 and 9, and a birdie from Moore on hole 5.  Team totals for the match were:  Lansing 208, W.P. 309. 

The team will be on the road next week and travel to Groton, Marathon, and Moravia for its matches.

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An unprecedented four teams from the Ithaca Youth Bowling Program will compete for three titles when the NYS USBC Youth Team Championships are held at Strike-N-Spare Lanes in Syracuse, NY on May 1. Regional qualifying was held at Patel’s Bowl-O-Drome, Ithaca, in March. The team of Zachery VanOstrand, Danny Morris, Steven Angel, and Tim Angel was the high 'scratch' team regional winner and earned a spot in the state finals.

Lansing Varsity Softball Team played one its best games under Coach Randy Randall on Monday. Nikki Arcangeli pitched her first 2-hit shutout going the distance with a 7-0 win against a tough Union Springs team. Lansings' defense was "the best I've seen" of the season, Randall says.

Nina Lindberg (SS) and Kristen LaRock (2nd base) turned 2 double plays and Lansings' solid outfield performance of Kari Fenner and Abbie Lader just gave Union Springs no breathing room.

The Ithaca League of Women Rollers kicked off their home 2010 season at the J.M McDonald Sports Complex in Cortland, NY with a double header, which included the debut bout for the burgeoning league’s second team, the Ithaca BlueStockings.

The Ithaca League of Women Rollers operates as two travel teams with an A/B structure.  Roughly 1500 fans came to see the Ithaca Bluestockings debut bout against Syracuse’s Assault City Roller Derby’s new B travel team.  Syracuse dominated the first few jams of the game. However, in the sixth jam, the Bluestockings took control of the game and kept it the rest of the game, with a generous lead at halftime of 101 to Assault City’s 56.

The Lansing Varsity Softball team had 32 RBI's and only 1 error for the opener, a home game against Trumansburg.  Kari Fenner was "MVP" going 2x4,as all the players hit the ball very well. 

The Lansing Varsity Softball team played Moravia April 7.  The game was an away game in Moravia.  Lansing won 12-8. Team "MVP's" for that game were Kristen LaRock and Nikki Arcangeli, both for there offense and defensive play. Arcangeli pitched a 4 hitter and was 3X4.

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On Monday, April 12th, the Varsity boy's golf team opened up the 2010 season with a victory over Southern Cayuga at Wells College.  Senior Austin Moore led the way for the visiting bobcats with a 39, while fellow senior Craig Esposito and Sophomore Conor Stanhope each shot a 40.    Joe Skeps had a seven over par 43 on the day.  Team totals for the match were:  Lansing 211, Southern Cayuga 251.

On Wednesday, April 14th, the Varsity boy's golf team had its home opener as it hosted Groton at RTJ.  Seniors Austin Moore and Craig Esposito led the way for the bobcats with a 37 and 38 respectively.  Sophomore Conor Stanhope and Senior Joe Skeps each carded a 44, while freshman Josh Randall rounded out the scoring with a 46.  Highlights of the match included a birdie on hole #6 for Stanhope, a birdie on hole #7 for Moore, and a birdie on hole #8 for Esposito.  Team totals for the match were:  Lansing 209, Groton 246.  The team hosts Whitney Point in its next match on Friday, April 23rd.  

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