Archive: Sports

The Lansing Board of Education took a break from the bleak business of working on the 2010-2011 budget Monday night to pass a resolution of recognition of Kyle Dake, who won the NCAA Division 1 Wrestling Championship last Saturday (3/20), and his father, Lansing wrestling coach Doug Dake.  Kyle was a two-time New York State champion while wrestling champion while at Lansing, and Doug was an Ohio State high school wrestling champion.

"I got a phone call from Cornell indicating that he was the first freshman that has ever qualified as a national NCAA champion in any sport," said school board member Richard Thaler.  "I recommend indicating that Mr. Dake did scholastically well enough at Lansing to get into a university such as Cornell.  He maintained himself as a scholar as well as an athlete."

The Ithaca League of Women Rollers’ flagship team, The Ithaca SufferJets, will kick off their season with an away bout Saturday, March 27th at the Rainbow Roller Rink in Towanda, NY.

Ithaca’s SufferJets will take on Buffalo’s Suicidal Saucies at 7:30 pm, with an intraleague bout between two Buffalo teams to follow.

The Lansing Winter Sports Awards were given out Monday to honor high school athletes who competed in the Winter season.  Athletic Director John Taylor welcomed the athletes and their families, then introduced the coaches, including Brenda Powers who spoke for the Booster Club.

Special recognition was given to Erica Vadala, who Taylor said did an outstanding job as the Lansing Bobcat mascot this season.  Following is a list of the team members and awards.

The Ithaca 14U and 19U Shooting Stars girls hockey teams competed at their respective New York State Amateur Hockey Association (NYSAHA) Tier 2 state tournaments in Saranac Lake and Ogdensburg, March 12-14. They were the top seeded teams from Central Section.
 
The 19Us advanced to the semi-finals after going 2-0-1 in the preliminary round with 5-0 wins over the Buffalo Regals and Hamburg Hawks and a 1-1 tie with the eventual state champion Perinton Edge. Their only loss was 0-3 in their semi-final game vs. the Mohawk Valley Comets.

Cortland - The Cortland Regional Sports Council is assisting the Central Western AAU in hosting the 2010 Cortland Shootout.  This year marks the sixth year of the AAU sanctioned Basketball Tournament,  For two days this weekend, March 20th and 21st, 109 teams will be in Cortland competing for their age group title. 

“The girls division will play the majority of their games at the TC3 Sports Complex.  It’s a perfect venue for the division and all the girls teams were very happy with facility.”  said tournament director, Rich Hill.

Any time you pass the Lansing ballfields during the summer you see kids playing baseball and softball, all wearing Lansing Softball Program (LSP) or Lansing Softball Program (LSP) shirts and hats in their team colors.  The Lansing Recreation Department has been gearing up for this year's programs, getting equipment ready and trying to get parents to enroll their kids before the deadline, which is today (Friday, March 19).

"Unfortunately over the last ten years we've fallen into a last minute scenario," said Recreation Director Steve Colt.  "I end up personally making phone calls at the beginning of next week."

The Ithaca 14U Shooting Stars girls hockey team won the 14U Tier 2 Central Section Tournament and will advance to the New York State Amateur Hockey Association (NYSAHA) tournament, March 12-14, as the Central Section Champions. Eight teams will be vying to represent NYSAHA in the inaugural 14U Tier 2 national tournament in Michigan this April.
 
The Ithaca girls defeated the Rome Grizzlies, 4-1.  Aiya Taylor scored twice, one with assisted by Anna Kirkwood and Clara Karastury and the other by Rachel Brock and Karastury.  Zoe Seznec Sweetland scored one goal assisted by Marlena Doerr and Camille Rogers.  Karastury also scored assisted by Taylor and Brock.  Alex Stagliano and Caitlyn Whittaker shared time in goal each making five saves.

The Lansing Wrestling team just completed it's 2009-2010 season on a great note. A 6th place team finish in the Division 2, NYSPHSAA State Wrestling Tournament.

But first let's jump back to the Section IV wrestling tournament. Our team finished 4th in the Division 2 tournament paced by outstanding performances by all the wrestlers that qualified.

Lansing is in the IAC large school division which consists of Waverly, Newark Valley, Watkins Glen, Elmira Notre Dame and Lansing.

At the start of this season I knew it would be a very competitive season for our boys team.  At the end of regular league, Newark Valley won the division, Waverly was second by two points and Lansing was third by four points - a very close race.  Even though we came in third the boys team bowled well and  took points away from the top two teams during match to match play. 

On February 20 and 21, the Ithaca 19U Shooting Stars girls hockey team played two Central Section playoff games with the Mohawk Valley 19U Comets. Ithaca won both games, 1-0 and 2-1, to advance to the 19U Tier 2 state tournament as the 2010 Central Section Champions.

They will play in the New York State Amateur Hockey Association (NYSAHA) tournament March 12-14 in Ogdensburg; the eight teams are vying to represent NYSAHA in the inaugural 19U Tier 2 national tournament in Michigan this April.

The Lansing Girls Basketball team captured their second consecutive IAC Championship as they defeated Watkins Glen 51-35 at TC3 last Friday.  Great team defense, balanced scoring and solid senior leadership were the keys to the Ladycats success on this night.

Jocelyn Ford led the way with 12 points, however 7 other players factored into the scoring, including 7 points each for seniors MC Barrett, Ellyn Grant-Keane and Stephanie Gonyea. Nina Lindberg and Carlene Fields added 5 points each, while Colby McCartney and Shanna Shaff chipped in with 4 points each. MC Barrett and Jocelyn Ford played outstanding defense on Taylor Chaffee throughout the night, holding Watkins Glen's leading scoring to 7 points under her average.

The Lansing Community Swimming Team (LCATs) recently divided into two groups for competition against swimmers from around the Northeast. Coach Bob Terry led one group of LCATs to Owego High School for a 2-day ‘qualifier’ meet sanctioned by the Niagara District, which includes over 75 swim clubs from the western half of New York State. A second group traveled with Coach Reed Dewey to the CeraVe Invitational meet on the campus of Rutgers University in New Jersey to compete against some of the best swimmers in the U.S. including Olympian Elizabeth Bisel.

The young LCATs turned in many outstanding performances at the Owego meet. This qualifying meet provided swimmers the opportunity to record times that enable them to enter faster meets later in the season. Several LCATs achieved these faster standards including Christina Bong, James Lovette, and Adelaide Smallidge in the 10 and under age group; Neal Ruparelia in the 11 and 12 age bracket; and Anna Conte, Gabriella Gomez, and Clement Towner among 13 and older swimmers.