Archive: Sports

The Boy’s golf team will be returning everyone from last year’s team with some new additions this year.  The team is comprised of a nice mix of youth and experience.  

Returning Players:       

• Senior – Jess Esposito
• Juniors – Craig Esposito, Austin Moore
• Sophomore – Tim Carlson
• Freshman – Conor Stanhope
• 8th grader – Josh Randall

The Varsity Baseball team opened their 2009 season with a 7-4 road win at Union Springs on Tuesday. Justin Payne picked up the win, pitching 5 strong innings, giving up 1 run on 4 hits while striking out 6.

Payne helped his own cause with a first inning RBI double, while fellow senior Matt Ford contributed 2 hits and 4 RBI's, including a bases loaded 3 run double in the 5th inning to break the game open.  Junior TJ Cretney had 2 hits and an RBI, while Senior Cody Rohwedder and Junior Nate Martin each had a hit.

The Ithaca Shooting Stars 14U girls hockey team finished their season playing in the Don Vetter Memorial tournament hosted by the Canandaigua Knights March 21-22, and playing area teams the previous weekend.  They tied the host Knights 16U girls 4-4 and lost to the Perinton Edge girls 0-3 which placed them in the semi-final game rematch with the Knights which ended 4-6.  In other action they defeated the Skaneateles Lakers 16Us, 3-2, and fell to the Binghamton Blizzard 16Us, 3-4.

Junior Ellyn Grant-Keane and sophomore Jocelyn Ford participated in the Stars & Stripes All-Star basketball tournament held at Davis College in Johnson City last week. The Lansing duo played for the host Davis College team, coached by Stuart Dean, along with players from Horseheads, Ithaca, Odessa Montour, Tioga, and Candor.

On Thursday the Davis College team defeated Visions Federal Credit Union 83-74 to advance to the Championship game. In the that contest held on Saturday the Davis College team defeated Kelly O'Day's Krew 73-53 to claim the Championship.

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Monday evening Lansing Athletic Director John Taylor welcomed Lansing's winter sports teams for an awards ceremony to honor this season's two State Champions along with all the teams.  Awards were presented by each team's coaches.  Coaches Awards were given for highest achievement and most iproved players.

 

Ithaca 19U Shooting Stars girls hockey team advanced to the semi-finals of the NYSAHA Championship Tournament in Glens Falls after defeating the Mohawk Valley Herricanes 9-3 and tieing the West Seneca Wings and Adirondack Northstars, 1-1 each time.

Their first loss was in the semi-final, 4-0, to the eventual state champion Brewster Bulldogs despite outshooting the victors 2 to 1. Brewster and West Seneca played into the third overtime before Brewster scored the tournament winner.

As Lansing School Superintendent Stephen Grimm and the entire school community deal with the budget crisis, one bright spot has been the success of Lansing's athletes this year.  Grimm told the Board Of Education Monday that he takes inspiration from the student athletes that he has been following through the winter season, and singled out the girls basketball team.

"What a great example," he told the board.  "They show us how a team can come together and continue to perform and never give up.  I think about that on a daily basis when I'm going through the economic affairs with the state and the struggle between expenditures and revenues."

Rochester 3-8-09 the Section IV “All Section Team” which had six girls from six different schools rolls to victory in State finals. With two girls from the IAC (Kristi & Megan Paterson from Waverly) along with four girls from the STAC the girls go to practice on Saturday night after hearing the Union Endicott girls had won the school girls team crown during the day and were told it was a very tough shot.

Working at practice on some things and getting more used to each other these girls say they are ready for the next day. Knowing that the scores were low the day before these girls start the first game with a 909 and find themselves in 4th place out of the ten teams competing for the State Crown. Rolling a 928 in the second game and staying in 4th and striking distance they were set up to finish the first round off and do so with a fine 1031 and move into 2nd place.

During March 7-8 weekend, the 19U Ithaca Shooting Stars girls hockey team had three home games as they prepare to compete in the 19U Tier 2 NYSAHA tournament next weekend, and the 12Us played in the Canandaigua Knights tournament. 

The Ithaca 12U Shooting Stars came in second in the Don Vetter Tournament. In a warm-up game against a local youth team, the Ithaca girls won by a 3-2 score on goals by Sophie Partington, Ellie Muckstadt and Anu Pruitt.

Last Saturday seven of Lansing student athletes participated in the NY State Championships held in Cornell University's Barton Hall. For the boys Juniors Josh Barber and Eddy Potter ran in the Distance medley relay as part of the Section IV intersectional relay team. This team was made up of the third place finishers at the state qualifiers in the 1600, 1000, 600, and 200 Meter events. The Section IV team finished 10th with an overall time of 9:36.08, and in the field events Senior Jeff Swayze place 11th in the shot put with a throw of 50' 1.5".

For the girls in the 600 meter run Senior Anna Mapes placed 17th with a time of 1:39.18. The 4 x 200 meter relay team of Junior Chloe Ryan, Senior Anna Mapes, and Sophomores Lindsay Petry and Kathryn Hornibrook qualified in prelims with the 4th fastest time of 1:48.85 but unfortunately suffered a DQ in their finials heat. In the Pole Vault Sophomore Lindsay Petry placed 8th with a height of 10' 6" and Sophomore Kathryn Hornibrook unfortunately no heighted out in her first trip to states.

The Girls Varsity Basketball team lost to Oneonta 41-32 in the Section IV Class B Championship game last Friday night.  The Ladycats finished the year with a record of 22-1 and were IAC Division I champions and IAC overall champions.

Jocelyn Ford led the way with 10 points, while Rachael Palladino and MC Barrett added 9 points each. After taking a early 8 point first quarter lead the Ladycats were outscored 22-2 to trail by 12 points at the half. In the second have they cut the lead to 6 with possession of the ball, but could get no closer following a missed opportunity at that point.

The Girls Varsity Basketball team advanced to the Section IV Class B Championship game following a hard fought 65-45 victory over Chenango Valley on Tuesday night.

The Ladycats, playing before a raucous home crowd, complete with a student section attired in black for their "Blackout" pulled away late in the fourth quarter to secure the win.