Archive: Sports

The Lansing Girls Basketball team improved to 3-0 on the season as they defeated Watkins Glen last Thursday 72-24, and Moravia on Tuesday 50-37.  In Thursdays game with Watkins Glen the Ladycats receivedbalanced scoring with four players in double figures led by JocelynFord with 22 points, 11 points each by Rachael Palladino and Beth Lader, and 10 points from Ellyn Grant-Keane who connected on all fiveof her shot attempts from inside the arch.

Megan Palladino had 9points and a team high 15 rebounds and 6 assists, in addition to playing solid defense holding the Senecas leading scorer to 3 points,and Stephanie Gonyea added 8 points and 5 rebounds.  In Tuesdays game the Ladycats were led by Jocelyn Ford with 19 points, Rachael Palladino added 9 points and MC Barrett and Beth Lader each had 6 points.

The team travels to Newark Valley on Friday for their first Division I contest.

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The Lansing Varsity Bowling teams went to Watkins Glen last week for their second match of the season and the girls took all 4 points. Kristi Sullivan provided the firepower starting with a 231 first game to finish with a 580 series. Mary Bacorn, Brooke Burke and Katy Bland provided all of needed backup as Lansing totaled 2236 to Watkins’s 1834 total pins.

On the boys side of the lanes the Lansing boys lost the first game by 3 pins and didn’t recover from that as Watkins Glen boys rolled to 2886 total pins to our 2495. But along the way the Lansing boys showed improvement with Trevor Rounds 245- 603, followed by Matt Tucci 238 – 546 and Nick Geisler 502 and Harrison Herzog’s 496. The Lansing team will be in Groton on Tuesday night.

The annual Ithaca Shooting Stars Invitational Tournament concluded Sunday with four championship games played at The RINK after 36 round robin, crossover and consolation games.  Three age levels were won by teams from Canada-- Ancaster Avalanche at 12U over the Niagara Jr. Purple Eagles,4-3; Nepean Wildcats at 16U over the Colorado Selects,5-2; and Etobicoke Dolphins at 19U over Ithaca, 4-1.  The 14U championship was a battle between neighbor teams, Amherst Knights and Buffalo Regals with Amherst victorious 4-0.

The season starts with many new faces this year and our first match was against IAC powerhouse Waverly. The Lansing Girls have many of last year’s group back with the addition of Lauri Bush which helped in our first match. Waverly Girls started out where they have in the past picking spares and doing what they do best.

After taking the first game by 99 pins the Lansing Girls worked their way back to come up short by only 70 pins the second game. But hard work paid off as our girls came back and won the last game by 9 pins.  Now this may not sound like much, but Waverly’s Girls team only lost two points all of last year (to Lansing’s Girls). It’s the start of a long season and a point is a point, Lansing’s Kristi Sullivan 193-498 was high followed by Lauri Bush, Lori McKane and Brooke Burke. We have our next match Thursday at Watkins Glen.

In preparation for the annual Ithaca Shooting Stars Invitational tournament, the 14U Shooting Stars played the 16U Binghamton Blizzard twice, and the 19Us warmed up against the Camillus Cougars 16Us.
 
The 14U goalies each had a workout as the Blizzard shut out the Ithaca girls by double digit margins (13-0 and 11-0).  In one contest,  Alex Stagliano had 12 saves in goal and in the other LT Furman made 21 saves.

The Lansing Bobcat football team ended their season on a high note defeating the Southern Springs football team 13-0.  The team was led by Brad Bartlett's 100 yards rushing on only ten carries.  Bartlett also caught one pass for ten yards and had eleven tackles earning him player of the game honors.  The Bobcats finished with a 4-5 record this year.

Players garnering awards at the end of season banquet last Sunday night included team captain David Bandler, who was named MVP.  Bandler also is being honored this season by the Ithaca Journal as one of its 'Journal 11,' which means he was chosen as the one Bobcat player among ten other players from eleven area teams.  Bandler was cited for his valuable knowledge of the game and his poise, fire, desire, and leadership throughout the season.

The Lansing Girls Basketball team opened the 2008-09 season with a 49-18 win at Union Springs on Tuesday. Rachael Palladino led abalanced scoring attack with 14 points, while Jocelyn Ford added 11points and Megan Palladino chipped in with 8 points.

The Ladcats received contributions from every player, as eight different playersfigured in the scoring. Ellyn Grant-Keane led the team with 7 steals,Megan Palladino and MC Barrett both had a team high 6 rebounds, andthree players Beth Lader, Megan Palladino and Jocelyn Ford had 3assists. The team played outstanding defense throughout the contest,forcing 34 Union Springs turnovers.

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The Ithaca Shooting Stars 12U girls hockey team went 1-1 last weekend at home while the 19Us participated in the Kingston Ice Wolves Tournament in Ontario finishing 1-2-1.

When the 12Us lost to the Camillus Cougars 12Us, 7-0, Caitlyn Whittaker made 28 saves in goal. They defeated the Binghamton Blizzard girls, 2-1.Whittaker stopped 26 in the victory. Anna Kirkwood scored from a feed from Ellie Muckstadt. Paige Johnson scored assisted by Grace Wolczanski.

Section 4 finished 3rd with a point total of 257.00 pts at the State Championships. 

Kali Dean finished 4th in the 50 free swimming an All-American Consideration time in prelims (out of 57 girls) and 8th in 100 free (out of 49 entrants).   The 200 Free Relay from Lansing: Courtney Pollack, Anna Mapes, Ashley McDonald and Kali Dean finished 29th out of 49 entries.

• Section 1 - 492 points

• Section 5 - 379.00 points

 

If an individual school score was kept Ithaca would be first with 196 points and Lansing would be 30th out of 78 schools that scored points at the meet.   139 schools participated in the meet.

 

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As a coach, I could not have asked for a better group of athletes to work with. Not only was I able to improve my own running through our daily workouts as a team, I was able to see the progress of thirteen athletes throughout the 2008 fall season. Juniors Josh Barber and Jon Cleveland led the team in scoring at each meet but could not have done that without the support of the rest of the team.

Barber was named 2nd team All Star at IACs where he also won the Brad Sanford Scholar Athlete Award. He battled Cleveland all season as top runner for the Bobcats, showing his true determination at Sectionals and States when he finished just seconds ahead of his teammate as they raced down the last straight away. Barber clinched the 3rd individual place taking him to the State meet which was held at Sunken Meadows State Park on Long Island. He ran 18:04 and placed 36th in a field of 127. His season best was at the McQuaid Invitational in Rochester (16:39).

The Ithaca 19U Shooting Stars finished 2-1-1 at the Fire on Ice Tournament in Rochester. They defeated the Perinton Edge 3-2 and Saranac Lake 2-1, tied Michigan Capitals 1-1, and lost to Amherst Knights 3-1.

Katie Long scored twice and Lauren Cole once vs. Perinton. Carrie Wilder scored assisted against Saranac Lake assisted by Cole and Ali Pace; and Long scored unassisted. Long also scored in the Michigan game assisted by Emily Eisenhut, and she did again in the Amherst loss assisted by Krystalyn Yonkin. Sarah Eisenhut was in goal for all contests, but shots were not recorded.

Lansing Athletic Hall of Fame Selection Committee Chairman Marty Christopher announced the 2008 inductees who will be inducted into the Hall Of Fame at a January 31 ceremony.  Christopher says the committee is breaking from tradition this year by inducting three football teams.  "We are inducting the untied, undefeated teams coached by deceased Hall of Fame Coach Stan Sobus from 1956, 1957, & 1958," says Christopher.  "They combined to win eighteen consecutive games over the three seasons, each sporting 6 & 0 records."

Individual inductees are Jason I. Eade, Ronald "Ron" Eastman, and Beverly {Longhouse} Hartz.  Eade is a former Cross Country, Indoor Track & Field, and Outdoor Track & Field Coach. Eastman was a former athlete from the 1950s.  He was a prominent sports contributor to boys & girls programs for more than 20 years.  He graduated from Lansing High School in 1959.  Hartz was a star in multiple sports who graduated in 1979.