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Lansing took the high score when it beat Southern Cayuga 96-71 in a home meet Tuesday.  Lansing took first place in all but two events in the meet.  It would have taken one of those firsts according to coach Diane Hicks-Hughes.  "Chelsea Tucker actually won the 100 back but Lansing went exhibition to keep the score down," she says.

Lansing finishes the dual meet season undefeated, 10-0.  In the first event Lexi Payton, Alex Conte, Courtney Pollack and Anna Mapes sped to first place in 2:05.05 in the 200 Yard Medley Relay.  Kali Dean took first place in the 200 Yard Freestyle.  Kelsy Quigley finished first in the 200 yeard IM.

The Lansing Girls Varsity Soccer Team did it again last saturday. They won their third straight IAC Championship with their third win of the year over Division I rival Dryden 5-2.

The number one ranked Class B team raced to a 3-1 halftime lead behind two goals from Ellyn Grant-Keane and the other by Megan Palladino. After the intermission, Rachael Palladino added two more goals and a late Dryden penalty kick accounted for all the scoring.

The Lansing Girls Varsity Soccer team continue to roll in post season. After completing its second successive undefeated IAC regular season, the 17-0 Lady 'Cats beat Division III champs Marathon by a score of 2-0 at TC3 on 1O/15/08 to setup a showdown with state ranked and Division I rival Dryden this saturday night for the IAC championship.

It will be the third meeting of the year for the two teams. The Lady 'Cats received goals from leading scorers Rachael Palladino and Ellyn Grant-Keane in the first half. Goalkeeper M.C. Barrett and the defense were again solid in gaining their 14th shutout of the season. The team has scored a team record 149 goals and have given up 3.

Lansing bested Newark Valley in IAC play on October 9th, took second place to Dryden at the Dryden Invitational tournament on the 11th, and put together a brilliant 25-13 game before falling to Dryden in an IAC match on the 14th.  Consistency will be key to realizing their terrific potential in end-of-season play.

In the Newark Valley match, Lansing won the first two games handily, but then had a mental letdown and needed five games to nail down the win (25-14, 25-17, 24-26, 22-25, 25-18).  Though plagued by errors, the team pulled together and showed it could deliver in a crunch.  Highpoints included Brooke Burke’s 9-point serving streak in game one, which included 4 of her 6 aces.  Desi Burke and Ashley Schuster had 4 service aces each, and Nicolo Gentile had 3.  Desi’s 18 assists fueled the offense, led by Ashley, Brooke, and Tory Cutting, with 10, 8, and 8 kills, respectively.  Kari Fenner led the defense with 29 digs, also contributing 6 kills.

Lansing's Varsity Girls Swim team trounced Waverly Tuesday with a 104 to 73 win, taking first place in all twelve events and breaking two Lansing school records.  "Kali Dean broke two 18 year old pool records one in the 50 free held by Sarah Newman 1990 and she also set a new school and pool record in the 500 free," says coach Diane Hicks-Hughes.  "The 500 free school record was held by Nikki Dean 2005 pool record Sarah Newman 1990."

In Tuesday’s IAC volleyball match, both Lansing and Trumansburg delivered well executed offense and tough, responsive defense, in a high-intensity match replete with extended volleys.  Lansing’s performance far surpassed their earlier 0-3 loss to Tburg.  The turning point happened in game one when Lansing players connected with a core of mental toughness and determination that they sustained throughout the match.

After Lansing won the first point of the match, Trumansburg got off to a fast start, picking up a 7-point lead.  The Bobcats then stepped up to their opponent’s quick offense, hustling back to a one-point difference midway through the game.  Tburg held the lead with a score that foreshadowed the match outcome (25-18, 25-19, 10-25, 25-17). 

The Boys Cross Country team lost by two points to T-burg in one of the closest races of the season at their Divisional Meet in Groton on Tuesday. The Bobcats also faced  Southern Springs and Moravia. An amazing effort was put forth by Jon Cleveland, placing 3rd, Josh Barber, Tim Shea, Robin Hicks and Dan Comisi. Cleveland was named First Team All Star and Barber, Shea and Hicks were Second Team All Stars. Alex Rogers ran a personal best time of 21:41 as did Comisi (18:44) and Hicks (18:32).

The varsity Boys Soccer team is now 8-3.  The team has been playing better and better every game.  Over the past 4 games the boys have defeated Waverly 8-0, Groton 7-0, Union Spring 5-0, and Watkins Glen 2-1.

During the Watkins Glen Game the boys avenged an earlier loss during the season. Watkins Glen struck first but Lansing answered 2 minutes letr on a corner kick goal when Joe Skeps hit a ball that was deflected in by Casey Byrne.

Teamwork clicked for Lansing varsity volleyball in Monday's 3-2 IAC match against Watkins Glen. Desi Burke's tough serves and nimble assists helped the Bobcats win the first game 25-18, setting up her match total of eleven assists and three service aces. After a sluggish Lansing start in game 2, the lead vacillated in two tightly battled games. The home team was buoyed by a tribe of vociferous Seneca braves, and Watkins edged out Lansing 26-24, 26-24.

 

Lansing's Varsity Girls Soccer team is having a great season.  "They know it's not going to be easy," says coach LaMarr Peters.  "They are gifted in their minds as well as in their bodies.  Overall I think they are fantastic spirit beings, and they're open to being taught.  That's a unique group.  There is something about Lansing that has allowed this group to be."

It is certainly paying off for the girls, who are 12-0, undefeated with only three games left in the regular season.  A significant  element of a team's success is the coach, and Lansing's team has a unique and driven one.  Peters is a professional soccer trainer who came to Lansing after a successful college and pro soccer career.  Locally he is known for teaching WAZA FLO, which expands soccer training to include philosophical and spiritual training, a concept borrowed from martial arts.

Lansing's  Cross Country team ran with the masses at the McQuaid Invitation on Saturday with over seven thousand runners and 230 schools from the northeast. The boy's team outscored Marathon, Groton, Candor and Watkins Glen with teammates Josh Barber and Jon Cleveland running personal bests for the season with 16:39 and 16:42 respectively on the 3.0 mile course. Shanna Swanson and Neila Thomas placed 80th and 112_ for the girls and also ran personas best times.

The Lansing Bobcats lost a tough game last Friday night to their arch rivals the Trumansburg Blue Raiders, 20 to 14. The turning point in the game came midway through the second quarter with no score and Trumansburg facing a 4th and 10 from their 42 yard line. From punt formation the Blue Raiders mishandled the snap, but were able to pick it up, elude would be Bobcat tacklers and race 56 yards to the Bobcat two yard line where Jake Whiting was able to push the punter out of bounds.