Archive: Sports

The Lansing Bobcats went to Cardinal Lanes to bowl Newark Valley iin this final week of the regular season. The Newark Valley boys were ready as Derek Fenn 245-616 & Justin Vandeburg 212-606 paced them for all four points totalling 2814.

On the girls side Kristi Sullivan 203-505 along with help from Lori McKane and Katie Blann took three of the four points for the Bobcat girls. Newark Valley's Kirsten Chase led all girls with a 222-579 series. Both team finish there regular season on Wednesday night as they head into the IAC Championship and Valley Bowl in Waverly on Saturday and then it's on to sectionals the following weekend in Vestal.

The Lansing Boys' Varsity Swim Team defeated Odessa-Montour on January 30, 2008 - the score was 61-31. Jake Sangren, Lansing's senior All-American swimmer, recorded a new Lansing school record in the 100 butterfly with a time of 54.18. Jake eclipsed his previous record which was 54.74 (2007). According to Assistant Coach Reed Dewey, "It was good to see Jake better his own school record time in the fly." Jake also cruised to victory in the 200 freestyle (1:52.97) and was part of the winning 200 freestyle relay.

Lansing's Ari Darlow (junior co-captain) recorded first place finishes in both the 200 individual medley (2:26.25) and the 500 freestyle (5:36.08). Ari was also the butterfly leg of the winning 200 medley relay team. Casey Hagin (sophomore) finished first in two events - the 50 freestyle (23.91) and the 100 freestyle (53.12). Head Coach Brian Vaughan stated, "These two swimmers have worked hard over the course of the regular season and it shows."

On January 31, 2008, the Lansing Boys' Varsity Swim Team defeated Dryden 102-84.  Lansing ended its regular season of dual meets undefeated.  The highlights of this meet included the medley relay team qualifying for the state meet, two new Lansing school records, and four new Dryden pool records.

Lansing's 200 medley relay team – Jake Sangren (backstroke), David Bandler (breaststroke), Dan Ravas (butterfly), Casey Hagin (freestyle) – recorded the time of 1:41.24 which is a state qualifying time.  The time needed to qualify is 1:41.72.  Assistant Coach Reed Dewey stated, "Casey Hagin and Dave Bandler joined Dan Ravas and Jake Sangren to get the state cut in the 200 medley relay and post the fastest time in Section IV so far this season.  It's quite an accomplishment for these boys to get up and put a decent relay together, especially after losing Hans Roser, Aaron Mychack and Sterling Gell from last year's 200 medley relay team (3rd in the entire state).

The Girls Varsity Basketball team finished up the regular season with a record of 14-4. The Ladycats concluded the season with a difficult four day stretch that saw them play three games, at Waverly where they lost 45-33, at home to Elmira Notre Dame a 63-56 defeat and finished up with a home victory over Trumansburg 55-42.

Saturday at Waverly the Ladycats were tied at the end of three quarters with the 11th ranked team in Class A. However their size proved to be too much as they were outscored 18-6 over the final 8 minutes. Rachael Palladino's led the way with 14 points, while sister Megan and Jocelyn Ford chipped in with 6 points each.

The Lansing Boys Basketball tteam ends regular season at 17-1 The boys finished with a perfect 10-0 record in Division I  Lansing beat Waverly on Senior night 59-38.  Lansing jumped out to a 39-12 halftime lead and never looked back.  They were led by Teagen Barresi who had 23 points and Brian Milliman with 11. 

This was the last regular season home game for the bobcats as they have 8 seniors.  The seniors are Teagen Barresi, Brian Milliman, Will Opperman, Charlie Hatfield, Tyler Fleming, Kyle Sweazey, Kyle McGrath, and Haman Anand.

The New York State Lottery isn't the only drawing people were anxious about in Lansing this week.  Wednesday night a smattering of boating enthusiasts gathered at Lansing Town Hall to see how they would do in the Town Marina lottery for dock spaces.  Every three years boaters send in their applications, hoping to get a spot in the popular Myers Park marina.  This year the Park and Recreation Department got over 300 requests for information, and received 83 applications back.  "That was a real big number for us," says Park Superintendent Steve Colt.  "For us that's good news."

State Law doesn't permit the Town to restrict lakefront boat slip space to Lansing residents, so the town holds a lottery to insure that no preference is given to any particular applicant.  Residents do get a generous break on the rental fee if they win a spot in the Marina.  Smaller slips that accommodate 19' boats go for $608 for non-residents and $475 for residents.  The largest slips that will hold a 30' boat go for $960 for non-residents and $750 for residents.  Lansing boaters even get a $50 break on electrical service, which costs an additional $200 for non-residents who rent slips that have power available.  Applications came from as far as Binghamton and Endicott, as well as Ithaca, Dryden, and Freeville.

The Lansing Athletic Hall Of Fame held it's tenth annual induction in front of a huge crowd in the Lansing High School gym Saturday.  The Hall Of Fame honors past Lansing athletes who excelled in more than one varsity sport and graduated at least ten years before being inducted.  It also recognizes teams that achieved championship status in league, sectional, regional, or state competition at least ten years before the time they are inducted.  This year Kevin Kessler (1996), Amy Childers (1993), and Dennis "Bubby" Eade (1993) were honored along with the 1976-1977 Men's Basketball Team.


"I'm glad to be here , especially with these two other people who I started my younger career with Dennis," Kessler said just before the ceremony Saturday evening.  "It's exciting.  It's an honor to be back in Lansing and see all the other alumni in the Hall Of Fame and to be a part of it all."

Last Friday the Lansing Track team had an age group meet at Cornell's Barton Hall. The team had one first place finisher in the women's pole vault. Lindsay Petry won the 9/10th grade age group with a height of 9'6".

Second place finishers included:
-Men's 3200m Relay team of:  8:48.95 (Walker Diebolt, Josh Barber,
Eddy Potter, Henry Potter)
-Kathryn Hornibrook; 55m Hurdles; 9.26
-Josh Barber; 1600m; 4:50.40
-Jeff Swayze; Shot Put; 46' 11"

Waverly came to bowl the Lansing Bobcats tonight at Helen Newman Lanes and they liked our lanes very much on both the girls and the boys side. Waverly took all the points at this match as their girls rolled a 2680 with Megan Paterson 255-670 leading the way followed by Nikki Rice 193-544.

The Bobcat girls were paced by Kristi Sullivan's 190-539 & Brooke Burkes 166-482. On the boys side Waverly again rolled an excellent 327 paced by brothers Marcus & Micheal Beard 746 & 644 and also helped that Jared Joseph rolled a 279-716.

Ithaca Shooting Stars--Three Teams Go 3-3
 
Three Ithaca Shooting Stars girls hockey teams played games two games each last weekend.  The 16U girls defeated the Troy Albany 16U II, 1-0, and the Perinton Edge 19U II, 3-0. The 14Us lost two close contests to the Camillus Cougars 14U, 0-2, and Skaneateles Lakers 16U, 1-2.  The 13Us fell to the New Hartford 12Us, 8-10, and beat the Binghamton Blizzard 12U, 3-2.
 
When the 13Us faced New Hartford 12U on Saturday. Bridget Derraugh had a hat trick and an assist, while Gwen Umbach scored twice and had an assist. Other goals were scored by Camille Rogers, Alex Stagliano, and Rachel Brock. Additional assists were provided by Aurora Solla, Hannah Wilson, Grace Ulinski, Brock, and Stagliano.  Sophia Hunt was in goal with 8 saves. On Sunday they were victorious over the Binghamton Blizzards 12U, 3-2.  Goals were scored by Ismini Ethridge, Ulinski, and Brock. Alex Stagliano was in goal with 7 saves.

As the Lansing Wrestling team's season winds down, the young squad has enjoyed good sucess.
 
Led by returing State Champion, junior Kyle Dake ran his record to 31-0 in a solid dual meet victory for the Bobcats over visiting Groton 65-9. Pins were recorded by 8th grader Corey Dake, Sophmores, Joe Jimenez, Sean Eastman, Andrew Morse, and returning State Place winner Jon Glennon. This was Glennon's first match in almost 6 weeks as he was recovering from a broken jaw.

Photo by Melanie TownerOn January 19, 2008, the Lansing Boys' Varsity Swim Team took part in the Vestal Swimming and Diving Invitational in Vestal. This gave the team competition from one of Section IV's top swim teams, Vestal (defending Class A sectional champs), as well as Greene's High School Swim Team. The Lansing team recorded many new meet record times in their events as well as other record time swims.

Lansing's Senior All-American swimmer, Jake Sangren, broke his new Section IV 100 backstroke record with a new time of 51.80. The state record in this event is now 49.65 which was set by Ricky Henahan of Irondequoit at the state meet on 3/1/07. Jake's new record time sets the following: Section IV record, IAC League record, Vestal pool record, and Lansing school record.