Archive: Sports

During the Jan. 18-20 weekend, the youngest and oldest Ithaca Shooting Stars girls hockey teams were in action; the 13Us won two games at home while the 19Us went 1-1-1 at the Adirondack Northstars Winter Classic tournament.

The 13U Shooting Stars played two games against a new opponent from New Hartford 12U on Saturday. They won both games, 11-1 and 15-0. In the first game goals scored by Camille Rogers, Grace Ulinski, Anastasia Lyon (2), Bridget Derraugh(2), Rachel Brock, Hannah Wilson, Jacy Hollander, and Gwen Umbach (2). Assists by Hollander, Rogers, Umbach, Brock, and Risa Ulinski. Alex Stagliano had 6 saves in goal. In the second game goals by Rogers(3), Lyon (2), Umbach (3), G. Ulinski (2), Derraugh (4), and Wilson. Assists were provided by Rogers, Wilson, Derraugh, G.Ulinski, Hollander, and Ismini Ethridge. Sophia Hunt faced no shots in the same game.

The Lansing Girls Basketball team improved their record to 12-2 with wins over Groton and Newark Valley.

Lansing defeated Groton at home 45-20, in a game which saw 10 different Ladycats reach the scoring column. They were led by Rachael Palladino with 9 points, MC Barrett with 7 points, and 6 points each by Beth Lader and Ellyn Grant-Keane.

At Newark Valley the Ladcats came away with a hard fought 42-31 victory. In that game Jocelyn Ford led the way with 13 points, while Rachael Palladino chipped in with 12 points. The Ladycats return to action this Friday as they travel to Dryden for an important Division I contest.

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Lansing's Boys Basketball Team Played Newark Valley Friday night and won 76-50.  The boys played great defense and held Newark Valley to 11 first half points.  Teagan Barresi led all scorers with 27 points.  Will Opperman played a great game as he chipped in 15 points.  Charlie Hatfield had a great game on the boards.  With this win Lansing moved to 12-1 and 6-0 in their division.

Saturday night the boys hosted Watkins Glen.  Lansing had beaten Watkins by 12 point a week ago but this time Watkins hung tough.   Lansing got out to a good start as they were led by Brian Milliman and Tyler Fleming.  Milliman had 10 first half points and Fleming knocked down 2 three pointers.  At the half Lansing led 26-14.

Between the Lansing Bobcat's varsity and junior varsity games against Dryden Saturday, the Lansing Athletic Hall of Fame will induct four new members.  Hall of Fame Chairman Marty Christopher says that Amy Childers (swimming, basketball, track) and Dennis Eade (football, track & field, wrestling), both of the class of 1993, will be inducted along with class of 1996 graduate Kevin Kessler (football, track & field).  The 1976-77 Boys Basketball Team will join those athletes in being honored.

The Hall of Fame is located behind the Lansing High School gymnasium.  Plaques mounted on the wall commemorate Lansing's great past athletes with pictures taken at the time they played and a synopsis of their achievements.  This year Geoff Wright will be back as Master of Ceremonies to host the event.

Lansing Boy's Varsity senior All-American swimmer, Jake Sangren, set a new Section IV record in the 100 backstroke at Lansing's pool on January 15, 2008.  His new time of 52.14 gives him the following records:  Section IV record, IAC League record, Lansing school record, and Lansing pool record.   The record fell during Jake's last home swim meet of his career as a Lansing swimmer.  The previous Section IV 100 backstroke record time of 53.02 was set in 1994 by Chris Severson of Chenango Forks.  Jake also took first place in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:02.83.  He was also part of the winning 200 medley relay team.

"What's really neat is that we now have 3 (of 11 swimming events) Section IV records as a team.  Adding Jake's backstroke to the 200 medley relay and Hans Roser's 100 breaststroke is pretty cool. All of the other records are held by the big schools.  It's nice to look through there and see Lansing among the greats from Horseheads and Ithaca."

The Lansing Varsity Boys' Swim Team recorded another win against Watkins Glen on January 10, 2008.  The score was 96-74.  The team's All-American Senior swimmer and co-captain, Jake Sangren, set two new Lansing pool records and qualified for the state meet in another event.  In the 200 individual medley, Jake set a new pool record with the time of 2:02.62; this was the 5th individual event that he has qualified for the state meet.  In the 100 backstroke, Jake eclipsed his own Lansing pool record (53.78 in 2006) with a time of 53.24.  He also holds the school record which is 53.22.  Jake set this time at the state meet on 3/1/07.

In other events, the Lansing swimmers continue to record first place finishes and better their times.  In the 50 freestyle, 1 or 2 hundredths of a second has been the deciding difference.  Dave Bandler recorded a time of 23.71 for first place and Dan Ravas recorded a time of 23.72 for second place in this event.  The two swimmers then traded place finishes again in the 100 butterfly.  Dan Ravas placed first (59.76) and Dave Bandler placed second (1:03.53).

This past Friday at the His & Hers Track Meet at Barton Hall, Lansing won the small school division as a team and had four school records broken as well as many top performances.

School records were broken by:

-Senior Ken Tillapaugh in the Long Jump; 20' 3.5"
-Senior Walker Diebolt in the 1500m run; 4:21.88
-Junior Anna Mapes in the 400m; 1:01.98
-Senior Henry Potter in the 400m; 53.27

The Lansing Girls Varsity Basketball team currently stands with a record of 10-2 overall, 8-2 in the IAC, and 4-2 in Division I.  Over the Holiday break the Ladycats won the Melissa B. Wilson tournament held in Watkins Glen.

In the first round game Lansing defeated the host Senecas by a score of 46-30, and were led by 13 points from Jocelyn Ford and 11 points from Megan Palladino. In the Championship game the Ladycats beat Odessa Montour 49-43 and were led by tournament MVP Megan Palladino's 14 points, while tournament All-Star Jocelyn Ford added 10 points as did MC Barrett.

Wednesday night the newly formed Ithaca High Bowling Club came to Helen Newman to bowl the Lansing Bobcats in a scrimmage match. Bowling well for the home team was Phil Kulis 259-729,Dan Baldini 237-642 and Tim Carslon 181-521. Bowling well for Ithaca was Tim Angel 238-618 & Steven Angel 224-598 and Corey Dockstader 215-550.

On the girls side Lansing's Kristi Sullivan 189-519 Lori McKane 427 and Ashley Flemming's 424 lead the way as Ithaca's Hannan rolled a fine 548 and Jenna Babbitt rolled a 470. Lansing will roll in a cross over match on Thursday against Tioga Central @ Valley Bowl in Waverly.

Newark Valley came to Helen Newman to bowl Lansing and as over forty bowlers competed the Lansing Bobcats took three of four match points in both the Boys & Girls. On the boys side Lansing's Dan Baldini lead all scorers with a 215-603 as New Valley's Sean Park rolled 224-593. On the girls side Lansing's Kristi Sullivan's 226-533 lead all scores as Kristen Chase helped Newark Valley out with a 169-448. Lansing will be at Watkins Glen on 1-9-08.

Lansing Varsity Bowling team went to Johnnie's the home of Watkins Glen Wednesday. In a very tight match the girls teams split 2 & 2 points apiece. Stacy Teed rolled well for the home team with a 177-460 as Kristi Sullivan 171-455 and Lori McKane's 162-442 helped helped Lansing in this split. On the boys side the home team came away with 3 of the 4 points as Erine Brennan's 224-655 lead the way, on Lansing's side Ricky Newton lead all scores with a fine 244-672 as Phil Kulis helped out with a 222-632. Lansing travels to Tioga next week for a cross over match.

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On January 3, 2008, the Lansing Boys' Varsity Swim Team recorded another win by defeating Waverly, 102-82. Jake Sangren (All-American Senior) posted a new Lansing pool record of 1:01.37 in the 100 breaststroke; this was a state qualifying time. Jake has now qualified for the state meet in the 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke and the 100 breaststroke. He also placed first in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:52.05 and was part of the winning 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay teams.

When asked about this win, Coach Brian Vaughan stated, "The team practiced consistently over the holiday break and it showed." Assistant Coach Reed Dewey said that he thought the team swam well, especially Clement Towner and Casey Hagin. He also felt that Jake Sangren did well in his individual events, especially after swimming in both "on the heels of a relay swim." The pool record in the 100 breaststroke was set by Hans Roser in 2007 with a time of 1:01.78. Coach Dewey added that, as much as he loves Hans Roser, it was good to see Jake take down his pool record in the event. He stated, "rivaling Hans in the 100 Breaststroke is quite a feat, considering Hans is the Section IV record holder."

Saturday 12 -29-07 The Waverly Christmas Tournament was held and nine of the IAC teams along with Corning West & Horseheads of the STAC . Horseheads Girls won the Girls crown followed by Waverly and Lansing. There was approxemently 75 girls bowling with the top two from Horseheads, Kaylin Grannis-668 & Chelsey Hartford-642 followed by Lansing Kristi Sullivan's 641 for tops in the IAC.

Over on the boys side with the same number teams Tioga won the boys event followed by Waverly. T J Williams from Tioga with a 742 was the top boy followed by Waverly's Michael Beard's 688 and Candor's Paul Mulks 673 Lansing's Phil Kulis finished eighth with a 632 and Lansing's team was helped by Dan Baldini's 605. The Lansing boys boys placed sixth overall for the day. All teams will be in action as school resumes this week.

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