Archive: Sports

During the holiday weekends, the Ithaca 14U and 16U Shooting Stars were active home and away. The 14Us traveled to the Capital District area Dec. 21-22 and they played closer to home Dec. 29-30. The 16Us played Dec. 23 and Dec. 30 at home.

On the road, the Ithaca 14U Shooting Stars lost to the Saugerties 16Us 0-3. Ali Pace stopped 25 shots as goaltender. They fell to the Adirondack Northstars 14U, 1-3, with their lone goal scored by 16U players who were serving as substitutes; Kaitlyn Ryan scored assisted by Kathryn Luschwitz and 14U player Lauren Herrick. Pace made 33 saves in this contest. In a rematch with the Northstars 14U, Ithaca won 2-1.

It is very hard to pick top sports events because all our Lansing athletes are so successful all the time.  But this year John Duthe and Kyle Dake earned top honors as they became the State Champions in Golf and Wrestling, respectively.  Kali Dean made it to State by swimming to the lead in the 50 Yard Freestyle, and 100 Yard Freestyle.  Meanwhile the Ithaca Shooting Stars girls hockey team continues to have succcess on the ice.

Another sports thrill this year was watching the Small Fry Football teams at Schoellkopf Field in September, playing two Sunday morning games that pitted Lansing's Small Fry football teams against the South Senaca Falcons.

Another sports thrill this year was watching the Small Fry Football teams at Schoellkopf Field in September, playing two Sunday morning games that pitted Lansing's Small Fry football teams against the South Senaca Falcons.

The Lansing Varsity coaches deserve special recognition for sending weekly report to the Star.  They not only lead Lansing to victory time after time, but have been instrumental in the Star keeping Lansing up to date on their teams' progress.  We also have to thank Mary Grainger for her hockey reports, and our newest contributor Joyce Jones for her outstanding reporting on Varsity Boys Swimming.

• Town Recognizes Athletes and Youth Services Committee
• Dake Honored As 1st Lansing State Wrestling Champ
• Lansing Swimmers #1 -- Dean Goes to State
• Swanson and Barber Going to State
• Shooting Stars Win Tournament Championship
• Small Fry Football Meets Big Fry Stadium
  

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Lansing hosted END last night at Helen Newman Lanes in a very interesting match. Lansing's boys are in a rebuilding year and looking at every match to improve and last nights match was no exception. Starting out slow with Dan Baldini & Phil Kulis struggling new comer Troy Hradisky (8th grader 182-508) along with senior Ricky Newton scored to keep us in the match.

When the night was over there wasn't any big games as Lansing won the first two games by 28 & 5 pins and total wood by only six pins, which just goes to show you how every spare adds up. Lansing Boys 3, END 1.

The Lansing track team started it's indoor season December 14th at Cortland state with a 9th/10th age group meet.

The teams top perfomances were highlighted by Sophomore Chloe Ryan's new school record in the 55m dash. Ryan who formerly tied the 55m dash record last season looks to be faster than ever. With some new block work, Ryan ran a time of 7.4 seconds to win the event.

As the winter sports season approaches it's halfway point, the young varsity wrestling team has had solid perfomances. The team has compiled a 3-5 dual meet record. The wrestlers have beaten Thomas Edison, Watkins Glen, and Binghamton.

Lansing has also competed in two 16 team tournaments, finishing 13th in the Clyde Cole at Oxford and 7th at Elmira Free Academy Christmas Tounament. Leading the team with outstanding individual performances, junior Kyle Dake with a 15-0 record. Kyle is a reigning 2007 State Champion. Sophmore Jon Glennon, who placed 4th in last years State tournament, is at 14-1. Other standouts include 8th graders Ryan Todd (11-1), Cory Dake(4-3),sophmores,Sean Eastman(8-8), T.J. Cretney(5-4), and Colden Knapp(8-7).

The entire team, despite their youth, has worked extremely hard and are looking foward to continued sucess.

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The Lansing Boys' Varsity Swim Team defeated Dryden on Tuesday, December 18, 2007.  The score was 103-83.  Once again, the team was led by All-American Senior swimmer, Jake Sangren.  According to Assistant Coach Reed Dewey, "Jake swam  well."  Sangren had first place finishes in the 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle.  Sangren's time of 22.55 in the 50 freestyle was a state qualifying time and gave him an 'all-time top 10 performance' (no. 3) by a Lansing swimmer in this event.  His time of 50.06 in the 100 freestyle also gave him an 'all-time top 10 performance' (no. 4).  He was also part of the winning relay teams – the 200 medley relay and the 200 freestyle relay.

The Lansing Girls Basketball team defeated Dryden last Friday 63-27, then on Tuesday the Ladycats lost their first game of the season at Elmira Notre Dame 51-39.

Against Dryden, Jocelyn Ford led a balanced scoring attack with 20 points, Ellyn Grant-Keane added 12 points and Rachael Palladino chipped in with 10 points. The Ladycats played solid team defense the entire night limiting Dryden to single digits in all four quarters.

The Boys Basketball Team is 5-0.  Over the past week ththe team has picked up two more wins.  The boys beat Dryden on the road last Friday by the score of 60-47.  The Bobcats had to overcome a tough Dryden challenge as they only led by 4 at the half.  Teagan Barresi led all scoreers with 21 points and Justin Payne knocked down three 3-pointers, 2 in the second half, as he chipped in with 13 points. 

Lansing played good defense in the second half and made things difficult for Dryden inside.   Matt Hartz, CHarlie Hatfield played a strong game and Brian Milliman played his first game since the opener as he returned from his broken nose injury.  Will Opperman recorded his first double double as he had 10 pooints and 11 rebounds.  Barresi also chipped in with 17 boards.

The Lansing Boy's Varsity Swim Team posted another win against Waverly on December 5, 2007 - 92-78. The team remains Undefeated since 2003. The team was led by Senior All-American Swimmer, Jake Sangren, who came in first place in the 200 IM (Individual Medley), 100 Freestyle, and was part of the winning 200 Medley Relay and 200 Freestyle Relay. When asked how he felt Jake was doing in these events, Coach Brian Vaughan stated, "Jake is swimming fast, but we expect him to go faster. It is still early in the Varsity season."

The team also had First Place finishes by its team of Junior Swimmers - Dan Ravas in the 50 Freestyle with a time of 23.59 and also in the 100 Butterfly with a time of 58.69; Ari Darlow in the 500 Freestyle (20 laps) with a time of 5:42.72; Dave Bandler in the 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:12.93. These 3 Juniors were also part of the winning relay teams.

The Lansing Ladycats improved to 4-0 on the young season with wins over Moravia, Elmira Southside and Newark Valley. Last Friday the Ladycats traveled to Moravia and came away with a 48-28 victory. Jocelyn Ford led the way with 15 points, Rachael Palladino had 13 points and Megan Palladino added 9 points.

On Saturday the Ladycats hosted Elmira Southside and won 62-15. Every team member made a positive contribution on this day, with four players finishing in double figures, Rachael Palladino with 12 points, Ellyn Grant-Keane with 11 points, MC Barrett and Jocelyn Ford with 10 points each.

The Lansing Boy's Varsity Swim Team defeated Southern Cayuga on December 11, 2007. The score was 57-29. According to Coach Brian Vaughan, many swimmers were given "the opportunity to swim in different events". Overall, he felt the team did well.

The team's All-American swimmer, Jake Sangren, posted a time of 23.02 in the 50 freestyle. This is one of Lansing's 'top 10 performances' in this event - number 7. This was an improvement over his number 10 time which was 23.45 (2/10/07). Sangren also took first place in the 100 butterfly (56.73) and was part of Lansing's winning relay teams.

The boys basketball team is 3-0-  they beat Union Springs 50-42 with Teagan Barresi leading the way with 25 points -  The highlight was the boys shot 14-18 from the free throw line to ice the game down the stretch-

The Bobcats then hosted Moravia where they used a strong defense to beat Moravia 38-21.  This was a great defensive effort as the boys held Moravia to just 8 field goals.  Lansing had a balanced attack with Barresi leading with 14 points.  Will Opperman chipped in 6. Lansing took the road to a much improved Newark Valley team's gym on Tuesday.