Archive: Sports

The Boys Cross Country team placed 7th at IACs this past Saturday in Marathon. Travis Miller placed 19th and was the first finisher for the Bobcats followed by Josh Barber (20:22), Henry Potter (20:43), Tim Shea (20:48), Jon Fenner (20:57), Mike Monacelli (21:37) and George Wigsten (22:53).

Tim Shea was awarded the Brad Sanford Scholar Athlete Award for Lansing. The JV team placed 4th with respectable times from Dan Comisi, Chris Meagher and Casey Nassif, Alec Iacobucci, Jack Rogers, and Tim Carlson. The varsity team heads to Chenago Park on Thursday for Sectionals.

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The varsity football team advanced to the Section IV championship game by defeating Trumansburg for the second week in a row 24-6. Vincent Redmond led the team scoring once, throwing for a score and intercepting three passes.

The defense again was outstanding holding Trumansburg to under 90 yards total offense. Colden Knapp had an outstanding game rushing for 103 yards and scorong once. Teagen Barresi scored once on a 70 yard TD pass from Redmond.

Watkins Glen hosted the IAC Swimming and Diving Championship meet Saturday, but the home team took second place to an unstoppable Lansing varsity team.  Lansing scored few first places in the meet, but the team's cumulative score told the story of solid swimming and team effort.  By the last event Lansing scored in first place with 294 points, followed by Watkins Glen (236), Dryden (228), Southern Springs (169), Waverly (149), and Odessa Montour (94).

Watkins started out strong, taking first place in the 200 Yard Medley Relay, with the Lansing team of Lexi Payton, Katrina Mehringer, Courtney Pollack and Anna Mapes in fourth place only 8 1/2 seconds later.  But Lansing took first place in the Women 200 Yard Freestyle as Kali Dean sped to the finish in 2:00.35.

The Lansing Cross Country team had a small but significant showing at the 19th Annual Marathon Invitational on Saturday, October 20. Competing with 20 other area schools, Lansing managed a strong finish in 11th place with only five competitors able to score for the team.

Josh Barber finished 8th with a time of 18:17, Travis Miller, Henry Potter, Dan Comisi and Casey Nassif rounded out the team's point total. Shanna Swanson placed 7th out of 115 competitors running 21:56 and Hannah Shea placed 19th with a time of 11:51 for the modified course.

The team competes at IACs this Saturday in Marathon.

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Lansing Varsity soccer boys won the IAC Division I title as they beat Trumansburg 3-0 Goals were scored by Casey Byrne, Nick Geisler and Dan Hranek Geisler's goal was set up by Joe Skeps who sent in a deep cross to Geisler who ran onto the ball and heded a one time shot into the net.  The boys fell to Spencer van Etten 1-0 in the IAC semi-final game, though outshooting the Panthers 15-3 the bobcats could not find the back of the goal.

Spencer struck mid-way through the second half as their exchange student from Germany scored with 22 minutes left-Lansing kept coming but could not get the equalizer.

Lansing's varsity football team defeated Trumansburg last Friday 14-6 to end the regular season at 7-1. The Bobcat defense had their best effort of the year holding the Blue Raiders to 65 total yards.

On offense touchdowns by Colden Knapp and Brian Milliman were enough to outscore T-Burg. Knapp scored on a 4 yard run while Milliman caught 10 yard pass from Vincent Redmond in the third quarter for the second score.

Saturday the team opens Section IV playoffs against Trumansburg at Union-Endicott beginning at 12:00.

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Tompkins Girls Hockey Association (TGHA) will celebrate its 35th anniversary in 2007 with the reintroduction of a recreational hockey program for girls whose love of the game persists despite the demands of other activities.

"Many of the girls who play or have played in our league are athletes in other sports as well as hockey", notes TGHA board member, Catherine Van Brunschot. As girls move up through age level groups - particularly in their teen years - each sport can demand more time, often requiring girls to choose a single sport and to drop others. "We want to leave that door to hockey open for girls, by bringing back our recreational program, where girls can simply have fun with the game without a huge time commitment", says Van Brunschot.

The varsity football team travelled to Greene last Friday and came away with a 22-14 victory. Vincent Redmond led the Bobcats throwing for 197 yards, a touchdown and running for a score. Colden Knapp rushed for 80 yards while Teagen Barresi had five receptions for 85 yards. The Bobcat defense was lead by Charlie Hatfield and T. J. French.

The team travels to T-Burg Friday for a 7:00 kickoff.

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Last week saw another triumph for Lansing's Girls Varsity Swimming and Diving Team at a meet at Waverly.  The Ladycats scored more than double Waverly's final result in a 125 - 58 meet.  Lansing girls won nine first places to Waverly's two in the eleven swimming events.

Lansing started strong with the 'C' team of Kali Dean, Alex Conte, Courtney Pollack and Ashley McDonald taking first place in the 200 Yard Medley Relay.  Jessica Morse, Shaye Weldon, Chelsea Tucker and Anna Mapes also scored for Lansing in third place.  Waverly's Cassidy Farr took first in the 200 Yard Freestyle, with Lansing's Lexi Payton, Chelsie Radcliffe, and Andrea Payton scoring.  Lansing was back on top when Alex Conte took first place in the 200 Yard IM, finishing in 2:35.60.  Valerie Massi and Katrina Mehringer also scored for Lansing in the event.

The Lansing Cross Country team has had a busy week. At the Trumansburg Invitational on Saturday Travis Miller battled with Trumansburg's Dan Stackman to win fifth place in a time of 14:40 on the 2.5 mile course. Sophomore Luke Davis raced for the first time in several meets, due to a back injury, and did well finishing 28th with a time of 16:03. Mike Monacelli won the award for "middle of the pack" placing 32 out of sixty four runners.

At the Whitney Point Invitational on Tuesday, Lansing competed with 19 other area schools. Lansing finished 9th with star performances from Josh Barber and Travis Miller, each earning trophies for their performances. The team set many personal records at this meet including sophomore Dan Comisi with a time of 21:33 and senior Casey Nassif with 22:38.   Shanna Swanson continued to dominate the varsity girls competition coming in 6th with a personal best time of 21:34. The team will race again this Saturday at Marathon and compete in IACs on October 27 in Marathon.

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Josh Barber and  Shanna Swanson were 1st team All Stars at the Divisional Meet at Groton Stoneheadges Golf Course on Tuesday. The team placed 4th overall.

Each Lansing runner improved his time for the course from last season.

The Bobcats go to Trumansburg this Saturday at 10:00am.

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(Photo by RIchard Meagher)
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The Ladycat Varsity Swimming and Diving team raced to another win when they beat Watkins Glen 112-70 in a home meet last week.

Watkins Glen took first in the 200 Yard Medley Relay Varsity with two Lansing teams scoring when Lexi Payton, Alex Conte, Courtney Pollack and Ashley McDonald came in second, and Kate Adie, Katrina Mehringer, Kelsy Quigley and Morgan Barron third.  But Kali Dean ttok first place, finishing the  200 Yard Freestyle in 2:01.68.  Alex Conte came in second in the 200 Yard IM Varsity, with Lexi Payton and Courtney Pollack also scoring for Lansing.  Watkins Glen took first again in the 50 Yard Freestyle with Ashley McDonald, Anna Mapes, and Katrina Mehringer scoring for Lansing.