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Last Saturday and Sunday the Tompkins County Girl's Softball Pickup League Tournament was held on the Lansing ball fields. The league consists of three teams. Two Lansing teams play and the "Newburg" team has a combination of players from Newfield and Trumansburg. Lansing Coach Randy Randall led his teams to victory in the two day tournament.
Cassidy Hamilton swinging the bat just before injuring a finger, which takes her out of the game on Saturday
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Lansing wrestlers Kyle Dake and Vernon Nabinger took silver and bronze medals in their weight division at the Empire State Games last week. The Games is a multi-sport event held annually. It is patterned after the Olympics, and is the largest competition event of its kind. The program is run by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation. This summer's games were held July 27 through 31 in Hudson Valley.
Kyle Dake took second in the Scholastic Division 44KG-98lb GrecoRoman men's wrestling event on July 28 and 29th. He won all but the last match, defeating Steven Keith of Long Island, Joseph Cipriano of New York City, Mike Ahearn of the Hudson Valley region, and Matthew Rowe of the Adirondack region. In the final round he was defeated by Nicholas Wilcox by pinning, landing him the silver medal.
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The Lansing prep boy's baseball team rounded out their season the past Tuesday, finishing 14-0 in their six-team league. In the championship game against rival Dryden, the boys came from behind, picking up four runs in the sixth inning after being down 4-2.
Third baseman Matt Tucci stepped up to the plate and singled first for Dryden, followed by left-fielder Nathan Steele who singled as well. Center fielder Michael Bradford was walked, loading the bases before first baseman Nolan Milliman doubled, bringing in three runs to put Lansing ahead by one. Another run was driven in late in the inning, bringing Lasing up 6-4, where the scoreboard remained for the rest of the game.
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Last Saturday and Sunday the Co-ed Softball Pitch Tournament took place on the town ball fields.
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Summer recreational sports - that is hardly the phrase that one would think could draw community strength and successful competition into the same sentence. In Lansing, however, recreation, sports, accomplishment and community involvement come in the same package, which helps to promote some of the most successful teams in the area to even higher levels of competition. Each year, adults and youth alike participate in summer baseball and softball leagues which travel around the region to compete in tournaments throughout the summer.
This entirely community-run league embodies community in its running - parents take the time out of their schedules to run practices and attend games while youth gain the opportunity to participate throughout the summer in a sport they love. When children grow out of their gloves and move onto larger ones in larger places, they give back to the community what they can.
