Our final Fueling Excellence Athletes of the Week of the school year are state champions!
Lansing's Ava Kobylarz came out on top in the pole vault, and Candor's Logan Aman took home the gold in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes.
Interviews: espnithaca.com/podcenter
For the third straight year, the Bobcats captured the Section IV title, doing so on May 28 at Soaring Eagles Golf Course in Horseheads.
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📸: Lansing Athletics
As the school year winds, Lansing gets set to send another big cohort of student-athletes to continue their athletic and academic careers in college.
See thread below for names ⬇️
Congratulations to the overall award winners from our 13th Annual Night of Champions!
Female Scholar-Athlete: Rachel Vickio, Watkins Glen
Male Scholar-Athlete: Trent Thibault, Lansing
Girls Coach of the Year: Pam Quinlan, Candor
Boys Coach of the Year: Aubrey Brown, Marathon
The 2026 Photo of the Year Tournament, presented by Centralus Health, is officially underway! 📸
Today's voting: Round 1 of the Fall Region!
Click through this thread to vote, and go to espnithaca.com/2026-photo-of… to check out the other nominees, the bracket, and the schedule.
NYS Runner-up, Trent Thibault!
3200m New York State Runner-up! 6th in Federation.
7th in the state, 26th in the Federation in the 1600 with a PR of 4:17.70.
Congrats, Trent! It’s a great day to be a Bobcat! 💙💛
Tomorrow night, we will recognize 35 student-athletes and 32 head coaches from 15 schools at the 13th Annual Night of Champions.
We look forward to celebrating excellence, dedication, and leadership across our local high school sports community.
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Another state championship is heading back to Lansing.
Earlier today, Ava Kobylarz won the Class C state title in the pole vault. The sophomore cleared 12 feet and 3 inches, setting a personal record in the process.
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Congratulations to our Spring Season Coach Award recipients, who will be recognized at the 13th Annual Night of Champions on Sunday, June 14, 2026!
Ray Hage, Ithaca
Kyle Lumpkin, Union Springs
Matt Loveless, Lansing
Kelly Baughan, Lansing
Congratulations to our Spring Season Athlete Award recipients, who will be recognized at the 13th Annual Night of Champions on Sunday, June 14, 2026!
Aicha Cisse, Ithaca
Eli Landis, Moravia
Michael Culver, Union Springs
Hailey Baughan, Lansing
NYSPHSAA Championship- G. Golf
Hailey Baughan shot a 78 & an 81 (T22) & won the Sportsmanship Award for Section IV. Farren Snyder finished 95th, Alessandra Monacelli 97th & Emily Lombardi 104th. Team finished in 9th. Nicco Binns came over when he was done with his rounds to support the girls!
Congratulations to our Winter Season Athlete Award recipients, who will be recognized at the 13th Annual Night of Champions on Sunday, June 14, 2026!
Nicco Binns, Lansing
Calli Marsh, Candor
Anaya Aylesworth, Newark Valley
Koen Anderson, Ithaca
The IAC championships, which took place from May 20-21 in Trumansburg, saw both the boys and girls teams win the Large School titles.
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📸: Jim Organ
The 2026 IAC Softball MVPs have been released. Congratulations to all the winners, including our 3 local selections: Lansing's Piper Mason, Union Springs' Paityn Delaney, and Watkins Glen/Odessa-Montour's Paige Ells!