Steve Lawrence

1 week ago | ithaca.com | Steve Lawrence

With the explosion of two recently-added girl's high school sports – wrestling and flag football – the task of keeping up has become even more challenging. Bill Bryant - the Athletic Director at Ithaca High for two-plus decades and the current Section IV's Executive Director pointed out that while there is plenty to celebrate, there are some growing pains as well. According to Bryant, Girl's wrestling is expanding steadily, but flag football has grown more quickly than any sport in history.

2 weeks ago | ithaca.com | Steve Lawrence

On Saturday, I was tempted to walk through the parking lot behind Schoellkopf Field with a bullhorn, telling tailgaters to put down their beverages and burgers and get to their seats. History was about to be made. CJ Kirst was one goal away from becoming Division 1's all-time goal scoring leader, and I made sure I was where I wanted to be for the opening face-off.

2 weeks ago | ithaca.com | Steve Lawrence

I was saddened to learn that John Gorsky has passed on at the age of 84, having left a big impact on both business at Cornell Laundry and  tennis as a championship partner.   When I took over this column in 1992, I was already familiar with two of  Gorsky's athletic “incarnations,” if you will.

3 weeks ago | ithaca.com | Steve Lawrence

It was a big weekend for Cornell lacrosse fans, and for those willing to travel to Long Island to watch the men take on arch-rival Syracuse, it was worth the trip. The Big Red unleashed yet another scoring barrage – putting up 17 goals to the Orange's 12 – silencing in the process any skeptics who might have thought they were unworthy of the #1 ranking they brought into the contest.

1 month ago | ithaca.com | Steve Lawrence

I knew that Kyle Armstrong had been a multi-sport athlete at Ithaca High School (he captained the '94 state champion Little Red hockey team), and that his dad, Rich, had been a baseball and hockey coach, and that his hockey teams had won two NYS championships,  but had not been aware that there was much more to his family’s story in Ithaca sports. The story starts 65 years ago , when a young coach named Joe Moresco took a job in the Ithaca City School District.