Athens Falls At Williamsport, 2-0
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | September 28, 2024
WILLIAMSPORT - Williamsport scored in the first two minutes of the game, and added an insurance goal early in the second half in a 2-0 non-league win over Athens in non-league girls soccer action here on a rainy Saturday.
"This was a very good test for us to prepare for districts," said Athens coach Rich Pitts. "They are a well-coached, technical team that is a class bigger than us."
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Tim Birney is the founder / owner of River Road Media Group. He was born and raised in the Valley, graduating from Waverly High School in 1984.
Birney earned an Associate's Degree in Journalism from SUNY Morrisville in 1986 and a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism / Public Relations from Utica College of Syracuse University in 1988. He began his newspaper career at The Daily Review in Towanda in 1989, before moving on to The Evening Times in 1995. He spent more than 10 years at the Times, the last four as Managing Editor.
River Road Media Group includes five sites in "The Sports Reports" family that cover 24 school districts in five counties: Valley Sports Report (launched Aug. 10, 2009), Tioga County (NY) Sports Report (Aug. 13, 2018), and Northern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 31, 2020); Northern Tier West Sports Report (March 15, 2021) Southern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 16, 2021).
