Athens Falls To Norwich In Opening Round Of Woitach Tip-Off Tourney
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | December 13, 2024
JOHNSON CITY - Norwich used a big second quarter to open up a 19-point halftime lead on its way to a 70-47 win over Athens here Friday night in the opening round of the Mark Woitach Tip-Off Tournament.
Norwich started quickly and jumped out to a 19-12 lead after the first eight minutes, despite junior Adam Kemp's eight points, which included a pair of 3-pointers.
The Purple Tornadoes stretched out its lead with a 19-7 second-quarter blitz.
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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).
