Athens Holds Off Wellsboro For 21-13 Win
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | September 27, 2024
ATHENS - Athens scored three TDs in less than 4 1/2 minutes at the end of the second quarter to take a 21-0 halftime lead, then held off Wellsboro in the second half for a 21-13 win here Friday night in NTL football action at Alumni Stadium.
"It's been a pretty tumultuous two weeks for these kids. We let one slip way last week that we shouldn't have," said Athens coach Shawn Bradley. "Wellsboro was coming in here off a high from last week, and they are a good team."
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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).
