Athens Keeps It Rolling; Wins 17th Straight League Match
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | August 15, 2024 | Photo courtesy Lance Larcom/ntwsportsreport.com
TOWANDA - Despite losing two-time "Player of the Year" Evan Cooper to graduation, Athens, the three-time reigning NTL champions, started out 2024 with another win here at the Towanda Country Club Wednesday afternoon.
The Wildcats have now won 17 consecutive NTL matches, accumulating 102 wins in a row. Their last losses came on Sept. 14, 2021 at River Valley Golf Course on a day that Sayre went 6-0.
On Wednesday, Athens posted a four-player aggregate score of 332, while Towanda shot a 349, North Penn-Mansfield had a 365, and Wyalusing carded a 367. Cowanesque Valley was fifth on the day at 421, while Wellsboro had a 423, and Sayre had a 546.
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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).
