Athens Tops Wyalusing, 8-4, For 10th Win Of Season
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | May 8, 2024 | Photo courtesy Tim Birney
ATHENS - Athens scored three runs in the third and fourth innings to erase an early deficit en route to an 8-4 win over Wyalusing here Wednesday afternoon in NTL Large School softball action.
"I'm proud of the team's effort today against a feisty Wyalusing softball team," said Athens coach Brian Wendela. "We dug a bit of a hole coming out flat and this is the team's first time coming back from behind … I think the experience and confidence will go a long way as we move down the final stretch.
"Gretchen Hiley gave us a solid couple of innings, then Savannah Persun came in for relief getting her 300th strikeout to earn the win - a big congratulations to her."
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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).
