Blocked Kick Propels South Williamsport To 26-13 Season-Opening Win Over Athens
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | August 24, 2024 | Photo courtesy Matt Patton
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT - Athens was in position to take a lead into the halftime intermission, but in the blink of an eye, the momentum turned solidly toward South Williamsport, which went on to a 26-13 season—opening win in NTL football action here Friday night.
"We played good football," said Athens coach Shawn Bradley. "It's a game we could have won, maybe should have won.
"I hate saying we coulda, shoulda, woulda … we didn't win," he added.
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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).
