By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | October 2, 2024
LAPORTE - Senior Sara Bronson led three Athens girls in the top four to lead the Wildcats to a pair of wins here Tuesday in NTL cross country action, while sophomore Graham Wanck topped the field as the Athens boys won two of three decisions.
Bronson edged out Troy ace Alyssa Parks by five seconds, clocking in at 21:24 for first place, while Athens freshman Alissa Vough and junior Ava Hughes finished third and fourth.
Wanck topped the field to lead the Wildcats to a pair of wins, but Troy had four runners in the top six to top Athens.
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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).