Cicero-North Syracuse Hands Athens First Loss Of Season
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | September 21, 2024
CICERO, N.Y. - Class AAA Cicero-North Syracuse scored twice in the first 2 1/2 minutes of the game, and cruised to a 9-1 win over Athens here Saturday in non-league girls soccer action.
"It was a tough match versus a quality opponent," said Athens coach Rich Pitts, whose team suffered its first loss of the season.
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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).
