Fast Start, Dominating Defense Carries Troy To 55-0 Win Over Athens
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | September 14, 2024
TROY - Troy's Lincoln Chimics returned the opening kickoff 80 yards for a score, and the Trojans never looked back in a 55-5 romp over Athens here Saturday night in NTL Large School football action at Alparon Park.
"We're not as good as we thought we were," said Athens coach Shawn Bradley.
"Our kids did not match up, they didn't step up this week. Last week, the kids stepped up, tonight they did not."
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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).
