Hicks, Saxon Lead Athens To Second-Place Finish At Coudersport Tournament
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | August 12, 2024
Sophomore Eli Hicks paced four Athens golfers in the 80s here Monday to lead the Wildcats to a second-place finish in the 17-team field at the season-opening Coudersport Tournament.
The Wildcats fired a three-player aggregate score of 254 - just 2 shots off the pace off first-place St. Mary.
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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).
