Mickley's Goal Lifts Athens To 1-0 Win Over Towanda
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | October 3, 2024
TOWANDA - Senior Lucius Mickley scored the game's lone goal late in the first half to lift Athens to a 1-0 win over Towanda in NTL Large School Division boys soccer action here on a rainy Wednesday afternoon at the Endless Mountains Sports Complex.
Defense ruled the day, with both teams managing just three shots-on-goal apiece in the game. Athens had a 4-1 edge in corner kicks.
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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).
