Towanda Powers Its Way Past Athens, 11-2
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | April 20, 2024 | Photo courtesy Tim Birney
ATHENS - Towanda took a while to find its groove at the plate, but reeled off 11 unanswered runs on its way to an 11-2 win over Athens here Friday afternoon in NTL Large School Division softball action.
The Wildcats scored an unearned run in the bottom of the second inning to take a 1-0 lead, and held that lead through the end of the third inning.
Towanda, which was held hitless through three innings by Athens’ junior hurler Savannah Persun, found its offensive footing in the top of the fourth with four hits and a sacrifice fly to take a 3-1 lead.
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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).
