Towanda Rides Fast Start To 34-13 Win Over Athens
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | October 6, 2024
ATHENS - Towanda scored on its first four possessions of the game on its way to a penalty-filled 34-13 win over Athens here Saturday night in NTL football action at Alumni Stadium.
Athens coach Shawn Bradley plugged the play of a pair of players returning from injuries, and said his team is growing.
"Brendan Cooke had surgery two weeks ago, and showed up today and said, 'I want to play.' He got cleared so he could help his team, and he had a really good game, too. I wish we had about 15 more of him."
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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).
