Athens Boys, Girls Post Big Wins Over Canton
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | April 9, 2025 | Photo courtesy Chris Manning
ATHENS - Junior Ryan Cook and sophomore Graham Wanck each won three events to lead the Athens boys to a lopsided win over Canton, while the Lady Wildcats also posted a win in NTL track & field action here on a frigid Tuesday afternoon.
The Athens boys won 15 of 16 events in a 101-21 win over Canton.
The Athens girls topped the Warriors, 70-49.
The meet was originally scheduled to include Troy and North Penn-Mansfield, but both teams dropped out of the meet Tuesday due to the cold.
Read full meet coverage on Valley Sports Report.
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).
