Athens Drops Season Finale At Bloomsburg
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | October 19, 2025
BLOOMSBURG - Bloomsburg scored late in the game to break a tie and post a 3-2 win over Athens here Saturday in non-league girls soccer action.
"It's a disappointing outcome, but I could not fault the effort we put in for 80 minutes," said Athens coach Rich Pitts.
Trailing 1-0, Athens tied the game with 11:41 remaining in the first half on a hard shot past the keeper by junior Brinley Nichols, and the game went to the halftime intermission tied at 1-1.
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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).
