Athens' Rally Falls Short In Five-Set Loss To North Penn-Liberty
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | September 5, 2025 | Photo courtesy Matt Patton
ATHENS - Athens rallied from a 2-0 deficit, but North Penn-Liberty regrouped to pull out a five-set win here Thursday night in NTL Large School Division volleyball action.
The Mounties won the first two sets by scores of 25-13 and 25-15, but the Wildcats answered with wins of 25-17 and 25-17.
NP-L won the decisive fifth set, 15-7.
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).
