Athens Shuts Down Elk Lake In 2-0 Win
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | August 31, 2025 | Photo courtesy Matt Patton
ATHENS - Athens used stifling defense to post a dominant 2-0 win over Elk Lake here Saturday afternoon in non-league boys soccer action at Alumni Stadium.
"This was the best I have seen the boys play this season," said first-year coach Travis Reynard.
The Wildcats are now 2-0 and have won both games by shutout.
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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).
