Athens Weathers Trouble To Top Wellsboro, 5-1
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | May 14, 2025
ATHENS - Sophomore Gretchan Hiley pitched out of trouble on several occasions, helping Athens to a 5-1 win over Wellsboro in NTL Large School Division softball action here on a rainy Tuesday afternoon.
Gretchan Hiley, who gave up a solo home run to Ady Frantz in the top of the first inning, allowed six hits and walked four, but used 15 strikeouts to avoid further damage.
For Gretchan Hiley, the appearance was her first in relief this season as senior Savannah Persun, who suffered a knee injury at the end of the soccer season and missed the softball season, threw the first pitch of the game - a strike no less.
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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).
