Brookville Tops Athens, 48-34, In Opening Round Of Central Mountain Tip-Off Tourney
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | December 6, 2025
MILL HALL, Pa. - Brookville jumped out to a quick lead, and pulled away for a 48-34 win over Athens here Friday night in the opening round of the Central Mountain Tip-Off Tournament.
The Raiders led 13-6 after the opening eight minutes, then used a 16-7 second-quarter run to take a 29-13 lead into the halftime intermission.
Brookville outscored Athens, 15-7, in the third quarter to stretch its advantage to 44-20 heading into the final eight minutes.
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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).
