Homers By Jarvis, Finan Back Hiley's 1-Hitter; Athens Edges Wyalusing, 3-1
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | May 2, 2025 | Photo courtesy Tim Birney
ATHENS - Unbeaten Athens played long ball in support of sophomore Gretchan Hiley's 1-hitter in a 3-1 win over a much-improved Wyalusing here Thursday afternoon in NTL Large School Division softball action.
Hiley allowed an unearned run, while striking out 11 and walking three in a complete-game seven-inning effort.
The offense came from sophomore McKenna Jarvis and junior Savannah Finan, who both clubbed their first varsity home runs to help the Wildcats to their 14th straight win to start the season.
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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).
