North Penn-Liberty Dashes Athens' Unbeaten League Season With 1-0 Overtime Win
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | October 10, 2025 | Photo courtesy Leighanne Ingram
ATHENS - North Penn-Liberty dashed Athens' hopes of an unbeaten and unscored upon league season with a 1-0 overtime win here Thursday in NTL boys soccer action at Alumni Stadium.
The Wildcats, who clinched the NTL title Tuesday, finish NTL play with a 9-1-2, having outscore its league opponents, 24-1.
"This is a tough one, especially on Senior Night," said Athens coach Travis Reynard. "We dominated for 80 minutes and the first five minutes of overtime ... we truly played some great soccer and had possession for the majority of the contest.
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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).
