Towanda Wins Third In A Row; Edges Athens By 1 Stroke
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | August 19, 2025 | Photo courtesy Lance Larcom
WELLSBORO - Towanda made it three in a row, but just barely, edging Athens by 1 stroke Monday in the third NTL golf match of the season here at the Tyoga Country Club.
Owen Savercool became the third Black Knight to earn low-medal honors with a round of 75, while Athens sophomore Ty Owen finished second with a 76, and Towanda's Boom Thompson and North Penn-Mansfield's Andy Hermansen tied for third with matching 77s.
Towanda shot a four-player aggregate score of 322, while the Wildcats shot a 323, Wellsboro was third at 341 and North Penn-Mansfield was fourth at 346.
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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).
