Troy Races Out To Eearly Lead In 52-27 Win Over Athens
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | January 12, 2025
TROY - Troy built a double-digit lead in the first quarter, then blew the game open in the third on its way to a 52-27 win over Athens here Saturday afternoon in NTL Large School Division girls basketball action.
The Trojans limited Athens to one field goal in the opening stanza and jumped out to a 13-3 lead.
Athens righted the ship a bit in the second quarter, and Troy added just one point to its lead with an 8-7 advantage in the stanza, taking a 21-10 lead into the intermission.
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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).
