Vough, Shores Ppst Top-10 Finishes; Athens Girls, Boys Both Place Sixth At Bob Greene Invite
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | October 11, 2025
NEWARK VALLEY - Sophomore Alissa Vough and junior Jacob Shores posted top-10 finishes to lead the Athens girls and boys to sixth-place finishes here Friday afternoon at the Bob Greene Cross Country Invitational.
Athens girls finished sixth in the team standings with 143 placement points, District 2's Abington Heights won the team title with 50 points, while Elk Lake was second with 58 points, and Owego was third with 75 points.
Athens finished sixth in the team standings with 181 points. Elk Lake, which had the top three finishers, won the team title with 38 points, while Horseheads was second with 91, and Abington Heights was third with 101 points.
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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.
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