Wellsboro Blanks Athens, 2-0, In Season-Opener
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | August 27, 2025 | Photo courtesy Matt Patton
ATHENS - Wellsboro scored in the 15th minute of the game, and made it stand, adding an insurance goal late in a 2-0 season-opening win over Athens here Tuesday in a key early-season NTL girls soccer match-up.
"I could not possibly be disappointed with our effort," said Athens coach Rich Pitts. "We had a ton of chances, and just could not bury them," he added.
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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).
