Williamsport Hands Athens First Loss, 10-9, In Walk-Off Fashion
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | April 19, 2025
WILLIAMSPORT - Athens rallied to take the lead in the top of the sixth inning, but Williamsport pulled out a 10-9 walk-off win with a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh here Thursday afternoon in non-league baseball action.
The Wildcats scored three runs in the top of the third inning without the benefit of a hit to take a 3-0 lead. Athens used three base on balls, three hit batters to score its runs.
The lead was short-lived, however, as the Millionaires answered with six runs in the home half of the inning, all unearned thanks to a two-out error.
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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).
