Kemp, Friend Power Athens To 72-62 Win Over Towanda
By: Tim Birney | NTL Sports | January 18, 2026
ATHENS - Athens coach Jim Lister has been pleased with his team's play on the defensive end. On Saturday afternoon, the Wildcat offense was on full display in a 72-62 win over Towanda in NTL boys basketball action.
"Our kids came ready to play again today," said Lister. "Again, feeding on the fact that playing great defense fixes a lot of things ... so between playing great defense and always shooting the ball better at home it's a pretty good combination."
Senior Adam Kemp knocked down a pair of 3-pointers in the first quarter, while junior Lucas Schultz and senior Eli Hobday added four points apiece, but Towanda equaled their output and the game was tied at 14-14 after the opening stanza.
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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).
