ATHENS BOYS CAP UNBEATEN SEASON — REPEAT AS LEAGUE CHAMPS; LADY 'CATS DROP THREE DECISIONS
By: Tim Birney / October 13, 2020 / Photo: Amanda Conklin
ATHENS — Athens capped an unbeaten regular season to defend its NTL boys
cross country title here Tuesday afternoon with wins over Northeast
Bradford, North Penn-Mansfield, and Wellsboro.
NP-M’s Noah
Shedden kept the Wildcats from shutting out all three teams. Shedden
placed first in a time of 17:20, and Athens runners finished second
through sixth, respectively, to top the short-handed Tigers, 15-50.
The Wildcats swept the top five spots in a 15-48 wins over NEB, and a 15-50 victory over Wellsboro.
Connor
Dahl paced the Athens effort in a time of 17:48, while Kyle Anthony
clocked in at 17:57, Matt Gorsline finished in 18:21, Justin Lynch
crossed the finish line in 19:20, and Ethan Denlinger clocked in at
19:43.
Izaak Hobday finished 10th for the Wildcats in a time of
20:06, while Nate Prickett was 12th in 20:31, Mason Henderson was 13th
in 21:05, and Connor Brown (22:22), Brendan Jones (22:31), and Jon Ayers
(22:55) finished 16th through 18th, respectively.
SHORT-HANDED LADY WILDCATS DROP THREE DECISIONS
Emma
Bronson and Thea Bentley finished 2-3, but with just four runners in
action, the Lady Wildcats dropped 15-50 decisions to NEB, North
Penn-Mansfield and Wellsboro.
Bronson clocked in at 21:52, while Bentley crossed the line in 23:36.
Cailyn Conklin finished 12th in 26:39 for the Lady Wildcats, and Macaria Benjamin was 20th in 29:34.
Athens returns to action Saturday morning at the NTL Coaches Invite.
About the Author
Tim Birney
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).
