ATHENS CRUISES TO 53-23 WIN OVER WILLIAMSON
By: Tim Birney / February 5, 2021
ATHENS — Chris Mitchell and Carson Smith led a balanced Athens scoring
attack in a 53-23 win over Williamson here Friday night in NTL junior
varsity boys basketball action.
Mitchell scored six points in the
first quarter, and Smith added four to help Athens to a 12-4 lead after
the first eight minutes.
Seven different Wildcats scored in a 19-8 second-quarter run that pushed the lead to 31-12 at the half.
Smith scored nine points in the second half, and Mitchell added seven as the Wildcats added to their lead.
Mitchell led Athens with 15 points, and Smith added 13 points as all nine Wildcats put their name in the scoring column.
Connor
Mosher and Ryan Thompson scored five points apiece in the win, while
Lucas Kraft and Davin Spencer had four points apiece, Matt Aquilio added
three points, and Korey Miller and Nicholas Jacob chipped in with two
points each.
Kaufman led Williamson with 11 points.
Athens returns to action tonight at North Penn-Liberty.
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).
