ATHENS JVs BLOW GAME OPEN EARLY IN 55-17 ROUT OF NP-MANSFIELD
By: Tim Birney / January 20, 2021 / Photo: David Alliger
ATHENS — Athens raced to a 20-point first-quarter lead, stretched it to
33 at the half, and cruised to a 55-17 win over North Penn-Mansfield
here Wednesday night in NTL Large School Division junior varsity boys
basketball action.
Seven different players put their name in the
scorebook in the first quarter for the junior Wildcats, led by six
points from Carson Smith, and four apiece by Chris Mitchell and Lucas
Kraft in a 24-4 blitz.
Smith scored five more points in the
second quarter, and Mitchell and Connor Mosher added four apiece in a
15-2 run that put Athens ahead 39-6 at the half.
Smith led Athens
with 11 points, while Nicholas Jacob scored 10 points, Mitchell had
eight points, Mosher had seven points, Daven Spencer added five points,
and Kraft, Korey Miller and Ryan Thompson chipped in with four points
apiece.
Athens returns to action Friday when it hosts Wyalusing.
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).
