ATHENS JVs ROLLS TO 41-18 WIN OVER WYALUSING
By: Tim Birney / January 22, 2021 / Photo: David Alliger
ATHENS — Athens took an early lead, and pulled away during the middle
two quarters for a 41-18 win over Wyalusing here Friday night in NTL
junior varsity boys basketball action.
Lucas Kraft scored six points in the first quarter to help the junior Wildcats to a 12-5 lead after the first eight minutes.
Chris
Mitchell scored four points in the second quarter, Carson Smith knocked
down a 3-pointer, and Kraft added an old-fashioned three-point play to
account for the scoring in a 10-3 run that pushed the lead to 22-8 at
the half.
The junior Wildcats duplicated the 10-3 run in the
third quarter, with four points by Smith and a 3-pointer by Conner
Mosher doing most of the damage. They led 32-11 heading into the final
eight minutes.
Korey Miller buried a 3-pointer and scored five points in the fourth quarter as Athens added two points to its lead.
Mitchell
led Athens with 11 points, while Kraft and Smith scored nine points
apiece, and Miller and Mosher chipped in with five points apiece.
Trenton Hugo and Nick Vanderpool led Wyalusing with five points apiece.
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).
