BLOOMSBURG CRUISES TO BIG WIN OVER ATHENS JVs
By: Tim Birney / January 13, 2021
BLOOMSBURG — Bloomsburg raced out to a big lead early, an cruised to a big win over
Athens here Wednesday night in non-league junior varsity girls
basketball action.
Maize Aikey scored 12 points in the first quarter to fuel a 23-2 Bloomsburg blitz. Abby Champion scored Athens’ only bucket.
Braelynn
Wood scored four points in the second quarter, and Karlee Bartlow added
a pair of free throws, but Bloom used a 17-6 run to stretch the
halftime advantage to 40-8.
The junior Panthers outscored Athens, 22-0, in the second half for a 62-8 win.
Wood
led Athens with four points, and Mya Thompson had four rebounds, while
Aikey led four Bloom scorers in double-figures with 17 points.
Athens, now 1-2, returns to action Saturday at Wellsboro.
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).
