QUINN, MILLER SCORE HAT TRICKS IN 8-0 WIN OVER GALETON
By: Tim Birney / September 16, 2021
ATHENS — Senior Nate Quinn and sophomore Korey Miller scored three goals
apiece to lead Athens to an 8-0 win over Galeton here Thursday
afternoon in NTL boys soccer action.
Miller opened the scoring
with an unassisted goal nine minutes into the contest. About 2 /12
minutes later, Quinn scored off a feed from Daniel Horton, to make it
2-0.
Just 79 seconds later, Horton and Quinn teamed up against to up the Athens lead to 3-0.
With 22:26 remaining in the half, Quinn, off another assist from Horton, completed his hat trick to increase the lead to 4-0.
The
goals kept coming for the Wildcats as Miller scored with 17:06 left in
the first half, and senior Mason Hughey capped the first-half barrage
six minutes later to make it 6-0.
Miller finished off his first
career hat trick five minutes into the second half to push the lead to
7-0, and Hughey tallied the game’s final goal 40 seconds later.
Athens had a 16-1 advantage in shots-on-goal, while Galeton had a 1-0 edge in corner kicks.
Athens, now 3-3, hosts Wellsboro Tuesday.
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).
