ATHENS RIDES BIG FIRST HALF TO SEASON-OPENING, 6-1, WIN OVER TROY
By: Tim Birney / August 31, 2022 / Photo: David Alliger
ATHENS — Athens scored five goals in a dominant first half on its way to
a 6-1 win over Troy here Wednesday evening in NTL boys soccer action.
Senior Brayden Post scored just 38 seconds into the contest to give the Wildcats a quick 1-0 lead.
Junior Korey Miller scored about three minutes later to give Athens a 2-0 lead. Alex Campbell was credited with a safe.
Just 30 seconds later, Levent VanHelden scored an unassisted goal to put the Wildcats up 3-0 five minutes into the contest.
Freshman
Marco Quiros, a transfer student from York, Pa., scored off a feed from
VanHelden to make it 4-0 with 12 minutes remaining in the half, and
VanHelden capped the first-half scoring off a feed from junior Mitch
Hamilton.
With 26:45 remaining in the contest, Hamilton scored an unassisted goal to extend the lead to 6-0.
Brady Spalding put the Trojans on the board with 6 1/2 minutes remaining in the contest.
Athens had a 12-2 advantage in shots-on-goal, and a 6-5 edge in corner kicks.
Senior Grant Liechty had one save for Athens, while Ethan Cole had 10 saves for Troy.
Athens returns to action Thursday 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).
