ATHENS ROLLS TO BIG WIN OVER NP-M IN REGULAR SEASON FINALE
By: Tim Birney / February 14, 2022 / Photo: David Alliger
ATHENS — Freshman Addy Wheeler scored a career-high 18 points to lead
Athens to a regular season-ending, 45-12, win over North Penn-Mansfield
here Monday night in NTL Large School girls basketball action.
With
the win, the Lady Wildcats, now 16-5, clinch the second spot in the
Large School Division, and advance to a semi-final round match-up
Thursday against Northeast Bradford. Towanda will host Canton in the
other semifinal.
Senior Caydence Macik scored four points in the
first quarter, and Wheeler canned a 3-pointer to help Athens to a 9-4
lead after the first eight minutes.
Wheeler buried a pair of
3-pointers, and scored eight points in the second quarter, and junior
Emma Bronson added four points to fuel a 16-0 blitz that upped the
Athens advantage to 25-4 at the half.
Wheeler knocked down her
fourth 3-pointer, and scored seven points in the third quarter, and
Macik added six points in a 15-3 run to extend the Athens lead to 40-7
entering the final eight minutes.
Macik scored 10 points in the
win, while junior Karlee Bartlow had four points, three rebounds, four
assists, and three steals, and senior Olivia Bartlow had four points,
eight rebounds, and two blocked shots.
Emma Bronson had four
points and one blocked shot, while junior Natalie Watson hauled down six
boards, and freshman Sara Bronson added three rebounds.
Shaina Sparrow led NPM with five points.
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).
