UNBEATEN ATHENS GIRLS TOP TOWANDA; BOYS FALL
By: Tim Birney / September 27, 2022
TOWANDA — The Athens girls remained unbeaten, and atop the NTL Large
School standings with a win over Towanda here Tuesday afternoon, while
the Wildcat boys dropped a decision in cross country action.
GIRLS
Athens 21, Towanda 34
Junior
Thea Bentley, senior Emma Bronson, and sophomore Sara Bronson finished
1-2-3, clocking in with the same time, to lead Athens to a 21-34 win
over Towanda.
The Lady Wildcat trio clocked in with a time of
24:16, while junior Emily Henderson finished seventh in 27:59, and
freshman Olivia Cheresnowsky was eighth in 29:00.
Janae Harkins finished 11th in 33:13, and Mary Rose Bertsch was 13th in 41:20.
BOYS
Towanda 22, Athens 37
Athens
senior Ethan Denlinger pulled out a first-place finish, but the next
three — and five of the next six — runners to cross the finish line were
from Towanda, propelling them to a 22-37 win over the Wildcats.
Denlinger
clocked in at 19:08, and sophomore Ethan Hicks placed fifth for the
Wildcats in 19:47, while junior Nate Prickitt was ninth in 21:26, and
sophomore Ronel Ankam was 10th in 22:23.
Sophomore Aiden Oldroyd
was 12th for Athens in 22:23, while freshman Caleb Simwale was 13th in
23:57, and sophomore Pierce Oldroyd (25:05), freshman Aiden
Pollock-Sinsabaugh (25:12), freshman Andrew DeForrest (26:01), Gerigh
Thurston (29:31), and Lohith Kinthala (30:15) finished 15th through
19th, respectively.
JUNIOR HIGH
Boys
Athens 15, Towanda 41
Led by Graham Wanck, the Wildcats had the top five finishers in a 15-41 win over Towanda in the junior high race.
Wanck
clocked in at 10:01, while Eli Hick (11:09), Matthew Rossettie (11:55),
Jacob Shores (11:59), and Zachary Fisher (12:06) finished second
through fifth, respectively.
Isaac Roy placed 10th in 14:25 for the Wildcats, and Johnny Roberts was 12th in 15:30.
Girls
Towanda 15, Athens 50
Athens’ Alissa Vough won the girls race in 12:42, and Abigail Conklin was seventh in 19:20.
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).
