UNBEATEN MONTOURSVILLE BLANKS ATHENS, 8-
By: Tim Birney / October 15, 2022
ATHENS — Seven different players put their names in the scoring column
as Montoursville remained unbeaten here Saturday with an 8-0 win over
Athens in non-league girls soccer action at Alumni Stadium.
Junior
Reese Bainbridge scored in the 18th minute, then senior Madison Moll
scored back-to-back goals about 2 1/2 minutes apart to give the Lady
Warriors a 3-0 lead with 14:50 remaining in the first half.
Seniors
Lydia Earnest and Shyanne Klemick scored less than two minutes apart to
give Montoursville a 5-0 lead with 3 minutes left in the half.
Senior
Abby Hartman, junior Nyla Kutney, and junior Ava Lilley added
second-half goals for the Lady Warriors to provide the final margin.
Montoursville had a 13-1 advantage in shots-on-goal, and a 6-2 edge in corner kicks.
Montoursville improves to 18-0 on the season, and has posted 12 shutouts.
Athens, now 7-7-1, hosts Northeast Bradford Tuesday.
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).