Athens Rallies From 13 Down; Falls To NP-Liberty, 66-63, In Overtime
By: Tim Birney / December 12, 2024
LIBERTY - Athens came up big in the second half to force overtime, but came up short in the extra session in a 66-63 loss to North Penn-Liberty here Thursday night in NTL boys basketball action.
For Athens coach Jim Lister, the setback is just another chapter in his program's struggles at NP-L.
"In my tenure as head coach at Athens, we always struggled to play well at North Penn-Liberty and tonight was no different.
"We had 17 turnovers in the first half, we shot 5 for 11 from the free-throw line and we missed a lot of high-percentage shots we need to make," said Lister. "We went into halftime down 13."
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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).
