Athens Rides Quick Falls To 44-15 Win Over NEB
By: Tim Birney / December 18, 2024
ATHENS - Athens registered five first-period falls, and a technical fall in a 44-15 win over Northeast Bradford here Tuesday night in NTL wrestling action.
The Panthers led 6-0 early after an Athens forfeit at 114 pounds, but a pair of pins, sandwiched around an NEB forfeit put the Wildcats up for good.
Sophomore Zaine Campbell, at 127 pound, quickly tied the match with a 55-second pin of Hunter Comstock, then a forfeit to sophomore Lucas Persun at 133 pounds to make it 12-6.
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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).
