Clink Lone Champion; Six Others Place To Lead Athens To Fourth Place At Queen Of The Hive Tournament
By: Tim Birney / December 16, 2024
HONESDALE, Pa. - Sophomore Joyce Clink was Athens' lone champ and one of seven wrestlers to reach the podium here Saturday in the Wildcats' fourth-place finish at the 2024 Queen of the Hive Tournament.
Clink was 4-0 — all via falls — to earn her 130-pound title, while junior Hanna Rathbun and sophomore Abigail Wagner were runners-up, senior Emma Renninger and sophomore Leah Nason were third-place finishers, and freshman Kendall Galasso and junior Haley Young each placed fifth in their weight classes.
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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).
