Hiley Powers Athens To Sixth Straight Win With Arm, Bat
By: Tim Birney / May 2, 2024 / Photo: Tim Birney
TOWANDA - Freshman Gretchan Hiley tossed a complete game, and was perfect at the plate, including her first career home run, to lead Athens to its sixth consecutive victory - a 9-1 win over Towanda - here Thursday afternoon in NTL Large School softball action.
Gretchan Hiley allowed one run on five hits, while striking out 12 and walking three in seven innings to earn the win.
She led off the game with a double to left field.but was left stranded at second base.
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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).
