Troy Puts Game Away With Three Late Goals; Blanks Athens, 4-0
By: Tim Birney / October 17, 2024
ATHENS - Troy scored three goals in less than five minutes late in the game to blow open a one-goal game on its way to a 4-0 win over Athens here Wednesday afternoon in NTL girls soccer action at Alumni Stadium.
"We stayed in the game for a while, then I changed formation and it backfired," said Athens coach Rich Pitts. "The loss is totally on me, the girls played hard the whole game."
Gianni Renzi scored the only goal of the first half for the Trojans.
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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).
