Athens Avenges Early-Season Loss; Beats Towanda In Four Sets
By: Tim Birney / October 1, 2025 / Photo: Chris Manning
TOWANDA - Athens avenged an early-season loss with a 3-1 win over Towanda here Tuesday night in NTL Large School Division volleyball action.
The Wildcats won the first two sets by identical scores of 25-19, but the Black Knights prevented a sweep with a 25-23 win in the third set. Athens closed out the match with a 25-15 win in the fourth set.
"It was a great team effort all the way," said Athens coach Heather Darrow. "The girls fought hard the whole time and different players really stepped up tonight, like Emma Mallore, who had 6 kills, no errors, and 11 attempts.
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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).
