Athens Boys, Girls Sweep Towanda, Wellsboro
By: Tim Birney / December 19, 2025
ATHENS - Juniors Brayden Pettitt, Eli Hicks and Dominic Musick won four events apiece to lead the Athens boys to wins over Towanda and Wellsboro, while seniors Olivia Thompson and Evelyn Panek were quad-winner to pace the Lady Wildcats to a pair of wins in NTL swimming action here Thursday afternoon.
Junior Jacob Shores was a triple-winner for Athens, and senior Ty Lezak and junior Matt Rossettie were double-winners.
Junior Kaitlyn Leonard was a triple-winner, and senior Elizabeth Denlinger were double-winners for Athens.
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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).
