Athens Crowns Three Champs, Advances Eight To Regionals
By: Tim Birney / February 15, 2025
WILLIAMSPORT - Athens crowned three champs - senior Emma Renninger, junior Leah Nason, and sophomore Abigail Wagner, and advanced eight girls to Regionals here Saturday afternoon, while placing second at the District 4 Girls Wrestling Championships at Williamsport High School.
Hughesville captured the team title with 180 points, while Athens was second with 178.5 points, Montgomery was third with 167.5, Shikellamy was fourth at 138, and Selinsgrove was fifth with 124. Towanda was sixth with 100 and Northeast Bradford was ninth with 65.
Junior Hanna Rathbun, senior Mary Henry, and freshman Memphis Paul each placed third for the Wildcats, while freshman Alyssa Rinebold was fourth, and sophomore Joyce Clink was fifth.
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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).
