Athens Falls In Season-Opener At Johnson City, 49-33
By: Tim Birney / December 4, 2025
JOHNSON CITY - Athens got off to a slow start and never recovered in a 49-33 season-opening setback to Johnson City here Wednesday night in non-league girls basketball action.
Antona Monico knocked down a 3-pointer for Johnson City to cap a 17-2 first quarter blitz. Sophomore McKenna Jarvis scored Athens' lone bucket in the opening stanza.
Athens righted the ship a bit in the second quarter with Jarvis and sophomore Alissa Vough scoring three points apiece in an 8-7 spurt that closed the gap to 24-10 at the halftime break.
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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).
