Athens Falls To Shik In Finals Of Class 3A Duals
By: Tim Birney / February 1, 2025 / Photo: Tim Birney
MILTON - Top-seeded Athens rolled over Williamsport in the semifinals, but second-seed Shikellamy got off to a fast start on its way to a 43-20 win over the Wildcats in the championship match of the District 4, Class AAA Duals here Saturday afternoon.
"We got beat by a better team. Good luck to them going forward," said Athens coach Shawn Bradley. "We have some work to do," he noted. "It's always a little different coming to (Class) Triple-A, they try to bully you a little bit, so you need to fight back and the kids need to stand up for themselves.
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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).
