Athens Pounds Out 14-4 Win Over Defending Division Champ Troy
By: Tim Birney / March 25, 2025 / Photo: Matt Patton
ATHENS - Athens scored seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to walk-off with a 14-4 five-inning win over defending division champion Troy in its season-opener here Monday afternoon in NTL Large School baseball action.
"Absolutely a great start to the season," said Athens coach Charlie Havens. "The guys were really pumped after the game. We need that excitement to carry over with another tough one tomorrow at Wellsboro."
The Wildcats took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, but the Trojans answered with a run in the top of the second inning to tie the game at 1-1.
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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).
