Athens Snaps Skid With 66-40 Win Over Wyalusing
By: Tim Birney / January 15, 2025
ATHENS - Athens jumped out to an early double-digit lead, and pulled away for a 66-40 win over Wyalusing to snap a six-game losing skid here Tuesday night in NTL Large School boys basketball action.
"I was pleased how we played tonight," said Athens coach Jim Lister. "Defensively, we played well, only giving up 13 points in the first half.
"Offensively, we played good team basketball, moved the ball well tonight and most importantly took good shots and buried them," he noted.
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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).
