Athens Strikes Early; Tops Sayre, 11-1, In Five Innings
By: Tim Birney / April 4, 2025 / Photo: Becky Fassett
ATHENS - Athens took a commanding lead early, and cruised to an 11-1 five-inning win over Sayre here Thursday afternoon in NTL softball action.
"It was a good day of softball for the girls against a Valley rival," said Athens coach Brian Wendela. "We haven’t played a game in a week and we been battling some girls being sick, and now our seniors are all on their Senior trip, so we had a lot of unanswered questions."
Athens scored five runs in the home half of the first inning in a rally that included a two-run double by senior Jules Pack, and an RBI double by freshman Andy Davis.
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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).
