Athens Tops Canton In Four Sets
By: Tim Birney / October 15, 2025
ATHENS - Athens won the final two sets to pull out a hard-fought, four-set Senior Night win over Canton here Tuesday night in NTL volleyball action.
The Wildcats won the first set, 25-21, but the Warriors bounced back to even the match, 25-20. Athens closed out the match with wins of 25-23 and 25-17.
"What an awesome effort by the girls tonight," said Athens coach Heather Darrow. "They found a way to make it happen."
Read more about this game on Valley Sports Report.
About the Author
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).
