Defense, Balanced Scoring Carries Athens To 52-41 Win Over Canton
By: Tim Birney / January 23, 2025
ATHENS - Athens rode a strong defensive effort to a 13-point halftime advantage on its way to a 52-41 win over Canton here Wednesday night in NTL boys basketball action.
"I was very pleased with two things tonight," said Athens coach Jim Lister.
"First our defensive effort — the kids were working very hard, and putting a lot of pressure on their guards and creating a lot of turnovers.
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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).
