Fourth-Quarter Run Lifts Athens To 47-38 Win Over Wyalusing
By: Tim Birney / January 28, 2025
WYALUSING - After playing even for three quarters, Athens turned up the defensive pressure, and pulled out a 47-38 win over Wyalusing here Monday night in NTL Large School Division boys basketball action.
"Tonight was a hard fought game," said Athens coach Jim Lister. "I give a lot of credit to Coach Keyes and the Wyalusing Rams. They have had tremendously tough week in that community. They came out to play and made us earn every bit of that win tonight."
Sophomore Lucas Schultz scored nine points in the fourth quarter, and junior James Friend added four points in a 17-8 game-closing run. The Wildcats made 6 of 11 free-throw attempts down the stretch to nail down the win.
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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).
