Hiley Tosses 2-Hit Gem; Athens Blanks Towanda, 2-0, In Season Opener
By: Tim Birney / March 23, 2025 / Photo: Becky Fassett
ATHENS - Sophomore Gretchan Hiley opened the season with a dominant performance to lead Athens to a 2-0 win over Towanda here on a windy Saturday afternoon in NTL softball action.
Hiley tossed a two-hitter with 18 strike outs, and two walks, throwing 103 pitches in her complete-game, seven-inning performance.
"It was a great first game of the season," said Athens coach Brian Wendela. "It took a timely team effort on top of a great game pitched by Gretchan Hiley.
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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).
