Mount Carmel Pulls Away In Fourth Quarter Of 70-47 Win Over Athens
By: Tim Birney / February 8, 2025
ATHENS - Mount Carmel used a big fourth quarter to blow open a close game en route to a 70-47 win over Athens here Saturday afternoon in non-league boys basketball action.
Junior Talon Baglini scored four points and junior Nick Grazul knocked down a 3-pointer for the Wildcats, but Mount Carmel led 16-12 after the first quarter.
Senior Troy Rosenbloom canned a 3-pointer and scored five points in the second quarter, while sophomore Lucas Schultz and senior Jase Babcock each scored four points as Athens cut into its with an 18-17 advantage in the stanza to close the gap to 36-33 at the halftime break.
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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).
