Athens Avenges Early-Season Loss With 5-1 Win Over North Penn-Liberty
By: Tim Birney / April 29, 2026 / Photo: Lance Larcom
MANSFIELD - Athens scored early, and junior Gretchan Hiley was nearly unhittable in a 5-1 win to avenge an early-season loss to North Penn-Liberty here Tuesday in NTL softball action.
The Wildcats scored a pair of runs in the top of the first inning on a lead-off triple by Gretchan Hiley and one-out singles by sophomore Memphis Paul and senior Savannah Finan.
A lead-off single by junior McKenna Jarvis led to another run by the Wildcats in the top of the second to make it 3-0.
Finan stroked an RBI single in the top of the fourth inning to extend the lead to 4-0.
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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).
