Athens' Davidson Hershey-Bound After Fifth-Place Finish At Class 3A Regionals
By: Tim Birney / March 1, 2026
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Athens junior Connor Davidson won one match Saturday here at the PIAA, Class 3A Northeast Regional Wrestling Championships, but that win punched his ticket to the PIAA Championships at Hershey.
Freshman Chace VanDyke won his first two matches Saturday to put himself in position to advance, but lost his final two matches to place sixth. (The top five advance.)
Junior Zaine Campbell won his first match Saturday, but was eliminated in the consolation bracket round-of-4, while juniors Lucas Persun and Brendan Cooke each lost their only consolation bracket match Saturday.
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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).
