Athens Offense Does Damage Early; Hiley One-Hits NEB
By: Tim Birney / April 12, 2026 / Photo: Tim Taylor
ATHENS - Athens scored all of its runs in the first inning while Gretchan Hiley twirled a one-hitter as the Wildcats defeated Northeast Bradford, 9-0, in NTL softball action here Saturday.
Gretchan Hiley and McKenna Jarvis wrapped singles around an error off the bat of Madalyn Hiley to give the Wildcats their first two runs, then Memphis Paul and Danica May followed with RBI singles to make it 4-0.
Savannah Finan added a base hit before the Panthers could get an out, then Abby Delosa reached on an error and May scored. Faith Parkhurst followed with a single, Gretchan Hiley reached on an error and Madalyn Hiley drew a base on balls to push the score to 7-0.
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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).
