Athens Rallies Late To Top Towanda, 43-30
By: Tim Birney / January 22, 2026 / Photo: Christina Kreykenbohm
ATHENS - Athens closed out the match with four straight wins to rally for a 43-30 win over Towanda here Wednesday night in NTL wrestling action.
Freshman Chace VanDyke gave the Wildcats an early 6-0 lead with a buzzer-beating pin of Mason Harbst in 1:59 at 107 pounds.
Forfeits to freshman Joshua Saxon at 114 and junior Zaine Campbell at 127 pounds, sandwiched around an Athens forfeit at 121 pounds gave the Wildcats an 18-6 lead, but Towanda answered with four pins in the next five weight classes to take a 30-22 lead.
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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).
