Cook Leads Athens To Wins Over NEB, Sayre
By: Tim Birney / April 1, 2026 / Photo: Tim Taylor
SAYRE - Senior Ryan Cook was a quad-winner to lead Athens to wins over Northeast Bradford and Sayre here Tuesday afternoon in NTL boys track & field action at Alumni Stadium.
Seniors Alex Thompson and Chase Ingram, and junior Graham Wanck were triple-winners for the Wildcats, who tallied 131 points, while the Panthers had 46 points, and junior Hudson Malanoski had the only win for the Redskins, who had eight points.
Cook won the 100-meter dash in a time of 12.13, edging out his teammate sophomore Patrick Umber, and junior Ryder Morley, who was third in 12.14 seconds.
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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).
