Owen Leads Athens To Win At End-Of-Season Tournament
By: Tim Birney / September 25, 2026 / Photo: Lance Larcom
MANSFIELD - Athens won the NTL End-of-Season Tournament by 1 stroke, but with its second-place finish Towanda claimed the regular-season championship here Thursday at Corey Creek Golf Course.
Towanda finished the regular season with a 33-2 league mark, while Athens was 30-4. Sayre finished the season at 3-32.
Junior Ty Owen earned low-medal honors Thursday with a 2-over par round of 74, and senior Eli Hicks shot an 80 to lead the Wildcats to a four-player aggregate score of 319.
Read more about Owen's stellar round at Corey Creek on Valley Sports Report.
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).
