SAYRE - Athens jumped out to a big lead early on the way to a 17-1, five-inning victory over Sayre in NTL baseball action at Riverfront Park here Wednesday.

SAYRE - Seniors Abby Burgess and Alex Thompson led the Athens girls and boys, respectively, to wins over North Penn-Mansfield and Sayre in an NTL track & field tri-meet here on a frigid Tuesday afternoon at the Lockhart Street Bowl.

ATHENS - Errors proved costly for Athens here Saturday as the Wildcats suffered their first loss of the season, a 3-1 setback against NTL Large School softball rival North Penn-Liberty.

ATHENS - Ty Owen pitched a 3-hitter and nine players contributed to the offense as Athens defeated Wyalusing, 11-1, in six innings in NTL baseball action here Saturday.

CORTLAND - East High scored five runs in the top of the seventh inning to rally for a wild 15-13 win over Athens in the championship game of the Lumber Yard Baseball Classic here Saturday afternoon at the Gutchess Lumber Sports Complex.

ATHENS - Athens pitcher Gretchan Hiley threw her third double-digit strikeout game of the season as the Wildcats defeated Wyalusing, 5-1, in NTL softball action here Friday.

CANTON - Athens senior Abby Burgess and Sayre Hudson Malanoski earned the only first-place finished for Valley athletes Thursday at the Ron Kirby Classic Relays, with both Athens teams recording top-four finishes in track & field action.

SAYRE - Senior Abby Burgess and sophomore Alissa Vough were triple-winners to lead Athens to wins over Sayre and Northeast Bradford here Tuesday afternoon in NTL girls track & field action, and Sayre senior Emma Cole was a double-winner.

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.

ATHENS - Athens and Wellsboro combined for three hits in a rain-shortened NTL defensive battle which the Wildcats won, 2-0, here Thursday.

ATHENS - Athens sophomore Patrick Umber won a pair of individual events, and junior Ryder Morley and seniors Chase Ingram and Brendan Comstock each won one event, but Wellsboro came out on top in the NTL boys track & field quad meet here Wednesday at Alumni Stadium.

ATHENS - Wellsboro won 10 events to record wins over Athens, Canton, and Sayre in a quad meet here Wednesday afternoon in NTL girls track & field action at Alumni Stadium.

TOWANDA - Athens jumped out to a 5-0 lead early and that was more than enough run support for Athens ace Gretchan Hiley in a season-opening, 7-3, win over Towanda here on a cold Saturday afternoon.

MILTON, Pa. - Led by senior Hanna Rathbun, Athens advanced four wrestlers to the PIAA Championships, and won the PIAA Central Region Girls Wrestling team championships here Saturday at Milton High School.

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.