Rathbun Wins Title; Athens Places Second At Curwensville Tournament
By: Tim Birney / January 4, 2026
CURWENSVILLE, Pa. - Senior Hannah Rathbun won her fourth tournament title of the season and remains unbeaten. She led eight Wildcats to the podium in a second-place team finish here Saturday at the rugged Curwensville Tournament.
Athens had four third-place finishers in senior Leah Nason, juniors Abby Wagner and Joyce Clink, and freshman Evelyn Cummings, while three Wildcats - freshman Skylynn Payne and Chelsey Renninger, and sophomore Alyssa Rinebold - placed fifth.
Hughesville won the team title with 171 points, while Athens tallied 150.5 points, Boiling Springs was third with 135.5 points, and Clearfield was fourth with 121.5 points.
Rathbun went 5-0 on the day, winning in the finals with a second-period fall - her first match of the season to make it past the first two minutes.
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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).
