NTL BASEBALL: ATHENS RIDES BIG INNING TO 16-10 WIN OVER WELLSBORO (24 PHOTOS) (2025-03-25)
Valley Sports Report
WELLSBORO — Athens plated 10 runs in the top of the fourth inning to blow open a one-run game on its way to a 16-10 slugfest win here Monday afternoon in NTL baseball action. ...more

NTL SOFTBALL: SAYRE RALLIES FROM EARLY DEFICIT; WILLIAMSON BLOWS GAME OPEN LATE IN 18-8 WIN (2025-03-25)
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SAYRE — Williamson scored five runs in the top of the first inning, but needed to fend off a Sayre rally in a wire-to-wire, 18-8, six-inning win here on a chilly Monday afternoon at Riverfront Park. ...more

NTL TRACK & FIELD: ATHENS OPENS SEASON WITH CONVINCING WINS OVER WYALUSING (17 PHOTOS) (2025-03-25)
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WYALUSING — The Athens boys and girls both posted convincing season-opening wins over Wyalusing here on a chilly Monday afternoon in NTL Large School track & field action.
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NTL SOFTBALL: ATHENS TOPS WELLSBORO, 10-4; IMPROVES TO 4-0 (24 PHOTOS) (2025-03-25)
Valley Sports Report
WELLSBORO — Athens scored plenty of runs early on its way to a 10-4 win over Wellsboro here Monday afternoon in NTL Large School softball action. ...more

NTL BASEBALL: WALKS, ERRORS PROVE COSTLY IN SAYRE'S 11-8 LOSS TO WILLIAMSON (24 PHOTOS) (2025-03-25)
Valley Sports Report
SAYRE — Early base on balls and late miscues proved costly in Sayre's 11-8 loss to Williamson here on a chilly Monday afternoon in NTL Small School baseball action at Riverfront Park. ...more

VALLEY SPORTS REPORT: ATHENS' PETTITT NAMED 'SWIMMER OF YEAR;' WAVERLY'S KITTLE, ATHENS' BOLT, KEISTER ALSO EARN TOP HONORS ON ALL-VALLEY SWIM TEAM (2025-03-25)
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THE VALLEY — Athens sophomore Brayden Pettitt earned a PIAA medal, and swam in four events at the state meet. He is the 2024-25 Valley Sports Report "Swimmer of the Year."
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VALLEY SPORTS REPORT: WAVERLY'S JOHNSON NAMED 'BOWLER OF YEAR;' WAVERLY'S CONKLIN, SANTALUCIA ALSO EARN TOP HONORS ON ALL-VALLEY BOWLING TEAM (2025-03-25)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Junior Derek Johnson bowled a pair of perfect games, and led Waverly back to the New York State Championships for the third year in a row. He is the Valley Sports Report "Bowler of the Year." ...more

ON TAP TODAY: TRACK SEASON OPENS; SAYRE BASEBALL-SOFTBALL ONLY HOME GAMES (2025-03-25)
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THE VALLEY — The Sayre and Athens track teams open the 2025 season, while Sayre baseball and softball play the only home games Tuesday. ...more

NTL SOFTBALL: ATHENS SNAPS LOSING STREAK AGAINST TROY WITH 5-3 WIN (24 PHOTOS) (2025-03-24)
By CHRIS MANNING
Valley Sports Report
ATHENS — Athens hasn’t had much luck against Troy recently, but that all changed Monday as they jumped out early, and held on late to beat the Trojans, 5-3, during NTL Large School softball action. ...more

NTL BASEBALL: ATHENS POUNDS OUT 14-4 WIN OVER DEFENDING DIVISION CHAMP TROY (24 PHOTOS) (2025-03-24)
Valley Sports Report
ATHENS — Athens scored seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to walk-off with a 14-4 five-inning win over defending division champion Troy in its season-opener here Monday afternoon in NTL Large School baseball action. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: ATHENS BASEBALL, SOFTBALL HOSTS TROY (2025-03-24)
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THE VALLEY — The Athens baseball team opens the 2025 season at home against Troy, while the Lady Wildcats for their second win in a row against a divisional rival Monday af ...more

VALLEY SPORTS REPORT: ATHENS' PETTITT, HILEY NAMED BISHOP BROTHERS 'ATHLETES OF THE WEEK' (2025-03-24)
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THE VALLEY — Athens sophomore Brayden Pettitt earned a medal at the PIAA Swimming & Diving Championships, and his classmate Gretchan Hiley pitched a gem in the Wildcats' season-opening win. They are the Valley Sports Report / Bishop Brothers Construction "Athletes of the Week." ...more

THE WEEK AHEAD: SPRING SEASON ACTION PICKING UP (2025-03-23)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Spring season picks up this week as a couple Waverly teams open their seasons, and the track & field season begins in Pa. ...more

NTL SOFTBALL: HILEY TOSSES 2-HIT GEM; ATHENS BLANKS TOWANDA, 2-0, IN SEASON OPENER (11 PHOTOS) (2025-03-22)
Valley Sports Report
ATHENS — Sophomore Gretchan Hiley opened the season with a dominant performance to lead Athens to a 2-0 win over Towanda here on a windy Saturday afternoon in NTL softball action.
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NTL SOFTBALL: SAYRE FALLS VICTIM TO BIG INNINGS BY NEB (24 PHOTOS) (2025-03-22)
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SAYRE — Northeast Bradford scored nine runs in the third inning to blow open a one-run game on its way to a 22-3 four-inning win over Sayre here on a windy Saturday afternoon at Riverfront Park. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: ATHENS, SAYRE SOFTBALL BOTH AT HOME THIS AFTERNOON (2025-03-21)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — NTL softball takes center stage in the Valley this afternoon as Athens opens the 2025 season at home this afternoon, while Sayre looks to improve to 2-0 in its home opener. ...more

NTL SOFTBALL: EXPERIENCE AND YOUNG TALENT HAS ATHENS' WENDELA EXCITED FOR 2025 (2025-03-20)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
ATHENS — With six starters returning, and some talented youngsters joining the team, Athens softball coach Brian Wendell is excited for the 2025 season to get started. ...more

NTL BASEBALL: ATHENS' HAVENS LIKES WHAT HE SEES IN WILDCATS HEADING INTO 2025 (2025-03-20)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
ATHENS — Experience, strength up the middle, depth, and versatility have Athens baseball coach Charlie Havens looking forward to the start of the 2025 season. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: ATHENS TEAMS OPEN ON THE DIAMOND AGAINST LARGE SCHOOL RIVAL TROY (2025-03-20)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Athens kicks off the 2025 season on the diamonds at home against NTL Large School rivals Troy Thursday afternoon. ...more

H.S. ARCHERY: WAVERLY 4TH-GRADER WINS STATE TITLE AT N.Y. STATE BULLS-EYE TOURNAMENT (4 PHOTOS) (2025-03-19)
Valley Sports Report
SYRACUSE — Waverly 4th-grader Easton Beach won a state title, and 7th-grader Sawyr Lyons became the sixth Wolverine to punch her ticket to Nationals here Friday at the New York State Bulls-Eye Tournament. ...more

YOUTH SWIMMING: WAVERLY'S KITTLE MEDALS IN THREE EVENTS AT GOLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (2 PHOTOS) (2025-03-19)
Valley Sports Report
WEBSTER, N.Y. — Waverly junior Mira Kittle earned three medals to pace a trio of Waverly Area Aquatics Club swimmers here last week at the Niagara Open Gold Championships at the Webster Natatorium. ...more

NTL BASEBALL: SAYRE FALLS TO CANTON, 8-7, IN 8 INNINGS ON 'WALK-OFF' ERROR IN SEASON-OPENER (13 PHOTOS) (2025-03-18)
Valley Sports Report
CANTON — Sayre led early in a back-and-forth affair, but an error in the eighth inning proved costly as Canton pulled out the season-opening, 8-7, win here Tuesday afternoon in NTL baseball action. ...more

NTL SOFTBALL: SAYRE BUILDS BIG LEAD EARLY; HOLDS OFF CANTON FOR 16-11 SEASON-OPENING WIN (19 PHOTOS) (2025-03-18)
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CANTON — Sayre scored 10 runs in the top of the third inning to take a 14-run lead, then held on for a season-opening, 16-11, win over Canton here Tuesday afternoon in NTL softball action. ...more

IAC BOYS BASKETBALL: TIOGA'S BOMBARD EARNS FIRST-TEAM SMALL SCHOOL HONORS; TWO TEAMMATES ALSO RECOGNIZED (2025-03-18)
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TIOGA CENTER — Tioga sophomore Jackson Bombard was named an IAC South Small School first-team all-star, while junior Dominic Palmer earned a second-team nod, and junior James Miller received honorable mention recognition recently in voting by the division's coaches. ...more

NTL BASEBALL: PLENTY OF NEW FACES IN PLACE AS SAYRE BEGINS 2025 SEASON (2025-03-18)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
SAYRE — Second-year Sayre baseball coach Todd Green will have good numbers to work with in 2025, but just like last year there are not many experienced players back on the diamond. ...more

NTL SOFTBALL: FIRST-YEAR SAYRE COACH LOOKING FOR MORE IMPROVEMENT IN 2025 (2025-03-18)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
SAYRE — Sayre's numbers have been creeping up, as has its win total the last two years, and first-year coach Matt Senese is looking for more in 2025. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: SAYRE BASEBALL, SOFTBALL KICK OFF 2025 SPRING SEASON (2025-03-18)
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THE VALLEY — The 2025 spring season begins Tuesday with the Sayre baseball and softball teams on the road at Canton. ...more

NEW YORK STATE BOYS BOWLING: WAVERLY FINISHES SIXTH AT DIVISION 2 CHAMPIONSHIPS (2025-03-16)
BY TIM TAYLOR
Valley Sports Report
SYRACUSE — The pins didn’t fall like Waverly hoped they would as the Wolverines placed sixth at the New York State Division 2 Boys Bowling Championships at Strike N' Spare Lanes here Sunday.
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THE SPORTS REPORTS: TOWANDA'S ROBINSON, HIGLEY, NEB'S KOLESAR, CORNING'S McLAUGHLIN NAMED ZIFF LAW FIRM REGIONAL 'ATHLETES OF THE WEEK' (2025-03-16)
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Towanda seniors Sawyer Robinson and Mason Higley, and Northeast Bradford junior Anaiah Kolesar all reached the podium at the PIAA Wrestling Championships, and Corning senior Cella McLaughlin earned a state indoor track & field title. They are The Sports Reports / Ziff Law Firm Regional "Athletes of the Week," for the week ending March 8.
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NEW YORK STATE GIRLS BOWLING: WAVERLY'S CONKLIN FINISHES 30TH AT DIVISION 2 COMPOSITE CHAMPIONSHIPS (2025-03-15)
Valley Sports Report
SYRACUSE — Waverly senior Serenity Conklin capped her career with 30th-place finish in the New York State Division 2 Girls Composite Tournament here Saturday at the Strike N' Spare Lanes. ...more

YOUTH SWIMMING: WAVERLY'S KELLOGG, SAYRE'S AGNELLINO PACE WAAC AT NIAGARA SILVER CHAMPIONSHIPS (2025-03-15)
Valley Sports Report
WEBSTER, N.Y. — Waverly's Audrey Kellogg won a gold medal, and Sayre's Attilio Agnellino won a bronze to pace the Waverly Area Aquatics Club at the 2025 Niagara Swimming Silver Championships at the Webster High School Natatorium. ...more

PIAA BOYS SWIMMING: ATHENS' RECORD-BREAKING PETTITT MEDALS AT STATES; HICKS, 400 RELAY ALSO BREAK SCHOOL RECORDS (2025-03-13)
Valley Sports Report
LEWISBURG — Sophomore Brayden Pettitt broke his own school record and reached the podium here on Day 2 of the PIAA Class AA Boys Swimming & Diving Championships here Thursday at Bucknell University. ...more

PIAA BOYS SWIMMING: PAIR OF ATHENS RELAYS REACH CONSOLATION FINALS AT DAY 1 OF STATE MEET (23 PHOTOS) (2025-03-12)
Valley Sports Report
LEWISBURG — Both of Athens' relays at Wednesday morning's preliminaries at the PIAA Class AA Boys Swimming Championships reached the consolation finals Wednesday night here at Bucknell University. ...more

VALLEY SPORTS REPORT: WAVERLY'S HOGAN, ATHENS' NASON, RATHBUN NAMED BISHOP BROTHERS CONSTRUCTIUON 'ATHLETES OF THE WEEK' (2025-03-12)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Waverly junior Hogan Shaw led the Wolverines to their second straight Section IV title game, while Athens juniors Leah Nason and Hanna Rathbun each notched on win at the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships. They are the VSR / Bishop Brothers Construction "Athletes of the Week," for the week ending March 8. ...more

ARCHERY: FOURTH-GRADER BEACH LEADS SIX WAVERLY ARCHERS IN TOP 10 AT STATES (2025-03-11)
Valley Sports Report
CHEMUNG — Waverly had six archers finish in the top-10 of their field here March 1 at the Wolverine 3D Tournament here at the Chemung Innovation Center. ...more