THE SPORTS REPORTS: TROY'S SMITH, SVEC'S GENTILE NAMED ZIFF LAW FIRM REGIONAL 'ATHLETES OF THE WEEK' (2025-10-23)
The Sports Reports
Troy senior QB Mason Smith had a game for the ages, and SVEC 7th-grader Maddy Gentile had a week that bodes very well for the future of the Eagles' field hockey program. They are The Sports Reports / Ziff Law Firm Regional "Athletes of the Week," for the week ending Oct. 18. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: DISTRICT 4 CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS TAKE CENTER STAGE (2025-10-22)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Athens and Sayre will compete Thursday morning at the District 4 Cross Country Championships at Bloomsburg University, while Sayre volleyball travels to Wyalusing for the final regular-season event of the 2025 fall season. ...more

STAC VOLLEYBALL: WAVERLY DROPS SEASON FINALE TO CHENANGO VALLEY (24 PHOTOS) (2025-10-22)

BELLES BREAKS SCHOOL-RECORD FOR DIGS (1,032), REGISTERS 1,000TH CAREER KILL

Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY — Waverly battled for its postseason life, but dropped a hard-fought, 3-1, decision to Chenango Valley here Wednesday night in the STAC volleyball regular-season finale. ...more

STAC GIRLS SWIMMING: WAVERLY WRAPS UP SECOND STRAIGHT UNBEATEN SEASON WITH WINS OVER OWEGO, GREENE (2025-10-22)
Valley Sports Report
GREENE — Waverly completed its second straight unbeaten duals season with convincing wins over Owego and Greene here Wednesday night in girls swimming action.
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NTL VOLLEYBALL: ATHENS WINS FIRST SET; DROPS 3-1 DECISION AT WILLIAMSON (2025-10-22)
Valley Sports Report
TIOGA JUNCTION, Pa. — As its done several times this season, Athens won the first set only to drop a 3-1 decision, this time to Williamson here Wednesday night in the NTL volleyball regular-season finale. ...more

SECTION IV GIRLS SOCCER: TIOGA AVENGES EARLY-SEASON LOSS, BLANKS MARATHON, 3-0, IN CLASS C OPENER (24 PHOTOS) (2025-10-22)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
TIOGA CENTER — Tioga made the most of its chance at redemption, avenging an early-season loss with a 3-0 win over Marathon here Tuesday afternoon in the opening round of the Section IV, Class C girls soccer playoffs. ...more

IAC JV VOLLEYBALL: T-BURG EDGES TIOGA, 2-1, IN DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF (11 PHOTOS) (2025-10-22)
Valley Sports Report
TRUMANSBURG — Tioga battled back to even the match at 1-1, but Trumansburg pulled out a three-set win here Tuesday evening in an IAC Large School Divisional playoff match.
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ON TAP TODAY: TIOGA GIRLS OPENS SECTION IV PLAYOFFS AT HOME; FINAL REGULAR-SEASON EVENTS BEING CONTESTED (2025-10-22)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Tioga opens the Section IV, Class C playoffs at home against Marathon Wednesday afternoon, while the final regular-season events — Waverly girls swimming, and Athens and Waverly volleyball — of the 2025 fall season. ...more

IAC CROSS COUNTRY: MILLS, WOOD PACE TIOGA AT WHITNEY POINT INVITE (2025-10-21)
Valley Sports Report
WHITNEY POINT — Freshman Reese Mills and senior Talon Wood paced Tioga's efforts Tuesday afternoon at the Whitney Point Cross Country Invitational.
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NTL VOLLEYBALL: SURGING ATHENS SWEEPS CROSSTOWN RIVAL SAYRE (24 PHOTOS) (2025-10-21)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
ATHENS — A revitalized Athens won its fourth match in a row here Monday night, sweeping crosstown rival Sayre in NTL volleyball action.
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PIAA BOYS GOLF: ATHENS' HICKS SHOOTS ANOTHER 79 — FINISHES 51ST AT CLASS 3A CHAMPIONSHIPS (10 PHOTOS) (2025-10-21)
Valley Sports Report
STATE COLLEGE — Athens junior Eli Hicks shot 79 for the second day in a row on Day 2 of the PIAA Class 3A Championships  here on a rainy Tuesday at the Penn State Blue Course.
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IAC GIRLS SOCCER: TIOGA DROPS 1-0 DOUBLE-OT HEARTBREAKER TO SOUTHERN CAYUGA IN SMALL SCHOOL TITLE TILT (20 PHOTOS) (2025-10-18)
Valley Sports Report
DRYDEN — For the second year in a row, Tioga dropped a heartbreaker in the IAC Small School Championship girls soccer match — this time a 1-0 double-overtime thriller here Saturday at Tompkins-Cortland Community College. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: DAY 2 OF PIAA GOLF TOURNEY; ATHENS-SAYRE VOLLEYBALL RIVALRY RENEWED (2025-10-21)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Athens junior Eli Hicks will look to move up the leaderboard on Day 2 of the PIAA Class 3A Boys Golf Championships at Penn State, while Athens hosts crosstown volleyball rival Sayre, which is playing for the top seed in the upcoming District 4, Class A playoffs. ...more

IAC VOLLEYBALL: TIOGA HANDS CANDOR FIRST LOSS IN REGULAR-SEASON FINALE (2025-10-20)
Valley Sports Report
CANDOR — Tioga handed Candor its first loss of the season here Monday night with a sweep of its longtime rival in the regular-season finale of IAC volleyball campaign. ...more

IAC VOLLEYBALL: WAVERLY DROPS FIVE-SET DECISION TO SETON CATHOLIC (2025-10-20)
Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY — Four of the five sets were decided by three points or less, and Seton Catholic pulled out three of them to post a 3-2 win over Waverly here Monday night in STAC Central Division volleyball action. ...more

PIAA BOYS GOLF: ATHENS' HICKS FINISHES STRONG AT DAY 1 OF CLASS 3A CHAMPIONSHPS (10 PHOTOS) (2025-10-20)
Valley Sports Report
STATE COLLEGE — Athens junior Eli Hicks struggled early, but shot 1-under par over the final 10 holes, and finished Day 1 of the PIAA, Class 3A Boys Golf Championships with a 79 here on a very windy and cool Monday at the Penn State Blue Course. ...more

CHEERLEADING: WAVERLY COMPETES AT STAC GAME DAY CHAMPIONSHIPS (18 PHOTOS) (2025-10-20)
Valley Sports Report
BINGHAMTON — Waverly competed at the 2025 STAC Game Day Cheerleading Championships Saturday, and finished 13th here at Chenango Valley High School. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: PIAA GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS TAKE CENTER STAGE (2025-10-20)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Athens junior Eli Hicks will tee it up with the best Class 3A golfers in the state at the PIAA Championships, while Waverly hosts a divisional volleyball foe, and Tioga is on the road against unbeaten Candor its final regular-season match of 2025. ...more

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: ATHENS GRAD MACHMER SCORES SECOND TD OF SEASON IN MANSFIELD WIN (2025-10-19)
Valley Sports Report
HILLBURN, N.Y. — Athens grad Matt Machmer, a freshman on the Mansfield University sprint football team, scored his second TD of the season in the Mountaineers' 34-18 win over St. Thomas Aquinas here Friday night. ...more

THE SPORTS REPORTS STRIKE PARTNERSHIP WITH SHOWCASE (2025-10-19)
When I started Valley Sports Report more than 16 years ago, the goal was to spotlight and promote local athletes. It's still my mission today and it's also why I've partnered with Showcase. ...more

VALLEY SPORTS REPORT: TIOGA'S BELLIS, WAVERLY'S KITTLE, ATHENS' PATTON NAMED BISHOP BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION 'ATHLETES OF THE WEEK' (2025-10-19)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Tioga senior Logan Bellis had another huge game, while Waverly senior Mira Kittle continued to break records, and Athens junior Delanie Patton found the net often. They are the Valley Sports Report / Bishop Brothers Construction "Athletes of the Week," for the week ending Oct. 18. ...more

DISTRICT 4 SOCCER: ATHENS BOYS, GIRLS TO PLAY DOUBLEHEADER SATURDAY (2025-10-19)
Valley Sports Report
HEPBURNVILLE, Pa. — The Athens boys and girls soccer teams will play a District 4, Class 3A semi-final doubleheader here Saturday afternoon at the Balls Mills Soccer Complex. ...more

THE WEEK AHEAD: PIAA BOYS GOLF, SECTION IV SOCCER, DISTRICT 4 XC, AND 'RUSTY RAIL,' WAVERLY-FORKS GAMES HIGHLIGHT WEEK'S ACTION (2025-10-18)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — PIAA boys golf, Section IV soccer, and District 4 cross country, as well as the end of the volleyball and girls swimming regular seasons, and a trio of football games, including the Rusty Rail game and a match-up of two of the best teams in New York State — Chenango Forks at Waverly — highlight the week's slate of action. ...more

NTL FOOTBALL: SAYRE'S SECOND-HALF COMEBACK FALLS SHORT IN 21-14 LOSS TO CANTON (11 PHOTOS) (2025-10-17)
By CHRIS MANNING
Valley Sports Report
SAYRE — Sayre battled with everything they had, but the Redskins couldn’t overcome a slow first half as they fell to Canton, 21-14, in NTL football action here Saturday night at the Lockhart Street Bowl. ...more

SECTION IV FOOTBALL: WAVERLY BATTLES PAST OWEGO TO CLINCH DIVISION TITLE (24 PHOTOS) (2025-10-18)
By TIM TAYLOR
Valley Sports Report
OWEGO — Waverly quarterback Ben Shaw accounted for most of the yardage on the game-winning drive as the Wolverines battled past Owego, 14-7, in Section IV Football Conference action here Saturday afternoon.
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NTL GIRLS SOCCER: ATHENS DROPS SEASON FINALE AT BLOOMSBURG (24 PHOTOS) (2025-10-18)
Valley Sports Report
BLOOMSBURG — Bloomsburg scored late in the game to break a tie and post a 3-2 win over Athens here Saturday in non-league girls soccer action. ...more

NTL VOLLEYBALL: ATHENS SWEEPS NEB FOR THIRD STRAIGHT WIN (2025-10-18)
Valley Sports Report
ROME, Pa. — Athens swept past Northeast Bradford for its third straight win here Saturday afternoon in NTL volleyball action ...more

STAC CROSS COUNTRY: HINE, MONTANYE POST TOP-10 FINISH TO LEAD WAVERLY AT MARATHON INVITE (2025-10-18)
Valley Sports Report
MARATHON — Waverly junior Chase Hine and sophomore Hayden Montanye both recorded top-10 finishes to pace Waverly's efforts here Saturday at the rugged Marathon Cross Country Invitational. ...more

IAC CROSS COUNTRY: MILLS LEADS TIOGA'S EFFORTS AT MARATHON INVITE (2025-10-18)
Valley Sports Report
MARATHON — Freshman Reese Mills ran to a top-20 finish in the unseeded girls race here Saturday to pace Tioga's efforts at the rugged Marathon Cross Country Invitational.
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ON TAP TODAY: WAVERLY TRAVELS TO OWEGO; SAYRE HOSTS CANTON ON 'FOOTBALL SATURDAY' (2025-10-18)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Waverly travels to Owego with a chance to clinch the Section IV, Division III title, while Sayre hosts Canton for Homecoming at the Lockhart Street Bowl on "Football Saturday." ...more

SECTION IV FOOTBALL: BELLIS CARRIES TIOGA TO 24-8 WIN OVER TRUMANSBURG IN KEY DIVISIONAL BATTLE (24 PHOTOS) (2025-10-17)
Valley Sports Report
TRUMANSBURG — One of the smallest guys on the field, senior Logan Bellis, was an old-time workhorse running back for Tioga here Friday night in its 24-8 win over Trumansburg in Section IV, Division VII football action. ...more

STAC GIRLS SWIMMING: KITTLE BREAKS TWO MORE RECORDS; WAVERLY BEATS ONEONTA, 102-69 (2025-10-17)
Valley Sports Report
ONEONTA — Senior Mira Kittle won four events, and was part of three new pool records, including a record in the books since 1984, in leading Waverly to a 102-69 win over Oneonta here Friday evening in STAC girls swimming action. ...more

NTL FOOTBALL: DAVIDSON, DEFENSE CARRIES ATHENS TO 41-14 WIN OVER MUNCY (24 PHOTOS) (2025-10-17)
Valley Sports Report
ATHENS — Junior Connor Davidson ran for three TDs, and the Athens defense accounted for two TDs as the Wildcats raced out to a 34-0 lead on its way to a 41-14 "Senior Night" win here Friday night in NTL football action at Alumni Stadium. ...more

IAC VOLLEYBALL: TIOGA SWEEP PAST NEWARK VALLEY (17 PHOTOS) (2025-10-17)
Valley Sports Report
NEWARK VALLEY — Tioga breezed through the first two sets, and fought off a challenge in the third en route to a sweep of Newark Valley here Friday night in IAC Large School volleyball action. ...more

(UPDATED) NTL VOLLEYBALL: CANTON OUTLASTS SAYRE IN FIVE-SET MARATHON (22 PHOTOS) (2025-10-17)
Valley Sports Report
SAYRE — Canton rallied and came out on top of a back-and-forth five-set battle with Sayre here Thursday night in NTL Small School Division volleyball action. ...more