DISTRICT 4 GIRLS TRACK & FIELD: LADY WILDCATS FINISH THIRD — HUTCHISON, GAMBRELL, STACKPOLE, 1600 RELAY ADVANCE TO STATES (20 PHOTOS) (2019-05-18)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
W’PORT — Seniors Rachel Hutchison and Ariana Gambrell are making a return trip to States next weekend, and they’re taking a few of their friends along with them.

Hutchison earned the Lady Wildcats’ lone gold medal of the day, while Gambrell won a silver medal, and  junior Cassidy Stackpole, and the 1,600-meter relay team hit state standards Saturday at the District 4, Class AA Track & Field Championships. ...more

DISRICT 4 BOYS RACK & FIELD: ATHENS' HUDSON QUALIFIES FOR STATES IN TWO EVENTS (14 PHOTOS) (2019-05-19)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
W’PORT — Athens junior Damian Hudson will pull double-duty at States next weekend.

Hudson won a gold medal in the 200-meter dash here Saturday afternoon at the District 4 Track & Field Championships, and also hit the state standard in the 100-meter dash. ...more

NTL BASEBALL: ATHENS TOPS NP-MANSFIELD, TOWANDA ON FINAL DAY OF REGULAR SEASON (2019-05-18)
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ATHENS — Athens wrapped up the regular season with a pair of wins Saturday, topping North Penn-Mansfield at home in the morning, then traveling to Wysox for a 15-0 win over Towanda in the afternoon in NTL Large School baseball action. ...more

NTL BASEBALL: SAYRE CLAIMS DIVISION TITLE WITH 11-0 WIN OVER NEB (2019-05-18)
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SAYRE — Sophomore Zach Moore spun a three-hitter, and freshman David Northrup drove in five runs to lead Sayre to a division-clinching, 11-0, five-inning win over Northeast Bradford here Saturday morning in NTL baseball action. ...more

NTL SOFTBALL: SAYRE FALLS TO NEB IN SEASON FINALE (2019-05-18)
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SAYRE — Northeast Bradford scored six runs in the top of the second inning, and cruised to a 14-1 six-inning win over Sayre here Saturday afternoon in NTL Small School Division softball action. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: DISTRICT 4 TRACK & FIELD, SECTION IV BOYS GOLF, SAYRE BASEBALL IN THE SPOTLIGHT (2019-05-18)
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THE VALLEY — On the final day of the baseball and softball regular season, District 4 track & field athletes, and Section IV boys golfers vie for berths at their respective state championships.

Of note on the diamond, Sayre baseball can clinch a division title with a win this afternoon against NEB. ...more

IAC BASEBALL: WAVERLY RIDES SINDONI'S STRONG EFFORT ON MOUND TO IAC TITLE; TOP EDISON, 3-1 (16 PHOTOS) (2019-05-17)
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DRYDEN — Senior Colby Sindoni spun a four-hitter to lead Waverly to the IAC Championship with a 3-1 win over Thomas A. Edison here Friday afternoon at Tompkins-Cortland Community College. ...more

IAC BOYS TRACK & FIELD: DOUBLE-WINNER CHANDLER BREAKS STADIUM RECORD IN POLE VAULT (24 PHOTOS) (2019-05-17)

T-BURG — Waverly junior Isaac Chandler soared higher than anyone before him, clearing the bar at 14-feet, 9-inches to set a new stadium meet record here Friday at Day 2 of the league track & field championships. ...more

IAC GIRLS TRACK & FIELD: SMITH, ORTIZ EACH NOTCH ANOTHER WIN AT LEAGUE MEET — WALSH LEADS TIOGA EFFORTS (22 PHOTOS) (2019-05-17)

T-BURG — Waverly juniors Cora Smith and Melina Ortiz each earned wins at Day 2 of the IAC girls track & field championships, while freshman Julia Walsh paced Tioga’s effort in the Small School ranks with a pair of second-place finishes. ...more

IAC SOFTBALL: WAVERLY BOUNCES BACK, BLANKS TIOGA, 6-0 (16 PHOTOS) (2019-05-17)
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TIOGA CENTER — State-ranked Waverly bounced back after a loss in the IAC Championship game Thursday to post a 6-0 win over Tioga here Friday afternoon in IAC non-divisional softball action. ...more

IAC BASEBALL: HENDERSHOT FACES MINIMUM IN 1-HITTER; TIOGA THUMPS O-M / WATKINS GLEN, 11-0 (2019-05-17)
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WATKINS GLEN — Senior Pierce Hendershot faced the minimum 21 batters in a one-hitter, and junior Mason Booser powered the offense in Tioga’s 11-0 win over Odessa-Montour / Watkins Glen here Friday afternoon in IAC non-divisional baseball action. ...more

IAC GIRLS GOLF: TOMASSO BREAKS LEAGUE RECORD; WAVERLY WINS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE LEAGUE TITLE (12 PHOTOS) (2019-05-17)
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WAVERLY — There’s dominance, then there’s Waverly girls golf.

The Lady Wolverines won their fourth consecutive league title here Friday at Tomasso’s Golf Course, tallying a four-player aggregate stroke count of 357, and topping runner-up Moravia by 137 strokes. ...more

IAC JV BASEBALL: TIOGA NOTCHES WINS OVER O-M / WATKINS GLEN, EDISON (14 PHOTOS) (2019-05-17)
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TIOGA CENTER — Tioga racked up wins over Edison and O-M / Watkins Glen recently for seven wins in their last eight games to improve to 9-4-1 on the season in IAC junior varsity baseball action.
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IAC JV SOFTBALL: WAVERLY PULLS OUT 13-10 SLUGFEST OVER NEWARK VALLEY (2019-05-17)
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WAVERLY — Newark Valley scored five runs in the top of the first inning, but Waverly rallied to win a high-scoring, 13-10, affair here Wednesday in IAC junior varsity softball action. ...more

IAC JV BASEBALL: FOUR WAVERLY PITCHERS COMBINE TO SHUTOUT NEWARK VALLEY (2019-05-17)
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WAVERLY — Four Waverly pitchers combined to pitch a seven-hit shutout in a 9-0 win over Newark Valley here Wednesday in IAC junior varsity baseball action. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: IAC TRACK & FIELD, BASEBALL, GIRLS GOLF CROWN CHAMPS (2019-05-17)
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THE VALLEY — The IAC will crown champs on the rack & field, baseball diamond, and girls golf links today, while several local diamond teams wrap up their 2019 regular season. ...more

DISTRICT 4 BOYS TRACK & FIELD: A FAMILY TRADITION! GAMBRELL PUNCHES TICKET TO STATES IN LONG JUMP (8 PHOTOS) (2019-05-16)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
W’PORT — Hank Williams Jr. sings about “Family Tradition,”  but Athens sophomore Benny Gambrell is living it.

Gambrell became the fourth sibling in his family to qualify for the PIAA Track & Field Championships here Thursday night at the District 4 Championships. He’s the third sibling to qualify for States in the long jump. ...more

IAC BASEBALL: WAVERLY OUTLASTS LANSING'S ACE IN, 1-0, 10-INNING WIN IN SEMIFINALS (16 PHOTOS) (2019-05-16)
Valley Sports Report
DRYDEN — Garrett Bell may be the best pitcher in Section IV, and the odds of beating Lansing when he’s on the mound are slim.

Waverly didn’t beat Bell Thursday afternoon in IAC baseball semifinals, but they did outlast him — winning a 1-0 decision in 10 innings over the Bobcats here at Tompkins-Cortland Community College.
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DISTRICT 4 GIRLS TRACK & FIELD: FRESHMAN BARTLOW MEDALS, SAYRE 3,200 RELAY BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD IN DAY 1 OF DISTRICT 4 CHAMPIONSHIPS (14 PHOTOS) (2019-05-16)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
W’PORT — Athens freshman Olivia Bartlow earned her first medal, the Sayre’s 3,200-meter relay team broke the school record, and Athens senior Ariana Gambrell and Sayre junior Julia Boyle advanced to the finals of the 100-meter hurdles here Thursday night at Day 1 of the District 4 girls Track & Field Championships. ...more

IAC GIRLS TRACK & FIELD: SMITH, WHEELER, 3,200-METER RELAY NOTCH WINS FOR WAVERLY AT DAY 1 OF LEAGUE MEET (19 PHOTOS) (2019-05-16)
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T-BURG — Waverly junior Cora Smith, and senior Kennedy Wheeler were the Valley's only individual winners in Day 1 of the IAC Track & Field Championships. ...more

IAC BOYS TRACK & FIELD: CHANDLER, WRIGHT LOGS WINS FOR WAVERLY AT DAY 1 OF LEAGUE MEET (18 PHOTOS) (2019-05-16)
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T-BURG — Waverly junior Isaac Chandler and sophomore Collin Wright, who turned in a school-record performance, were the only Valley athletes to earn first-place finishes here Thursday in Day 1 of the IAC Track & Field Championships. ...more

NTL SOFTBALL: ATHENS BLANKS NP-L, 10-0 — CLINCHES SHARE OF LARGE SCHOOL DIVISION TITLE (19 PHOTOS) (2019-05-17)
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ATHENS — The first goal for the Lady Wildcats this season was to hang the program’s first NTL softball title banner in the gymnasium. Mission accomplished. ...more

IAC SOFTBALL: EDISON EDGES WAVERLY, 2-1, LEAGUE TITLE GAME (16 PHOTOS) (2019-05-17)
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ITHACA — Edison scored a pair of runs early, and Bella Willsey made it stand up as the Lady Spartans avenged a regular-season loss with a 2-1 win over Waverly in a battle of state-ranked teams here Thursday evening in the IAC Championship game at Cornell’s Niemand-Robinson Field. ...more

NTL BASEBALL: ESPOSITO SHINES IN SAYRE'S 7-1 WIN OVER BLUE RIDGE (2019-05-16)
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NEW MILFORD, Pa. — Senior James Esposito starred on the mound, and at the plate to lead Sayre to a 7-1 win over Blue Ridge here Thursday afternoon in non-league baseball action. ...more

NTL SOFTBALL: BLUE RIDGE ROLLS PAST SAYRE, 13-1 (2019-05-17)
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NEW MILFORD, Pa. — Blue Ridge scored seven runs in the bottom of the second inning on its way to a 13-1 five-inning win over Sayre here Thursday afternoon in non-league softball action. ...more

IAC BASEBALL: GAGE, COOK COMBINE TO NO-HIT NEWARK VALLEY IN TIOGA'S 3-0 WIN (2019-05-16)
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NEWARK VALLEY — Sophomore Derrick Gage did not allow a hit in six innings of work, and junior Thomas Cook finished off the no-hitter to lift Tioga to a 3-0 win over Newark Valley here Friday afternoon in IAC non-divisional baseball action. ...more

IAC SOFTBALL: NEWARK VALLEY UPENDS TIOGA, 3-2 (2019-05-17)
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NEWARK VALLEY — Newark Valley scored a run in the bottom of the third inning to take the lead, and made it stand in a 3-2 win over Tioga here Thursday afternoon in IAC non-divisional softball action.
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SECTION IV BOYS GOLF: TIOGA'S TAYLOR, MIDDENDORF ADVANCE TO SECOND ROUND OF INDIVIDUAL MEDALIST CHAMPIONSHIP (2019-05-17)
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ITHACA — Tioga junior Sam Taylor and senior A.J. Middendorf both advanced to Saturday’s second round of the Section IV Individual Medalists championship here at the Robert Trent Jones course at Cornell University. ...more

COLLEGE WRESTLING: TIOGA'S LAMB SIGNS LETTER-OF-INTENT TO WRESTLE AT RIT (4 PHOTOS) (2019-05-16)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
TIOGA CENTER — Selecting a college is all about finding “the right fit,” and Tioga senior Austin Lamb believes he’s found just that at RIT, where he’ll continue his wrestling career after signing a National Letter-of-Intent here Wednesday afternoon in a brief ceremony in the high school foyer. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: DISTRICT 4, CLASS AA TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS TOPS THRSDAY'S SLATE OF ACTION (2019-05-16)
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THE VALLEY — I’s a busy, busy, busy day, and postseason competition headlines the day, highlighted by Day 1 of the District 4, Class AA Track & Field Championships at Williamsport High School.
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DISTRICT 4 GIRLS TRACK & FIELD: GAMBRELL, HUTCHISON, STACKPOLE LEAD WAY INTO CLASS AA CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR LADY WILDCATS (2019-05-15)
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WILLIAMSPORT — Senior Ariana Gambrell is seeded in the top three events, while senior Rachel Hutchison and junior Cassidy Stackpole have Athens only two top seeds here Thursday and Saturday at the District 4, Class AA Girls Track & Field Championships. ...more

DISTRICT 4 BOYS TRACK & FIELD: HUDSON, GAMBRELL SEEDED HIGH IN THREE EVENTS IN CLASS AA CHAMPIONSHIPS (2019-05-15)
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WILLIAMSPORT — Junior Damian Hudson and sophomore Benny Gambrell are each seeded in the top four in three different events here Thursday and Saturday at the District 4, Class AA Track & Field Championships. ...more

NTL BASEBALL: NORTHRUP'S HOMER POWERS SAYRE; 'SKINS CLINCH SHARE OF DIVISION TITLE (2019-05-15)
Valley Sports Report
WESTFIELD, Pa. — Freshman David Northrup bashed a go-ahead two-run home run in the top of the seventh inning to help Sayre to a come-from-behind, 10-7, win over Cowanesque Valley here Wednesday afternoon in NTL Small School baseball action. ...more

IAC SOFTBALL: 'BIRTHDAY GIRL' HAMMOND LIFTS WAVERLY TO 6-3 WIN OVER MARATHON IN SEMIFINALS (16 PHOTOS) (2019-05-15)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
ITHACA — Waverly senior Wendi Hammond certainly knew how to celebrate her 18th birthday.

Hammond struck out 20, and belted a crucial three-run home run to lead state-ranked Waverly to a 6-3 win over Marathon here Wednesday in the semifinals of the IAC softball championships at Cornell University’s Niemand-Robinson Field. ...more

NTL SOFTBALL: COWANESQUE VALLEY ROLLS TO 13-2 WIN OVER SAYRE (2019-05-15)
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WESTFIELD, Pa. — Sayre drew first blood, but Cowanesque Valley scored early and often en route to a 13-2 win here Wednesday afternoon in NTL Small School Division softball action.
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