MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK: SAYRE'S GORMAN PLEASED WITH TEAM'S 3-1 MARK IN FIVE-GAME ROAD TRIP AFTER WIN AT CV (2019-10-14)
BY TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
SAYRE — Sayre is fourth-fifths of its way through an unprecedented five-game road trip, and are 3-1 after a 55-28 win at Cowanesque Valley Friday night. ...more

MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK: DESPITE SECOND-HALF RALLY COMING UP SHORT, ATHENS' YOUNG SAW TEAM GAIN CONFIDENCE (2019-10-14)
BY TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
ATHENS — After a disappointing first half, Athens coach Jack Young watched his team’s furious second-half rally fall just short in a 34-32 loss to Midd-West, but saw his team gain some much-needed confidence. ...more

MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK: TIOGA'S AIELLO BELIEVES EARLY-SEASON SCHEDULE HELPED TIOGA IN SHOWDOWN WIN OVER GREENE (2019-10-14)
BY TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
TIOGA CENTER — Tioga opened the season with wins over Walton and Newark Valley, and longtime coach Nick Aiello believe his team reaped the benefits of those victories in Friday night’s Division VI showdown with Greene, which the Tigers won 48-20. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: ATHENS GIRLS PLAY FOR 8TH STRAIGHT NTL SOCCER TITLE (2019-10-14)
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THE VALLEY — Only two girls soccer game on the docket Monday, but one is a big with Athens hosting Wellsboro. A win will give the Lady Wildcats  their eight consecutive NTL title. ...more

MEN'S COLLEGE GOLF: SAYRE GRAD MURRELLE FINISHES FALL SEASON WITH 27-PLACE FINSH AT NAZARETH COLLEGE INVITE (2019-10-13)
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PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Sayre grad Ryan Murrelle, a freshman on the Keuka College men’s golf team, closed out the fall season with a 27th-place finish at the Nazareth College Invitational this weekend. ...more

WOMEN'S COLLEGE GOLF: WAVERLY GRAD TOMASSO FIRES CAREER-BEST TWO-DAY SCORE AT HARTFORD FALL INVITE (2019-10-13)
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BLOOMFIELD, CT. — Fresh off a career-best round of 79 in her last event, Waverly grad Alex Tomasso, a freshman on the Merrimack College women’s golf team, shot a career-low two-day total recently at the Hartford Fall Invitational. ...more

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: ATHENS GRAD MARTIN CONTRIBUTOR IN ELMIRA COLLEGE FOUR-MATCH WIN STREAK (2019-10-13)
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ELMIRA — Athens grad Amelia Martin, a freshman on the Elmira College women’s volleyball team, has been a big part of the Lady Eagles’ four-match win streak. ...more

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: MILLER HAS TWO TD GRABS IN UTICA COLLEGE WIN (2019-10-13)
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UTICA — Waverly grad Peyton Miller, a senior on the Utica College football team, caught a pair of TD passes to help the Pioneers to a 34-28 win over St. John Fisher here Saturday afternoon in Empire 8 action at Gaetano Stadium. ...more

THE WEEK AHEAD: BIG GAMES ON TAP AS REGULAR SEASONS WINDING DOWN (2019-10-13)
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THE VALLEY — The regular season ends for many sports this week, but there are several big games on the docket this week, including the Athens girls playing for a league title Monday, the Sayre football team playing for a division title Friday, and Tioga football looking to clinch another division title Saturday.

The Waverly girls soccer team ends the week playing Dryden in the overall IAC Large School championship at TCCC. The Lady Wolverines are the two-time defending champs. ...more

VALLEY BOWLING CENTER: BEARD, WALTERS, GIFFORD, TRACY TOP RESPECTIVE DIVISIONS IN WEEK 4 OF LEAGUE BOWLING (2019-10-13)
HIGH SCORES FOR SEPT. 26 - OCT. 2

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WAVERLY — Mason Beard rolled the third perfect game of the season, and also tossed the high series in the men’s division, and Mark Walters, Melody Gifford, and Sue Ann Tracy topped their respective divisions in Week 4 of league bowling at the Valley Bowling Center.
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NTL BOYS SOCCER: HORSEHEADS BLANKS ATHENS, 2-0 (18 PHOTOS) (2019-10-12)
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HORSEHEADS — Horseheads scored late in the first half, and added an insurance goal in the second half to top Athens, 2-0, here Saturday morning in non-league boys soccer action. ...more

IAC VOLLEYBALL: CROFT PUTS NAME IN RECORD BOOK; WAVERLY GOES 3-9 IN POOL PLAY AT RUGGED WINDSOR INVITE (2019-10-12)
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WINDSOR — Waverly went 3-9 in pool play at the rugged Windsor Tournament here Saturday, but senior setter Chloe Croft put her name in the record book. ...more

NTL CROSS COUNTRY: SAYRE'S HUGHEY FINISHES FIFTH AT LEAGUE MEET; GOUDREAU LEADS SAYRE BOYS' EFFORTS (2 PHOTOS) (2019-10-12)
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LERAYSVILLE — Senior Kayla Hughey finished fifth at the NTL Coaches Cross Country Invitational here Saturday afternoon.

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NTL GIRLS SOCCER: HERSHEY EDGES ATHENS, 1-0 (2019-10-12)
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HERSHEY — Zoe Carlson scored with 7:57 remaining in the game to lift Hershey to a 1-0 winnower Athens here Saturday in non-league girls soccer action. ...more

IAC VOLLEYBALL: TIOGA ROLLS TO QUICK SWEEP OF O-M (2019-11-12)
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ODESSA — Tioga rolled to a quick sweep of Odessa-Montour here Friday night in IAC South Small School volleyball action.
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IAC / NTL BOYS CROSS COUNTRY: WRIGHT LEADS WAVERLY TO FOURTH-PLACE FINISH AT BOB GREENE INVITATIONAL (Includes Modified results — 24 PHOTOS) (2019-10-12)
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NEWARK VALLEY — Junior Collin Wright finished in the top 10 to lead Waverly to a fourth-place finish here Friday at the Bob Greene Newark Valley Cross Country Invitational, while Waverly sophomore Nate Ackley and Athens senior T.J. Toscano both finished in the top 25.
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IAC / NTL GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY: TALADA, FRITZEN PACE WAVERLY TO 6TH-PLACE FINISH AT BOB GREENE INVITATIONAL (24 PHOTOS) (2019-10-12)

NEWARK VALLEY — Seniors Sheridan Talada and Elizabeth Fritzen turned in top-10 performances here Friday afternoon to help Waverly to a sixth-place finish in the annual Bob Greene Newark Valley Cross Country Invitational. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: ATHENS BOYS ON THE ROAD FOR NON-LEAGUE MATCH-UP (2019-10-12)
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THE VALLEY — The Athens boys invade Horseheads this morning in a non-league match-up as both teams prepare for the postseason.
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SECTION IV FOOTBALL: WOOD, FOURTH-QUARTER OUTBURST CARRIES TIOGA TO 48-20 WIN OVER GREENE (21 PHOTOS) (2019-10-11)
BY TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
GREENE — Sophomore Emmett Wood rushed for 338 yards and five TDs on 35 carries, and Tioga scored 21 fourth-quarter points en route to a 48-20 win over Greene here Friday night in a pivotal Section IV, Division VI football match-up. ...more

SECTION IV FOOTBALL: WAVERLY TOPS ONEONTA, 28-14 (22 PHOTOS) (2019-10-11)
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ONEONTA — Waverly’s defense kept the game even until the offense could find its rhythm, and it did just that in the second half of a 28-14 win over Oneonta here Friday night in Section IV, Division II football action. ...more

NTL FOOTBALL: FURIOUS FOURTH-QUARTER RALLY FALLS SHORT; MIDD-WEST EDGES ATHENS, 34-32 (17 PHOTOS) (2019-10-11)
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ATHENS — Athens trailed by 21 points in the second half, but stormed back only to come up short on a failed two-point conversion in the final minute in a 34-32 loss to Midd-West here Friday in non-league football action at Alumni Stadium.
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NTL FOOTBALL: SAYRE BOUNCES BACK WITH 55-28 ROUT OF COWANESQUE VALLEY (2019-10-11)
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WESTFIELD, Pa. — Sophomore QB Brayden Horton threw four TD passes, and senior tailback Isaiah Firestine ran for two more to lead Sayre in a 55-28 shellacking of Cowanesque Valley in NTL Small School football action. ...more

IAC GIRLS SOCCER: TIOGA BATTLES NEB TO 2-2 TIE IN SEASON-FINALE (18 PHOTOS) (2019-10-11)
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TIOGA CENTER — Tioga scored twice in the opening 5 1/2 minutes of the game, and NEB countered with two goals in the first nine minutes of the second half. Then, the two teams battled scoreless for another 51 minutes in a 2-2 tie here Friday afternoon in non-league girls soccer action. ...more

IAC VOLLEYBALL: WAVERLY SWEEPS PESKY NEWFIELD (2019-10-11)
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NEWFIELD —  Waverly started fast, then fought off a pesky Newfield squad in a sweep here Friday night in NTL volleyball action. ...more

FROM THE PRESS BOX: WEEK 8 PICKS — TIOGA, SAYRE PLAY KEY DIVISIONAL ROAD GAMES — ATHENS LONE HOME GAME (2019-10-11)
It’s Week 8 of the high school football season, and we’re getting down to the nitty gritty in terms of division titles and playoff seeds.

Tioga and Sayre play key divisional road games tonight. Tioga has a chance to virtually lock up the Section IV, Division VI title, while a Sayre win will set up a monster game at Muncy in Week 9. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: TIOGA, SAYRE ON ROAD FOR KEY DIVISIONAL GAMES ON 'FOOTBALL FRIDAY'— ATHENS LONE HOME GAME (2019-10-11)
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THE VALLEY — Athens is the only home game on a full “Footbal Fridayl” schedule, and Tioga and Sayre play on the road in key match-ups with division title implications. ...more

NTL BOYS SOCCER: ATHENS RALLIES TO EDGE WELLSBORO, 2-1 — WINS SIXTH STRAIGHT LEAGUE TITLE (10 PHOTOS) (2019-10-10)
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WELLSBORO — Athens fell behind for just the second time this season, but rallied to top Wellsboro, 2-1, and clinch its sixth consecutive NTL title here Thursday night in NTL boys soccer action.
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NTL VOLLEYBALL: UNBEATEN NORTH PENN-LIBERTY SWEEPS ATHENS (15 PHOTOS) (2019-10-10)
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ATHENS — Unbeaten powerhouse North Penn-Liberty got off to a fast start, and rolled to a sweep of Athens here Thursday night in NTL Large School volleyball action.
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NTL BOYS SOCCER: WILLIAMSON RALLIES LATE TO EDGE SAYRE, 3-2, IN OVERTIME (2019-10-10)
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WILLIAMSON — For more than 75 minutes, Sayre was in control, then an “unlucky” bounce triggered a Williamson rally, and eventually a 3-2 overtime win here Thursday afternoon in NTL boys soccer action. ...more

NTL VOLLEYBALL: WYALUSING AVENGES EARLY-SEASON LOSS WITH 3-1 WIN OVER SAYRE (2019-10-10)
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WYALUSING — Sayre pulled out the first set, but Wyalusing rallied to avenge a five-set loss earlier this season with a 3-1 win here Thursday night in NTL volleyball action. ...more

SECTION IV FIELD HOCKEY: TIOGA IMPRESSES COACH DESPITE SEASON-ENDING LOSS (13 PHOTOS) (2019-10-10)
BY TIM TAYLOR
Valley Sports Report
SPENCER — Tioga may have lost their season finale Thursday, but head coach Jodi Riggs was pleased with the Tigers' performance in a 5-2 loss to SVEC on the Eagles' Senior Night. ...more

IAC BOYS SOCCER: WAVERLY BLANKS NOTRE DAME, 1-0 — FIRST WIN OVER CRUSADERS SINCE 2009 (16 PHOTOS) (2019-10-10)
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WAVERLY — Junior Nate Ryck scored with 9 1/2 minutes remaining in the game to lift Waverly to a 1-0 win over Notre Dame here Thursday afternoon in IAC South Large School Division boys soccer action at Memorial Stadium. ...more

IAC GIRLS SWIMMING: WAVERLY TOPS NOTRE DAME, 91-55, FOR FOURTH WIN IN A ROW (2019-10-10)
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WAVERLY — Junior Maggie Whitley was a triple-winner, and sophomores Lourden Benjamin and Willow Sharpsteen won two events apiece to lead Waverly to a 91-55 win over Notre Dame here Thursday afternoon in IAC girls swimming action. ...more

NTL JUNIOR HIGH SOCCER: ATHENS ROLLS TO 8-1 WIN OVER SAYRE (24 PHOTOS) (2019-10-10)
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ATHENS — Tyler Roe scored a pair of goals, and six of his teammates each scored one goal in Athens’ 8-1 win over Sayre here Wednesday afternoon in NTL junior high soccer action. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: FALL SEASON WINDING DOWN (2019-10-10)
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THE VALLEY — The regular season is winding down, and today’s docket features Waverly’s final home game on the boys soccer pitch, and Tioga field hockey’s final game of 2019. ...more