FROM THE PRESS BOX: WEEK 5 PICKS — JUST ONE HOME GAME FOR VALLEY TEAMS (2019-09-20)

ON TAP TODAY: ATHENS HOSTS ONLY HOME GAME ON 'FOOTBALL FRIDAY' (2019-09-20)
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THE VALLEY — Week 5’s “Football Friday” features just one home game, but will see three of the four Valley teams in action against divisional rivals. ...more

NTL GIRLS SOCCER: NORTH PENN-MANSFIELD OVERCOMES EARLY DEFICIT; TOPS SAYRE 4-1 (2019-09-19)
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MANSFIELD — North Penn-Mansfield scored in the final minute of the first half to take the lead, then added a pair of insurance goals in the second half in a 4-1 win over Sayre here Thursday afternoon in NTL girls soccer action. ...more

IAC VOLLEYBALL TIOGA ROLLS TO SWEEP OVER WAVERLY (24 PHOTOS) (2019-09-19)
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TIOGA CENTER — Tioga got off to a fast start and rolled to a sweep of Waverly here Thursday night in IAC volleyball action.
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NTL VOLLEYBALL: SAYRE RALLIES TO WIN FIVE-SET THRILLER AT WYALUSING (2019-09-19)
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WYALUSING — Sayre rallied from one set down to post a thrilling 3-2 win over Wyalusing here Thursday night in NTL volleyball action.
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NTL BOYS SOCCER: NEB HOLDS OFF SAYRE, 4-3 (18 PHOTOS) (2019-09-19)
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SAYRE — Northeast Bradford scored a pair of goals early in the second half to take a two-goal lead, then held on for a 4-3 win over Sayre here Thursday evening in NTL boys soccer action at the Lockhart Street Bowl. ...more

IAC BOYS SOCCER: SVEC BLANKS WAVERLY, 5-0 (24 PHOTOS) (2019-09-19)
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WAVERLY — SVEC, which had five players tally goals, scored early in the second half to take a three-goal lead en route to a 5-0 win over Waverly here Thursday afternoon in IAC South Large School Division boys soccer action. ...more

IAC CROSS COUNTRY: MIDDENDORF, NICHOLS PACE TIOGA'S EFFORTS AT QUAD MEET (2019-09-19)
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SOUTHPORT — Tioga’s Ty Middendorf ran to a 10th-place finish to pace Tioga’s efforts here Thursday in an IAC cross country quad-meet. ...more

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: TIOGA GRAD HUTCHINSON VOTED TEAM CAPTAIN AT MORRISVILLE (2019-09-19)
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MORRISVILLE, N.Y. — Tioga grad Zach Hutchinson, a senior on the Morrisville State football team, was voted a team captain by his teammates, and is once again starting on the offensive line. ...more

MEN'S COLLEGE SOCCER: ATHENS GRAD TILLEY RECORDS FIRST COLLEGIATE ASSIST, GOAL FOR WILLIAMSON COLLEGE (2019-09-19)
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MEDIA, Pa. — Athens grad Willey Tilley, a freshman on the Williamson College of Trades men’s soccer team, recorded his first collegiate assist and goal in a 24-hour span recently. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: WAVERLY-TIOGA VOLLEYBALL RIVALRY RENEWED TONIGHT (2019-09-19)
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THE VALLEY — There are only five events on Thursday’s docket, but three of them are in the Valley, including the renewal of the Tioga-Waverly volleyball rivalry at Tio ...more

IAC GIRLS SOCCER: TIOGA NOTCHES SECOND WIN OF SEASON; TOPS NEWFIELD, 5-2 (24 PHOTOS) (2019-09-18)
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NEWFIELD — Tioga had four different players find the scoring column, and scored a pair of goals in a two-minute span midway through the second half to sew up a 5-2 win over Newfield here Wednesday afternoon in IAC girls soccer action.
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NTL BOYS SOCCER: ATHENS EDGES SECTION IV POWER TRUMANSBURG, 1-0 (23 PHOTOS) (2019-09-18)
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ATHENS — Senior defender David Scheftic has a knack for using his head, and he did it again here Wednesday evening, connecting on a header off a corner kick for the game’s only goal to lift Athens to a 1-0 win over Section IV power Trumansburg at Alumni Stadium. ...more

SECTION IV FIELD HOCKEY: NEWARK VALLEY PULLS AWAY IN 5-1 WIN OVER TIOGA (11 PHOTOS) (2019-09-18)
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TIOGA CENTER — Newark Valley scored two goals early in the second half to pull away for a 5-1 win over Tioga here Wednesday afternoon in Section IV, Division III field hockey action.
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NTL VOLLEYBALL: POWERHOUSE NORTH PENN-LIBERTY HANDS ATHENS FIRST LOSS IN SWEEP (2019-09-18)
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LIBERTY — Second-year Athens volleyball coach Heather Hanson is trying to build a program in hopes of being the team of the future in the NLT. Wednesday night, the Lady Wildcats were swept here by current powerhouse North Penn-Liberty. ...more

MODIFIED FOOTBALL: TIOGA ROLLS TO 30-0 WIN OVER WAVERLY (21 PHOTOS) (2019-09-18)
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TIOGA CENTER — Tioga jumped out to a 16-0 lead in the first half en route to a 30-0 win over Waverly here Monday afternoon in Section IV modified football action at Haggerty Field.
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YOUTH FOOTBALL: ATHENS BLANKS WAVERLY IN 'A' GAME; WAVERLY WINS 'B' AND 'C' CONTESTS (24 PHOTOS) (2019-09-18)
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ATHENS — Athens rolled to a big win in the “A game, but Waverly won the “B and “C” games here Sunday in Northern Tier Youth Football League action at Alumni Stadium.
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THE FINAL WORD: WHAT GOOD IS A SCHEDULE IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW IT? ... AND MUCH MORE (2019-09-18)
If a game is scheduled to start at 6 p.m., then it should start at 6 p.m. A late start can be inconvenient, but an early start just shouldn't happen.
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(UPDATED) ON TAP TODAY: ATHENS BOYS HOST IAC POWER TRUMANSBURG (2019-09-18)
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THE VALLEY — The Athens boys host IAC power Trumansburg on the soccer pitch at Alumni Stadium this evening. ...more

IAC GIRLS SOCCER: ORTIZ LIFTS WAVERLY TO 1-0 WIN OVER NOTRE DAME (24 PHOTOS) (2019-09-17)
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WAVERLY — Senior Melina Ortiz rifled a shot under the crossbar midway through the first half, and the Waverly defense made it stand for the remaining 59 minutes in a 1-0 win over Notre Dame here Tuesday night in IAC South Large School Division girls soccer action at Memorial Stadium.
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NTL VOLLEYBALL: BIG COMEBACK IN SECOND SET SPARKS ATHENS SWEEP OF SAYRE (24 PHOTOS) (2019-09-17)
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SAYRE — Unbeaten Athens rallied from a huge deficit to win the second set, then wasted little time in completing a sweep of Sayre here Tuesday night in NTL volleyball action. ...more

IAC GIRLS SWIMMING: WATKINS GLEN KNOCKS OFF WAVERLY, 94-73 (2019-09-17)
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WAVERLY — Watkins Glen won eight of the first 10 events in a 94-73 win over Waverly here Tuesday afternoon in IAC girls swimming action.
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IAC VOLLEYBALL: WAVERLY REBOUNDS WITH SWEEP OF NEWFIELD (2019-09-17)
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WAVERLY — Twenty-four hours its first loss of the season, Waverly bounced back with a sweep of Newfield here Tuesday night in IAC volleyball action.
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IAC VOLLEYBALL: TIOGA BREEEZES TO SWEEP OF O-M (2019-09-17)
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TIOGA — Tioga made quick work of Odessa-Montour in a sweep here Tuesday night in IAC South Small School Division volleyball action.

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IAC BOYS CROSS COUNTRY: STATE-RANKED WAVERLY RACKS UP FOUR WINS (14 PHOTOS) (2019-09-17)
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WAVERLY — Waverly, ranked 18th in the State, had five runners finish in the top 10, led by junior Collin Wright, to rack up four wins here Tuesday afternoon in IAC boys cross country action at Tomasso’s Golf Course. ...more

IAC GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY: TALADA PACES WAVERLY TO FOUR WINS ON HOME COURSE (11 PHOTOS) (2019-09-17)
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WAVERLY — Waverly had four runners finish in the top six, led by senior Sheridan Talada, to earn four wins here Tuesday afternoon in IAC cross country action at the Tomasso’s Golf Course. ...more

NTL BOYS SOCCER: TROY BLANKS SAYRE, 6-0 (2019-09-17)
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SAYRE — Tanner Hodge scored 79 seconds into the game, and Troy had six different players put their name in the scoring column here Tuesday afternoon in a 6-0 win over Sayre in NTL boys soccer action at the Lockhart Street Bowl. ...more

NTL CROSS COUNTRY: ATHENS BOYS SWEEP NEB, NP-MANSFIELD; LADY WILDCATS SPLIT (2019-09-17)
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LERAYSVILLE — Athens had four runners place in the top eight to earn wins over Northeast Bradford and North Penn-Mansfield here Tuesday afternoon in NTL boys cross country action, while the Lady Wildcats split a pair of decisions.
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IAC BOYS SOCCER: NOTRE DAME EDGES WAVERLY, 2-1, WITH LATE GOAL (2019-09-17)
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SOUTHPORT, N.Y. — Tyler Simpson scored with 10 minutes remaining in the game to lift Notre Dame to a 2-1 win over Waverly here Tuesday night in IAC South Large School boys soccer action.
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NTL BOYS SOCCER: LANE, MASLIN NET HAT TRICKS IN ATHENS' ROUT OF TOWANDA (14 PHOTOS) (2019-09-17)
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TOWANDA — Athens scored four times in the first 3 1/2 minutes of the game, and cruised to a 16-0 rout of Towanda here Tuesday night in NTL boys soccer action at the Endless Mountains Sports Complex.
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NTL CROSS COUNTRY: HUGHEY WINS GIRLS RACE; SAYRE GIRLS, BOYS FALL TO WYALUSING (2019-09-17)
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WYALUSING — Sayre senior Kayla Hughey ran to a first-place finish, but Wyalusing recorded a 15-50 win over the short-handed Lady Redskins here Tuesday afternoon in NTL cross country action.
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ON TAP TODAY: ONE OF THE BUSIEST DAY OF FALL SEASON INCLUDES SIX HOME EVENTS (2019-09-17)
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THE VALLEY — One of the busiest days of the fall season features 12 events on the docket Tuesday, including six here in the Valley, with four of those at Waverly. ...more

IAC VOLLEYBALL: WAVERLY DROPS THRILLER TO NEWARK VALLEY (15 PHOTOS) (2019-09-16)
BY TIM TAYLOR
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NEWARK VALLEY — Waverly and Newark Valley appear to be the early-season favorites in the IAC South Large School chase. On Monday, the two teams met to find out which one would gain the upper hand and, after four exciting games, the host Cardinals emerged with a 3-1 victory.
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NTL GIRLS SOCCER: HANEY SCORES FIVE TIMES, INCLUDING 50TH CAREER GOAL; SAYRE FALLS TO SULLIVAN COUNTY, 10-6 (24 PHOTOS) (2019-09-16)
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SAYRE — Sayre sophomore Rozlyn Haney scored five times, including her 50th career goal, but it wasn’t enough as Sullivan County jumped out to an early lead en route to a 10-6 win here Monday evening in non-league girls soccer action at the Lockhart Street Bowl. ...more

IAC GIRLS SOCCER: TIOGA FALLS TO SMALL SCHOOL POWERHOUSE GROTON, 10-1 (24 PHOTOS) (2019-09-16)
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TIOGA CENTER — Defending IAC Small School champion Groton scored four goals in the final 20 minutes of the first half to open up a 6-1 halftime lead en route to a 10-1 win over Tioga here Monday afternoon in IAC crossover girls soccer action. ...more