MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: ATHENS GRAD BABCOCK POSTS FIRST DOUBLE-DOUBLE OF SEASON IN ELMIRA WIN (2025-12-01)
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ELMIRA — Athens grad J.J. Babcock, a senior on the Elmira College men's basketball team, had his first double-double of the season in the Soaring Eagles' 90-84 win over Penn State-Brandywine. ...more

THE WEEK AHEAD: TIOGA FOOTBALL'S STATE TITLE GAME HIGHLIGHTS FIRST FULL WEEK OF WINTER SEASON (2025-11-30)
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THE VALLEY — The falls season opens in earnest this week, but the main event is the final event of the fall season — Tioga football playing for a Class D state title at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse Friday afternoon. ...more

N.Y. STATE FOOTBALL: TIGERS HEADED BACK TO THE DOME! TIOGA HOLDS OFF NEWFANE, 20-16, IN CLASS D SEMIS (24 PHOTOS) (2025-11-30)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
CICERO, N.Y. — Ball-control offense and a pair of big defensive stops were key as Tioga punched its ticket to a fifth Class D title game appearance since 2015 with a 20-16 win over previously-unbeaten Newfane in the state semifinals here Sunday afternoon Cicero-North Syracuse High School. ...more

COLLEGE WRESTLING: TIOGA GRAD BELLIS FINISHES EIGHTH AT KEYSTONE CLASSIC (2025-11-30)
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PHILADELPHIA — Tioga grad Caden Bellis, a freshman on the Division I Penn wrestling team, bounced back from an opening-round loss to  finish eighth here at the Keystone Classic. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: TIOGA SQUARES OFF WITH SECTION IV POWER IN CLASS D SEMIFINALS (2025-11-30)
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THE VALLEY — Tioga will face its biggest challenge of the season Sunday afternoon in the New York State, Class D semifinals when it matches up against Section VI champ Newfane, led by Division I prospect Mac Capen. ...more

JV WRESTLING: WAVERLY CROWNS PAIR OF CHAMPS AT 'FRIENDS OF SECTION IV TOURNAMENT' (15 PHOTOS) (2025-11-29)
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WAVERLY — Seventh-grader Mason Phillips, and sophomore Jaxson Porter each went 3-0 to win their brackets here Saturday at the Friends of Section IV Junior Varsity Wrestling Tournament. ...more

STAC GIRLS BASKETBALL: WAVERLY FALLS TO BALDWINSVILLE IN FINALS OF TIP-OFF TOURNEY (2025-11-29)
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BALDWINSVILLE — Baldwinsville rode a hot first quarter to an eight-point lead, and then pulled away for a 60-36 win over Waverly here Saturday afternoon in the championship game of the of the Bill Middleton Tip-Off Tournament in non-league girls basketball action. ...more

STAC JV GIRLS BASKETBALL: WAVERLY ROLLS OVER MASSENA IN SEASON-OPENER AT B-VILLE TIP-OFF TOURNEY (2025-11-29)
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BALDWINSVILLE — Waverly used a 28-0 second-quarter blitz to take a 40-point lead into the halftime locker room on its way to a 78-17 win over Massena here Friday afternoon in the opening game of the Bill Middleton JV Girls Basketball Tip-Off Tournament. ...more

FROM THE PRESS BOX: WEEK 15 PICKS — STATE SEMIFINALS ON BOTH SIDES OF BORDER (2025-11-29)
We're getting down to the nitty gritty with four Section IV teams, including Tioga and Owego, in the N.Y. state semifinals, and just one District 4 team — Southern Columbia — in the PIAA final four. ...more

STAC GIRLS BASKETBALL: WAVERLY OPENS SEASON WITH ROUT OF MASSENA AT B-VILLE TIP-OFF TOURNEY (2025-11-28)
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BALDWINSVILLE — Junior Ryleigh Judson and senior Kaitlyn Sutton provided all the offense Waverly would need in the first quarter, and the Wolverine defense held Section X Massena without a field goal for the entire game in a 71-5 season-opening rout in the first round of the Bill Middleton Tip-Off Tournament here Friday afternoon in non-league girls basketball action. ...more

NEW YORK STATE FOOTBALL: TIOGA FACES BIG CHALLENGE IN SECTION VI POWERHOUSE NEWFANE IN CLASS D SEMIFINALS (2025-11-28)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
TIOGA CENTER — Tioga won three states in a row, and is one win away from making it back to the title game after a year's absence, but standing in the way Sunday is unbeaten Section VI powerhouse Newfane. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: WAVERLY GIRLS TIP OFF 2025-26 BASKETBALL SEASON (2025-11-28)
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THE VALLEY — The 2025-26 basketball season tips off this afternoon with the Waverly girls in action at the Bill Middleton Tip-Off Tournament at Baldwinsville High School. ...more

STAC GIRLS BASKETBALL: KELLY HAS 'HIGH HOPES' FOR WAVERLY HEADING INTO 2025-26 SEASON (20 PHOTOS) (2025-11-28)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY — Coming off a 17-4 season, the Waverly girls return all but one starter and nearly all of its bench, but longtime coach Bob Kelly said there is work to be done as the 2025-26 season tips off this afternoon. ...more

NTL VOLLEYBALL: SAYRE'S LANTZ, SANGREY EARN TOP HONORS; FOUR REDSKINS EARN ALL-STAR HONORS (2025-11-27)
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SAYRE — Sayre senior Rylee Lantz has been named the Small School "Offensive Player of the Year," while first-year coach Colby Sangrey was voted NTL "Coach of the Year," and four Lady Redskins earned all-star kudos in recent voting by the league's volleyball coaches. ...more

NTL VOLLEYBALL: ATHENS' MOSHER NAMED LARGE SCHOOL 'PLAYER OF YEAR;' THREE WILDCATS EARN ALL-STAR HONORS (2025-11-27)
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ATHENS — Athens sophomore Elle Mosher has been named the Large School "Offensive Player of the Year," and junior Megan Wiles and freshman Kayla Forbes were named first-team all-stars in recent voting by the league's volleyball coaches. ...more

NTL GOLF: ATHENS' LYON NAMED GIRLS 'PLAYER OF YEAR;' HICKS, OWEN JOIN HER AS A FIRST-TEAM ALL-STAR (2025-11-27)
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ATHENS — Sophomore Brooke Lyon was named the girls "Player of the Year," and junior Eli Hicks and sophomore Ty Owen joined her as the NTL first-team all-stars as voted recently by the league's golf coaches. ...more

IAC BOWLING: SLATER LEADS TIOGA BOYS TO SWEEP OF TIOGA; LADY TIGERS ALSO WIN, 4-0 (2025-11-26)
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WAVERLY — Tioga's Nick Slater started the season with a bang, leading the Tigers to a sweep of Watkins Glen Tuesday afternoon in IAC boys bowling action, while the Lady Tigers also notched a sweep here at the Valley Bowling Center. ...more

"TWO GUYS TALKING SPORTS:" JACKSON BOMBARD TALKS ALL THINGS TIOGA FOOTBALL, AND THE TEAM'S STATE SEMI-FINAL RUN (2025-11-26)
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THE VALLEY — Tioga junior QB Jackson Bombard sits down with "Two Guys Talking Sports" — The Sports Reports' Tim Birney and Radigan Media's Pat McDonald — about all things Tioga football, including Bombard spending last season away from football, and this team's run into the Class D state semifinals. ...more

THE WEEK AHEAD: TIOGA FOOTBALL IN STATE SEMIS; 2025-26 WINTER SEASON TIPS OFF (2025-11-24)
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THE VALLEY — The fall season in the Valley is down to just Tioga football, but the winter season tips off this week with Tioga bowling and the Waverly girls basketball teams opening play. ...more

NEW YORK STATE SWIMMING: KITTLE FINISHES CAREER AS MOST ACCOMPLISHED SWIMMER IN PROGRAM HISTORY, BUT MAKES AN EVEN BIGGER IMPACT AS A TEAMMATE / LEADER (16 PHOTOS) (2025-11-22)
BY BRIAN FEES
Valley Sports Report
WEBSTER — When Mira Kittle started her career at Waverly only a few girls had ever competed at States. Four years later. she has completely rewritten every record book at the school. ...more

NEW YORK STATE SWIMMING: WAVERLY COMES HOME FROM STATES WITH FOUR MEDALS (24 PHOTOS) (2025-11-22)
By BRIAN FEES
Valley Sports Report
WEBSTER — The Waverly girls’ swim team is coming home from states with a little hardware as they are returning to Waverly with four state medals.  ...more

ON TAP TODAY: WAVERLY GIRLS SWIMMING IN FOUR 'A' FINALS AT DAY 2 OF STATE MEET (2025-11-22)
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THE VALLEY — Waverly senior Mira Kittle will swim in three "A" finals today at the New York State Girls Swimming Championships, including a pair of relays. ...more

NEW YORK STATE FOOTBALL: BALL-CONTROL OFFENSE SETS TONE IN TIOGA'S 28-14 WIN OVER LOWVILLE IN CLASS D QUARTERFINALS (22 PHOTOS) (2025-11-21)

TIGERS, UNDER AIELLO, IMPROVE TO 12-0 AGAINST SECTION III IN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

BY TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
VESTAL — Tioga set the tone early with an old-fashion ball-control ground game on its way to a 28-14 win over previously-unbeaten Section III champ Lowville Friday night in the quarterfinals of the New York State Class D football playoffs here at Dick Hoover Stadium. ...more

NYSPHSAA SWIMMING: WAVERLY HAS BIG DAY, QUALIFIES FOR STATE FINALS IN FOUR EVENTS (24 PHOTOS) (2025-11-21)
BY BRIAN FEES
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WEBSTER — One by one the Waverly Wolverines swimmers competed on Friday, and one by one they qualified for state finals. ...more

SECTION IV FIELD HOCKEY: TIOGA'S ENGLEBERT, KITHCART NAMED FIRST-TEAM DIVISIONAL ALL-STARS, SZYMANSKI EARNS SECOND-TEAM NOD (2025-11-21)
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TIOGA CENTER — Tioga seniors Abbie Englebert and Anna Kithcart were named Section IV, Division III first-team field hockey all-stars, and sophomore Cora Szymanski earned a second-team nod in recent voting by the conference's coaches. ...more

FROM THE PRESS BOX: WEEK 14 PICKS — STATE QUARTERFINALS ON BOTH SIDES OF BORDER (2025-11-21)
The football season is winding down with both the state quarterfinals on tap on both sides of the border.
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ON TAP TODAY: TIOGA OPENS STATE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS; WAVERLY GIRLS SWIM AT DAY 1 OF STATE MEET (2025-11-21)
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THE VALLEY — Fresh off its 12th Section IV, Class D football title since 2011, Tioga looks to take its first step toward its fifth state title since 2015 when it "hosts" Section III Lowville Friday evening at 5 p.m. at Vestal High School. ...more

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: ATHENS GRAD LISTER EARNS THIRD-TEAM ALL-EMPIRE 8 CONFERENCE HONORS (2025-11-20)
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PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Athens grad Mason Lister, a junior on the St. John Fisher football team, was named a third-team selection on the Empire 8 All-Conference team Thursday by a vote of the league's coaches. ...more

'TWO GUYS TALKING SPORTS' CHATS WITH TIOGA SENIOR LOGAN BELLIS (2025-11-19)
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THE VALLEY — Tioga senior Logan Bellis sits down with "Two Guys Talking Sports" — The Sports Reports' Tim Birney and Radigan Media's Pat McDonald — to discuss coming back from a major knee injury, the 2025 season, and even a little wrestling. ...more

WOMEN'S COLLEGE TRACK & FIELD: ATHENS' BURGESS SIGNS TO RUN FOR DIVISION I LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (4 PHOTOS) (2025-11-19)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
ATHENS — Athens senior Abby Burgess opened some eyes last spring with a fourth-place finish in the 100-meter dash at the PIAA Class 3A Track & Field Championships. On Wednesday, Burgess signed a National Letter-of-Intent to run for Division I Lehigh University in a brief ceremony in the high school gymnasium. ...more

(UPDATED) NEW YORK STATE GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING: KITTLE LEADS WAVERLY CONTINGENT INTO STATE MEET (2025-11-19)
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WEBSTER, N.Y. — Senior Mira Kittle is a top-seven seed in two individual events, and is part of a fourth-seeded Waverly relay here this weekend at the New York State Swimming & Diving Championships at the Webster Aquatic Center. ...more

WOMEN'S COLLEGE SWIMMING: ATHENS GRADS FISHER, WILLIAMS NOTCH WINS TO HELP MISERICORDIA TO SWEEP OF DOUBLE-DUAL (2025-11-18)
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FREDERICK, Md. — Athens grad Taylar Fisher, a junior on the Misericordia women's swim team, was a double-winner, and fellow Athens grad Taegan Williams, also a junior, notched one win in helping Misericordia to victories over Hood College and Lycoming College in a recent double-dual. ...more

IAC BOYS SOCCER: TIOGA'S LANDMESSER, VAN DUSEN LAND FIRST-TEAM DIVISIONAL HONORS; THREE TEAMMATES NAMED TO SECOND TEAM (2025-11-18)
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TIOGA CENTER — Senior Brady Landmesser and sophomore David Van Dusen were named IAC South Small School Division first-team all-stars, while a trio of their teammates received second-team honors.
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COLLEGE WRESTLING: TIOGA GRAD BELLIS WINS DUALS DEBUT IN PENN'S WIN OVER CAMPBELL ON USS YORKTOWN (2025-11-17)
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MOUNT PLEASANT S.C. — Tioga grad Caden Bellis, a freshman on the University of Pennsylvania wrestling team, won his collegiate dual meet debut for the Quakers in their 36-6 win over Campbell at the Throwdown on the Yorktown here Saturday on the USS Yorktown. ...more

VALLEY SPORTS REPORT: TIOGA'S BELLIS NAMED BISHOP BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION 'ATHLETE OF THE WEEK' (2025-11-17)
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THE VALLEY — Tioga senior Logan Bellis led the Tigers back to the top of the heap in Section IV, Class D. He is the VSR /  Bishop Brothers Construction "Athlete of the Week," for the week ending Nov. 15. ...more