NTL JV BOYS BASKETBALL: SAYRE KNOCKS OFF NORTH PENN-LIBERTY, 44-29 (16 PHOTOS) (2020-01-23)
Valley Sports Report
SAYRE — Sayre took an early lead, and opened up its advantage in the fourth quarter in a 44-29 win over North Penn-Liberty here Tuesday evening in NTL junior varsity boys basketball action. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: WAVERLY, ATHENS BOYS HOST LEAGUE RIVALS IN KEY MATCH-UPS (2020-01-23)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — The Waverly boys host Whitney Point in a match-up of IAC Large School  divisional hoop leaders, while the Athens boys host North Penn-Mansfield looking for their fourth straight win over a divisional foe. ...more

IAC WRESTLING: WAVERLY DROPS DIVISION FINALE TO SVEC (2020-01-22)
BY TIM TAYLOR
Tioga County Sports Report
SPENCER — Illness and injury played a factor in the IAC Division 1 match between SVEC and Waverly here Thursday. Only seven of 15 weight classes were contested on the mat as the Eagles pulled out a 42-37 Senior Night victory.
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NTL GIRLS BASKETBALL: NEB RIDES STRONG SECOND HALF TO 43-30 WIN OVER SAYRE (20 PHOTOS) (2020-01-22)
Valley Sports Report
SAYRE — Northeast Bradford used a strong second half to top Sayre, 43-30, here Wednesday night in NTL Small School Division girls basketball action. ...more

NTL GIRLS BASKETBALL: ATHENS THUMPS TROY, 54-23 (2020-01-22)
Valley Sports Report
TROY — Athens took the lead early, and pulled away on its way to a 54-23 win over Troy here Wednesday night in NTL Large School Division girls basketball action at the Troy Commons Building. ...more

IAC WRESTLING: TIOGA CLINCHES SHARE OF DIVISION TITLE WITH 72-18 WIN OVER WHITNEY POINT (2020-01-22)
Valley Sports Report
TIOGA CENTER — Tioga won three of the five contested weight classes, and took advantage of nine forfeits to post a quick, 72-18, win over Whitney Point here Wednesday evening in IAC Large School wrestling action. ...more

NTL JV BOYS BASKETBALL: TROY TOPS ATHENS, 36-28 (2020-01-22)
Valley Sports Report
TROY — Troy jumped out to an early lead, built a big lead, and held off a late rally in a 36-28 win over Athens here Tuesday evening in NTL Large School Division junior varsity boys basketball action.
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IAC JV BOYS BASKETBALL: TIOGA PULLS AWAY IN 45-27 WIN OVER DEPOSIT-HANCOCK (2020-01-22)
Valley Sports Report
TIOGA CENTER — Tioga used a big third quarter to take control en route to a 45-27 win over Deposit-Hancock here Tuesday evening in non-league junior varsity boys basketball action.
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ON TAP TODAY: WRESTLING'S REGULAR-SEASON WINDING DOWN (2020-01-22)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Tioga hosts its final home wrestling dual of the season tonight, while the Waverly grapplers take the short trip to Spencer to face SVEC, and the Athens and Sayre girls are on the road in the only action on the docke ...more

NTL BOYS BASKETBALL: LANE SCORES 1,000TH CAREER POINT; LEADS ATHENS TO 65-47 WIN OVER TROY (5 PHOTOS) (2020-01-21)
Valley Sports Report
TROY — Senior Aaron Lane scored his 1,000th career point, and led Athens to its third consecutive impressive win over a Large School rival  a 65-47 decision over Troy  in NTL boys basketball action here Tuesday night at the Troy Commons Building. ...more

NTL BOYS BASKETBALL: FIRST-PLACE NP-LIBERTY RALLIES PAST SAYRE, 52-49 (19 PHOTOS) (2020-01-21)
Valley Sports Report
SAYRE — First-place North Penn-Liberty used a big third quarter to rally for a 52-49 win over Sayre here Tuesday night in NTL Small School boys basketball action. ...more

IAC BOYS BASKETBALL: TIOGA KNOCKS OFF DEPOSIT-HANCOCK, 55-41, FOR FIRST WIN OF SEASON (2020-01-21)
Valley Sports Report
TIOGA CENTER — Sophomore Casey Stoughton returned to the line-up, and had a second quarter to remember, helping Tioga to a 14-point lead at the half, and its first win of the season — a 55-41 decision over Deposit-Hancock here Tuesday night in non-league boys basketball action. ...more

NTL WRESTLING: WYALUSING HOLDS ON FOR 40-37 WIN OVER ATHENS (2020-01-21)
Valley Sports Report
WYALUSING — Wyalusing opened the match with five consecutive falls to take a 30-0 lead, then held on for a 40-37 win over Athens here Tuesday night in NTL wrestling action. ...more

NTL SWIMMING: ATHENS GIRLS, BOYS RECORD WINS OVER TOWANDA (5 PHOTOS) (2020-01-20)
Valley Sports Report
TOWANDA — Freshman Taegan Williams, senior Lauren Neville, and Chris DeForest were quadruple-winners to help the Athens girls, and boys to wins over Towanda here Tuesday afternoon in NTL swimming action. ...more

NL JV GIRLS BASKETBALL: TOWANDA KNOCKS OFF SAYRE, 34-23 (12 PHOTOS) (2020-01-21)
Valley Sports Report
SAYRE — Towanda jumped out to a 10-point first-quarter lead and topped Sayre, 34-23, here Monday evening in NTL junior varsity girls basketball action.
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NTL JV GIRLS BASKETBALL: ATHENS LETS BIG LEAD SLIP AWAY LATE IN 33-32 LOSS TO EDISON (12 PHOTOS) (2020-01-21)
Valley Sports Report
ATHENS — Athens led a 13-point lead after three quarters slip through their fingers here Monday night in a 33-32 loss to Thomas A. Edison in NTL junior varsity girls basketball action. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: BOYS HOOP, WRESTLING MATCH SHARE TOP BILLING TUESDAY (2020-01-21)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — The Sayre and Tioga are at home on the hardwoods tonight, while the Athens boys travel to Troy for a key NTL Large School hoop match-up, and the Athens wrestlers are on the road to renew their rivalry with Wyalusing. ...more

NTL GIRLS BASKETBALL: TOWANDA RIDES FAST START TO 57-24 WIN OVER SAYRE (17 PHOTOS) (2020-01-20)
Valley Sports Report
SAYRE —  Towanda raced out to a big lead early, and cruised to a 57-24 win over Sayre here Monday night in NTL girls basketball action.
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NTL GIRLS BASKETBALL: ATHENS TOP EDISON, 41-19 (22 PHOTOS) (2020-01-20)
Valley Sports Report
ATHENS — Junior Kayleigh Miller and senior Haley Barry helped Athens to a double-digit halftime lead en route to a 41-19 win over Thomas A. Edison in non-league girls basketball action.
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ON TAP TODAY: ATHENS, SAYRE GIRLS HOME GAMES ONLY ACTION ON DOCKET (2020-01-20)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — The Athens and Sayre girls both host games on the hardwoods tonight, in the only games on Monday’s schedule. ...more

COLLEGE WRESLTING: ATHENS GRAD COURTNEY EARNS BONUS-POINTS WINS TO HELP VIRIGINIA TO PAIR OF WINS (2020-01-19)
Valley Sports Report
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Athens grad Brian Courtney, a redshirt sophomore on the University of Virginia’s wrestling team, earned a pair of bonus-point wins to help the Cavaliers to dual wins over Chattanooga and VMI here Sunday afternoon. ...more

COLLEGE SOFTBALL: ATHENS' BENNETT SIGNS TO PLAY AT ALFRED UNIVERSITY (2020-01-19)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
ATHENS — Athens senior Megan Bennett will continue her playing career at Alfred University next fall after signing a National Letter-of-Intent in a brief ceremony Saturday night. ...more

SECTION IV WRESTLING: STATE-RANKED TIOGA, WINDSOR TOP SEEDS AT SECTION IV DUALS SATURDAY (2020-01-19)
Valley Sports Report
BINGHAMTON — State-ranked Tioga is the top seed in the upcoming Section IV Duals, which will be held Saturday here at Chenango Forks High School.
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THE WEEK AHEAD: BASKETBALL, POSTSEASON WRESTLING HEADLINE WEEK'S SLATE OF ACTION (2020-01-19)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — After a week of big basketball games, Saturday will feature Tioga wrestling at the Section IV Duals at Chenango Forks, seeking their third consecutive trip to the New York State Duals. ...more

IAC JV GIRLS BASKETBALL: FIRST-HALF RUN PROPELS WAVERLY TO 56-26 ROUT OF DRYDEN (17 PHOTOS) (2020-01-19)
Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY — Waverly used a 23-2 first-half run to take control en route to a 56-26 rout of Dryden here Friday evening in IAC junior varsity girls basketball action.
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IAC JV BOYS BASKETBALL: UNION SPRINGS TOPS TIOGA, 61-43 (2020-01-19)
Valley Sports Report
TIOGA CENTER — Tioga’s Keon Staples dominated in the paint, but Union Springs’ Ryan Brown rained down 3-pointers on the Tigers in a 61-43 win here Friday night in IAC junior varsity boys basketball action. ...more

NTL JV BOYS BASKETBALL: WYALUSING RALLIES, HOLDS OFF ATHENS, 40-34 (2020-01-19)
Valley Sports Report
WYALUSING — Athens got off to a hot start, but went ice cold through the middle two quarters in a 40-34 loss to Wyalusing here Friday night in NTL junior varsity boys basketball action. ...more

SECTION IV GIRLS INDOOR TRACK& FIELD: WAVERLY WINS FIRST DIVISION 2 CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP IN PROGRAM HISTORY (24 PHOTOS) (2020-01-19)
Valley Sports Report
ITHACA —After five runner-up finishes, Waverly brought home its first Division 2 Indoor Track & Field  Class Championship in program history here Friday at Ithaca Colle ...more

SECTION IV BOYS INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: WHEELER PACES WAVERLY IN THIRD-PLACE FINISH AT DIVISION 2 CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS (24 PHOTOS) (2020-01-19)
Valley Sports Report
ITHACA — Junior Caden Wheeler logged Waverly’s only win, and helped the Wolverines to a third-place finish here Friday night in the Section IV, Division 2 Indoor Track & Field Class Championships at Ithaca College.
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IAC BOYS BOWLING: TIOGA, WAVERLY FINISH 1-2 AT LEAGUE'S MID-SEASON TOURNAMENT (2020-01-18)
Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY — Sophomore Dylan Slater led a trio of Tioga with 600 series as the Tigers won the IAC Mid-Season Tournament, with Waverly finishing second here Saturday afternoon at the Valley Bowling Center. ...more

IAC GIRLS BOWLING: WAVERLY'S HOUSEKNECHT ROLLS HIGH SERIES, HIGH GAME AT LEAGUE'S MID-SEASON TOURNAMENT; LADY WOLVERINES FINISH SECOND, TIOGA NINTH (2020-01-18)
Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY — The combined forces of Union Springs / Port Byron has been the top team in the IAC all season, and the Lady Panthers kept it that way Saturday by winning the IAC Mid-Season Tournament here Saturday at the Valley Bowling Center. ...more

IAC WRESTLING: STOTLERS LEAD WAVERLY TO THIRD-PLACE FINISH AT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP (24 PHOTOS) (2020-01-18)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY — Senior Ethan Stotler won his second league title, freshman Connor Stotler was a runner-up, and three Wolverine grapplers earned third-place finishes to lead Waverly to third place in the team standings here Saturday at the IAC Championships. ...more

IAC WRESTLING: TIOGA CROWNS FIVE CHAMPS, FIVE RUNNERS-UP; RUNS AWAY WITH LEAGUE TITLE (48 PHOTOS) (2020-01-18)

Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY — Tioga crowned five champions, and five runners-up to run away with the IAC Championships team title here Saturday afternoon. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: IAC WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS TAKE CENTER STAGE (2020-01-18)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — The IAC wrestling championships at Waverly High School takes center stage on a snowy Saturday, while WaverLy’s Valley Bowling Center plays host to the IAC Mid-Season Tournament.
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NTL WRESTLING: SHORT-HANDED REDSKINS POST 1-4 RECORD AT 'BATTLE ON THE BORDER' (2020-01-17)
Valley Sports Report
TIOGA JUNCTION, Pa. — A short-hand Sayre team, wth just seven wrestlers in action, posted a 1-4 record at “The Battle on the Border” here Friday night. ...more