ON TAP TODAY: SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL DOMINATE MONDAY'S DOCKET (2019-09-23)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Soccer and volleyball top Monday’s slate of action, with the Athens boys soccer and Waverly volleyball teams at home. ...more

BASKETBALL BRINGS VALLEY COMMUNITY TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF WAVERLY TEEN CANCER PATIENT (2019-09-22)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY — Saturday morning, Broad Street was jammed with basketball players of all ages from near and far, as well as members of the Valley community on hand to support the Evan Davies 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, held to benefit Davies, a teenage cancer patient from Waverly. ...more

THE WEEK AHEAD: ANOTHER BUSY WEEK FEATURES FOUR ROAD FOOTBALL GAME, THREE HOME GAMES FOR WAVERLY VOLLEYBALL (2019-09-22)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — It’s another busy week of high school sports action in the Valley, featuring four road games for the football teams this weekend, and three home games during the week for Waverly volleyball.
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IAC / NTL GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY: WAVERLY'S TALADA WINS McDANIEL-BAXTER INVITE, TEAM FINISHES FOURTH (18 PHOTOS) (2019-09-22)
ATHENS’ BRONSON WINS MODIFIED RACE
Valley Sports Report
BINGHAMTON — Senior Sheridan Talada ran to a first-place finish to lead Waverly to fourth-place here Saturday at the McDaniel-Baxter Cross Country Invitational at Chenango Valley High School.
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IAC / NTL BOYS CROSS COUNTRY: WRIGHT LEADS WAVERLY TO SECOND-PLACE FINISH AT McDANIEL-BAXTER INVITE; ATHENS PLACES FOURTH (24 PHOTOS) (2019-09-22)
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BINGHAMTON — Junior Collin Wright finished second to lead the Waverly boys to a second-place finish here Saturday morning at the McDaniel-Baxter Cross Country Invitational at Chenango Valley High School. ...more

NTL BOYS SOCCER: ATHENS WINS FIFTH STRAIGHT; BLANKS CORNING, 4-0 (24 PHOTOS) (2019-09-21)
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ATHENS — Athens scored the game’s first goal late in the first half, then added three insurance goals in the second half in a 4-1 non-league win over Corning here Saturday afternoon in non-league boys soccer action. ...more

NTL VOLLEYBALL: TROY PULLS OUT 3-1 WIN OVER SAYRE (2019-09-21)
Valley Sports Report
TROY — The first three sets could have gone either way, but Troy was able to set itself up for a 3-1 win over Sayre here Saturday night in NTL volleyball action.< ...more

IAC VOLLEYBALL: WAVERLY ELIMINATED IN OPENING ROUND AT JC VOLLEYBRAWL TOURNEY (2019-09-21)
Valley Sports Report
JOHNSON CITY — Waverly was knocked out of the Silver Bracket of the Johnson City VolleyBrawl Tournament in the opening game of bracket play here Saturday afternoon.
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NTL GIRLS SOCCER: ATHENS BLANKS TOWANDA, 3-0; TAKES SOLE POSSESSION OF FIRST PLACE (23 PHOTOS) (2019-09-21)
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ATHENS — Junior Emma Roe scored with one minute left in the first half, and Athens added a pair of second-half goals in a 3-0 win over Towanda here Saturday morning in NTL girls soccer action at Alumni Stadium. ...more

IAC CROSS COUNTRY: TIOGA'S HURD FINISHES FIRST; NEB EDGES TIOGA, 27-32 (2019-09-21)

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LERAYSVILLE — Tioga had three finishers in the top five, led by first-place finisher freshman Thomas Hurd, but NEB used superior depth to pull out a 27-32 win here Saturday morning in non-league boys cross country action. ...more

NTL VOLLEYBALL: UNBEATEN WELLSBORO SWEEPS ATHENS (2019-09-21)
Valley Sports Report
ATHENS — Unbeaten Wellsboro swept Athens here Saturday afternoon to keep pace with North Penn atop the NTL Large School Division volleyball standings.
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SECTION IV FIELD HOCKEY: MORAVIA BLANKS TIOGA, 4-0 (13 PHOTOS) (2019-09-21)
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MORAVIA — Bailey Williamson scored a first-half goals to pace Moravia in a 4-0 winnower Toga here Friday afternoon in Section IV, Division III field hockey action.
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ON TAP TODAY: 'PINK OUT' GAME TO HONOR SARAH REID AT ATHENS, BOYS GAME AGAINST CORNING PART OF HOMECOMING WEEKEND (2019-09-21)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Homecoming weekend continues at Athens with  the girls soccer, volleyball, and boys soccer teams all in action at home Saturday.
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NTL FOOTBALL: SAYRE JUMPS OUT TO BIG LEAD EARLY; THUMPS WYALUSING, 41-20 (24 PHOTOS) (2019-09-20)
Valley Sports Report
WYALUSING — Sayre raced out to a 27-0 lead early in the second quarter, and cruise to a 41-20 win over Wyalusing here Friday night in NTL football action at Peterson Field.
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NTL FOOTBALL: CANTON SLIPS PAST ATHENS, 27-19 (2019-09-20)
Valley Sports Report
ATHENS — Canton QB Uriah Bailie broke loose on a 97-yard TD run to put unbeaten Canton ahead for good in the third quarter, and the Warriors held on for a 27-19 win over Athens here Friday night at Alumni Stadium. ...more

SECTION IV FOOTBALL: MAINE-ENDWELL'S THIRD-QUARTER SCORING BINGE PROVES COSTLY; WAVERLY FALLS 47-27 (19 PHOTOS) (2019-09-20)
Valley Sports Report
ENDWELL — Mike Mancini scored three TDs in four minutes to help Maine-Endwell blow open a close en route to a 47-27 win over Waverly here Friday night in Section IV, Division II football action. ...more

SECTION IV FOOTBALL: TIOGA RIDES EARLY 'PICK SIXES' TO 43-0 SHELLACKING OF B-G (24 PHOTOS) (2019-09-20)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
BAINBRIDGE — Tioga ran two offensive plays for a total of 14 yards in the first quarter and still led 21-0 here Friday night on its way to a 43-0 shellacking of Bainbridge-Guilford in Section IV, Division VI football action. ...more

IAC GIRLS SOCCER: PICCO, WESTBROOK NET HAT TRICKS; WAVERLY ROLLS TO 11-1 WIN OVER TIOGA (24 PHOTOS) (2019-09-20)
Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY — Junior Gabby Picco and freshman Kennedy Westbrook each netted hat tricks as Waverly rolled to an 11-1 win over Tioga here Friday afternoon in IAC girls soccer action at Memorial Stadium.
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FROM THE PRESS BOX: WEEK 5 PICKS — JUST ONE HOME GAME FOR VALLEY TEAMS (2019-09-20)
Week 5 of the high school football season features three road games, and two divisional match-ups.

Athens hosts unbeaten divisional power Canton, while Waverly travels to divisional rival Maine-Endwell. Meanwhile, Sayre travels to Wyalusing, and Tioga has the lengthiest road trip of the night to Bainbridge-Guilford. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: ATHENS HOSTS ONLY HOME GAME ON 'FOOTBALL FRIDAY' (2019-09-20)
Valley Sport Report
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)
Valley Sport Report
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)
Valley Sport Report
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)
Valley Sport Report
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)
Valley Sport Report
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)
Valley Sport Report
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)
Valley Sports Report
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)
Valley Sport Report
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)
Valley Sport Report
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)
Valley Sport Report
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)
Valley Sport Report
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)
Valley Sports Report
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)
Valley Sports Report
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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