NTL BOYS JV BASKETBALL: ATHENS BLOWS GAME OPEN IN 55-17 ROUT OF NP-MANSFIELD (12 PHOTOS) (2021-01-21)

Valley Sports Report
ATHENS "” Athens raced to a 20-point first-quarter lead, stretched it to 33 at the half, and cruised to a 55-17 win over North Penn-Mansfield here Wednesday night in NTL Large School Division junior varsity boys basketball action.

Seven different players put their name in the scorebook in the first quarter for the junior Wildcats, led by six points from Carson Smith, and four apiece by Chris Mitchell and Lucas Kraft in a 24-4 blitz.

Smith scored five more points in the second quarter, and Mitchell and Connor Mosher added four apiece in a 15-2 run that put Athens ahead 39-6 at the half.

Smith led Athens with 11 points, while Nicholas Jacob scored 10 points, Mitchell had eight points, Mosher had seven points, Daven Spencer added five points, and Kraft, Korey Miller and Ryan Thompson chipped in with four points apiece.

Athens returns to action Friday when it hosts Wyalusing.

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IN PHOTO 1: Athens' Nicholas Jacob. ... PHOTOS BY DAVID ALLIGER - TRAVELING PORTRAITS.