VALLEY SPORTS REPORT: ATHENS' PETTITT, WAVERLY'S JOHNSON NAMED BISHOP BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION 'ATHLETES OF THE WEEK' (March 18, 2026)

Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Athens junior Brayden Pettitt won a pair of medals at the PIAA Swimming & Diving Championships, and Waverly senior Derek Johnson medalled at the New York State Bowling Championships. They are the VSR / Bishop Brothers Construction "Athletes of the Week," for the week ending March 14.

ATHENS' PETTITT, WAVERLY'S JOHNSON NAMED BISHOP BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION 'ATHLETES OF THE WEEK"
Pettitt won a pair of seventh-place medals at the PIAA Class AA Swimming & Diving Championships.

He finished seventh in the 200-yard IM in a school-record time of 1:57.81. He was also seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke in a time of 58.32 seconds.

He also swam on a pair of relays that qualified for States, but did not place.

Johnson placed fifth in a 56-bowler field at the New York State Class AA Individual Championships with a six-game set of 1,302, an average of 217.

Johnson closed out his first three-game series with a 289 for a 672 series. The 289 was the high game of the tournament. He rolled a 235 in the seconds session.

Honorable Mention: Tioga's Kelsey Helmich (bowling).



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