ON TAP TODAY: ATHENS DUO RUNS AT PIAA XC MEET; TIOGA BIDS FOR NINTH STRAIGHT CLASS D FINALS APPEARANCE (November 7, 2026)

Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Athens senior Graham Wanck and junior Alissa Vough finish off their cross-country seasons Saturday at the PIAA, Class AA Championships, while Tioga seeks its ninth consecutive berth in the Section IV, Class D football title game.

CROSS-COUNTRY
PIAA, Class AA Championships @ Big Spring H.S.: Vough, in her second trip to States, will run at 10:15 in the girls Class AA race, while Wanck, who is hoping the third time is a charm, will run at 12:30 in the boys AA race.

Vough finished 72nd at States last year, while Wanck, who missed his entire junior season and the start of this season with a shin injury, was 53rd as a freshman and 112th as a sophomore.

FOOTBALL
Section IV Playoffs
Class D Semifinals
3-Schuyler (7-2) vs. 2-Tioga (7-2), 3 p.m. @ U-E: The defending state champion Tigers are coming off a 44-14 win over Trumansburg in the Section IV, Class D quarterfinals, while the Storm rolled to a 33-6 win over Newark Valley.

Tioga has won seven in a row by an average score of 42.4 to 17, including a 43-12 win over Schuyler in Week 6. Schuyler has scored 30 or more points in five of its last six games, the exception being the home loss to Tioga.

Tioga dominated in the first meeting, amassing 411 yards compared to the Storm's 205, which included 72 yards against Tioga's second-team defense in the final minutes of the game, and had a 24-11 advantage in first downs.

Tioga ran 66 plays compared to Schuyler's 36, and had a time-of-possession edge of 37 minutes and 20 seconds to 10 minutes and 40 seconds.

Tioga has reached the Class D finals eight straight times, and 13 of the last 14, winning 12 Section IV crowns, and five state titles.

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