FROM THE PRESS BOX: WEEK 9 PICKS — TWO VALLEY TEAMS VIE FOR DIVISION TITLES (2019-10-18)

ON TAP TODAY: "FOOTBALL FRIDAY" FEATURES TWO HOME GAMES, SAYRE PLAYING FOR DIVISION TITLE ON THE ROAD (2019-10-18)
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THE VALLEY — “Football Friday” has Sayre playing for a division title at Muncy, Waverly playing to keep its slim playoff hopes alive on Homecoming Night, and Athens hosting the NTL Large School leaders. ...more

NTL VOLLEYBALL: WILLIAMSON AVENGES EARLY-SEASON LOSS WITH SWEEP OF SAYRE (2019-10-17)
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SAYRE — Williamson avenged an early-season loss here Thursday night with a sweep of Sayre in NTL Small School Division volleybal ...more

ON TAP TODAY: SOCCER, VOLLEYBALL, SWIMMING FILL THE DOCKET (2019-10-17)
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THE VALLEY — The Waverly girls swim team closes out its regular season, and the Athens boys soccer team plays it final home game, while the Waverly volleyball team is at Edison for a key IAC South Large School match-up, and Sayre volleyball plays at home. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: WAVERLY-TIOGA VOLLEYBALL RIVALRY RENEWED TONIGHT (2019-10-15)
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THE VALLEY — It’s a slow Wednesday, but it does features the renewal of the Waverly-Tioga volleyball rivalry (at Waverly), and a Sayre girls soccer home game. ...more

NTL VOLLEYBALL: TOWANDA SWEEPS PAST SAYRE (2019-10-15)
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SAYRE — Towanda won a pair of tightly-contested sets on its way to a sweep of Sayre here Thursday night in NTL volleyball action. ...more

NTL BOYS SOCCER: BENTON ROLLS PAST SAYRE, 8-1 (2019-10-15)
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BENTON — Zac Lyons and James Dilossi scored two goals apiece to lead Benton to an 8-1 win over Sayre here Tuesday afternoon in non-league boys soccer action.
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THE FINAL WORD: THOUGHTS ON FOOTBALL WEEKEND ... AND SOME SOCCER (2019-10-15)
Tioga and Sayre picked up big wins Friday to put them on the doorstep of a division title, while Waverly kept its slim playoff hopes alive, and Athens nearly completed a monumental comeback.
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ON TAP TODAY: SAYRE VOLLEYBALL LONE HOME EVENT; WAVERLY BOYS CLOSE SEASON ON SVEC SOCCER PITCH (2019-10-15)
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THE VALLEY — Sayre volleyball is the lone home event on Tuesday’s slate of action, while the Waverly boys close the 2019 campaign on the soccer pitch against SVEC at Candor High School. ...more

NTL GIRLS SOCCER: WYALUSING ROLLS OVER SHORT-HANDED SAYRE (2019-10-14)
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WYALUSING — Sayre finished the game with seven healthy players, and Wyalusing took advantage in a 17-0 win here Monday afternoon in NTL girls soccer action.
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MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK: SAYRE'S GORMAN PLEASED WITH TEAM'S 3-1 MARK IN FIVE-GAME ROAD TRIP AFTER WIN AT CV (2019-10-14)
BY TIM BIRNEY
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SAYRE — Sayre is fourth-fifths of its way through an unprecedented five-game road trip, and are 3-1 after a 55-28 win at Cowanesque Valley Friday night. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: ATHENS GIRLS PLAY FOR 8TH STRAIGHT NTL SOCCER TITLE (2019-10-14)
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THE VALLEY — Only two girls soccer game on the docket Monday, but one is a big with Athens hosting Wellsboro. A win will give the Lady Wildcats  their eight consecutive NTL title. ...more

MEN'S COLLEGE GOLF: SAYRE GRAD MURRELLE FINISHES FALL SEASON WITH 27-PLACE FINSH AT NAZARETH COLLEGE INVITE (2019-10-13)
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PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Sayre grad Ryan Murrelle, a freshman on the Keuka College men’s golf team, closed out the fall season with a 27th-place finish at the Nazareth College Invitational this weekend. ...more

THE WEEK AHEAD: BIG GAMES ON TAP AS REGULAR SEASONS WINDING DOWN (2019-10-13)
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THE VALLEY — The regular season ends for many sports this week, but there are several big games on the docket this week, including the Athens girls playing for a league title Monday, the Sayre football team playing for a division title Friday, and Tioga football looking to clinch another division title Saturday.

The Waverly girls soccer team ends the week playing Dryden in the overall IAC Large School championship at TCCC. The Lady Wolverines are the two-time defending champs. ...more

NTL CROSS COUNTRY: SAYRE'S HUGHEY FINISHES FIFTH AT LEAGUE MEET; GOUDREAU LEADS SAYRE BOYS' EFFORTS (2 PHOTOS) (2019-10-12)
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LERAYSVILLE — Senior Kayla Hughey finished fifth at the NTL Coaches Cross Country Invitational here Saturday afternoon.

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ON TAP TODAY: ATHENS BOYS ON THE ROAD FOR NON-LEAGUE MATCH-UP (2019-10-12)
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THE VALLEY — The Athens boys invade Horseheads this morning in a non-league match-up as both teams prepare for the postseason.
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NTL FOOTBALL: SAYRE BOUNCES BACK WITH 55-28 ROUT OF COWANESQUE VALLEY (2019-10-11)
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WESTFIELD, Pa. — Sophomore QB Brayden Horton threw three TD passes and ran for one, and senior tailback Isaiah Firestine ran for three more to lead Sayre in a 55-28 shellacking of Cowanesque Valley in NTL Small School football actio ...more

FROM THE PRESS BOX: WEEK 8 PICKS — TIOGA, SAYRE PLAY KEY DIVISIONAL ROAD GAMES — ATHENS LONE HOME GAME (2019-10-11)
It’s Week 8 of the high school football season, and we’re getting down to the nitty gritty in terms of division titles and playoff seeds.

Tioga and Sayre play key divisional road games tonight. Tioga has a chance to virtually lock up the Section IV, Division VI title, while a Sayre win will set up a monster game at Muncy in Week 9. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: TIOGA, SAYRE ON ROAD FOR KEY DIVISIONAL GAMES ON 'FOOTBALL FRIDAY'— ATHENS LONE HOME GAME (2019-10-11)
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THE VALLEY — Athens is the only home game on a full “Footbal Fridayl” schedule, and Tioga and Sayre play on the road in key match-ups with division title implications. ...more

NTL BOYS SOCCER: WILLIAMSON RALLIES LATE TO EDGE SAYRE, 3-2, IN OVERTIME (2019-10-10)
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WILLIAMSON — For more than 75 minutes, Sayre was in control, then an “unlucky” bounce triggered a Williamson rally, and eventually a 3-2 overtime win here Thursday afternoon in NTL boys soccer action. ...more