THE WEEK AHEAD: SAYRE BASEBALL, SOFTBALL START 2026 SEASON AT FULL SPEED (2026-03-15)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — The 2026 spring season gets under way this week, and the Sayre baseball team, which has four games schedules, and softball team, three games on the slate, kick it off in high gear. ...more

THE SPORTS REPORTS: CORNING'S McLAUGHLIN, STARNS, PROUDFOOT, NEB'S KOLESAR NAMED ZIFF LAW FIRM REGIONAL 'ATHLETES OF THE WEEK' (2026-03-15)
The Sports Reports
Corning senior Cella McLaughlin won state gold and Northeast Bradford senior Anaiah Kolesar earned a PIAA medal on the mats, while Corning sophomore Nolyn Proudfoot, and junior Char Starns led the Hawks to Section IV titles. They are The Sports Reports / Ziff Law Firm Regional "Athletes of the Week," for the week ending Feb. 7. ...more

NY STATE GIRLS BOWLING: TIOGA’S HELMICH COMPETES IN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (2026-03-14)
Valley Sports Report
SYRACUSE — Tioga’s Kelsey Helmich made her NYSPHSAA Bowling Championships debut in the Individual Championship Division 2 tournament held at AMF Syracuse Lanes here Saturday.
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ON TAP TODAY: 2025-26 WINTER SEASON WRAPS UP WITH PIAA SWIMMING & DIVING AND N.Y. BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS (2026-03-14)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — The 2026 winter season wraps up Saturday with Day 2 for the Athens swim teams at the PIAA Swimming & Diving Championships, and with two Valley bowlers at the New York State Division 2 Championships at the AMF Syracuse Lanes. ...more

NEW YORK STATE FOOTBALL: TIOGA'S BELLIS NAMED CLASS D 'PLAYER OF YEAR;' FIVE TEAMMATES ALSO EARN ALL-STATE HONORS (2026-03-13)

TIOGA'S BELLIS, AIELLO RECEIVE STATE FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION'S HIGHEST HONORS 

Valley Sports Report
SYRACUSE — Tioga senior Logan Bellis was named the Class D "Player of the Year" honors and five of his teammates, including four first-teamers, received all-state recognition on the gridiron from the New York State Sportswriters Association. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: PIAA SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS GET UNDER WAY (2026-03-13)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — One of final events of the winter sports season get under way Friday with a host of Athens swimmers vying for medals at the PIAA Championships. The spring season was slated to open, but Sayre's baseball game at Wyalusing has been postponed. ...more

VALLEY SPORTS REPORT: ATHENS' NASON, RATHBUN, TIOGA'S ALBRECHT NAMED BISHOP BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION 'ATHLETES OF THE WEEK' (2026-03-12)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Athens seniors Leah Nason and Hanna Rathbun each reached the podium for the first time at the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships, while Tioga senior Gavin Albrecht just missed a medal at the New York State Indoor Track & Field Championships. They are the VSR / Bishop Brothers Construction "Athletes of the Week," for the week ending Feb. 7.
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NY STATE BOWLING: WAVERLY’S JOHNSON, TIOGA’S HELMICH LEAD LOCAL GROUP INTO CHAMPIONSHIPS (2026-03-13)
Tioga County Sports Report
SYRACUSE — Waverly's Derek Johnson will make his fourth appearance at the NYSPHSAA Bowling Championships on Saturday while Tioga's Kelsey Helmich is the top Section IV girl in the Individual Championship division.
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COLLEGE WRESTLING: TIOGA GRAD BELLIS PLACES FIFTH AT IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS (2026-03-09)
Valley Sports Report
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Tioga grad Caden Bellis, a freshman on the Penn wrestling team, was 2-2 to finish fifth in the 174-pound weight class here Sunday at the Ivy League Championships at Columbia University. ...more

THE WEEK AHEAD: PIAA SWIMMING & DIVING, NEW YORK STATE BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS LAST EVENTS OF WINTER SEASON (2026-03-08)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Spring season practices begin Monday, but there are two more items of business left for the 2025-26 winter sports season and those are the PIAA Swimming & Diving Championships, and the New York State Bowling Championships. ...more

THE SPORTS REPORTS: TIOGA'S McKEE, TOOMEY NAMED ZIFF LAW FIRM REGIONAL 'ATHLETES OF THE WEEK' (2026-03-08)
The Sports Reports
Tioga juniors Declan McKee and Amelia Toomey each won New York State wrestling titles, and are The Sports Reports / Ziff Law Firm Regional "Athletes of the Week," for the week ending Feb. 28. ...more

NEW YORK STATE INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: TIOGA'S ALBRECHT FINISHES NINTH AT STATES IN POLE VAULT (2026-03-07)
Valley Sports Report
STATEN ISLAND — Tioga senior Gavin Albrecht finished ninth in the pole vault here Saturday at the New York State Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Ocean Breeze Track & Field Complex. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: INDOOR TRACK, GIRLS WRESTLING TAKES CENTER STAGE SATURDAY (2026-03-07)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Tioga senior Gavin Albrecht will vie for a state title in the pole vault Saturday at the New York State Indoor Track & Field Championships, while Athens seniors Hanna Rathbun and Leah Nason wrestle for seventh place at the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: TWO ATHENS GIRLS REMAIN AT DAY 2 OF PIAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS (2026-03-06)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Day 2 at the PIAA Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey will feature two Valley wrestlers — Athens seniors Leah Nason and Hanna Rathbun. ...more

VALLEY SPORTS REPORT: TIOGA'S McKEE, TOOMEY NAMED BISHOP BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION 'ATHLETES OF THE WEEK' (2026-03-05)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Tioga juniors Declan McKee and Amelia Toomey are New York State wrestling champions. They are also the Valley Sports Report / Bishop Brothers Construction "Athletes of the Week," for the week ending Feb. 28. ...more

NEW YORK STATE WRESTLING: TIOGA'S HARRINGTON NAMED N.Y. STATE 'COACH OF THE YEAR' (2026-03-05)
Valley Sports Report
TIOGA CENTER — Fresh off guiding his team to its sixth team title in seven years at the New York State Division 2 Wrestling Championships, Tioga's Kris Harrington has been named the New York State Wrestling Coaches Association "Coach of the Year." ...more

ON TAP TODAY: SIX VALLEY WRESTLERS IN ACTION AT DAY 1 OF PIAA CHAMPIONSHIPS (2026-03-05)
Valley Sports Report
HERSHEY — Six Valley wrestlers will be in action today at Day 1 of the PIAA Wrestling Championships here at the Giant Center. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: WAVERLY BOYS IN ACTION IN CLASS A SEMIFINALS (2026-03-04)
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — There's just one basketball team still standing in the Valley, and it finally takes the court tonight. ...more

WOMEN'S COLLEGE WRESTLING: TIOGA GRAD BAILEY PLACES FIFTH AT NCAA REGION I CHAMPIONSHIPS (2026-03-02)
Valley Sports Report
ELMIRA — Tioga grad Kali Bailey, a freshman on the Elmira College women's wrestling team, finished fifth in her weight class recently at  the NCAA Region 1 women's wrestling championships here at the LECOM Events Center. ...more

COLLEGE WRESTLING: TIOGA GRAD ROE QUALIFIES FOR D-III NATIONALS WITH THIRD-PLACE FINISH AT NATIONALS (2026-03-02)
Valley Sports Report
ITHACA — Seeded sixth, Tioga grad Tyler Roe, a sophomore at Stevens Institute of Technology, reached the semifinals and ended up finishing third at the NCAA Division III, Region II Championships here Saturday at Ithaca College. ...more