Athens Blanks Towanda, 2-0, In Key Early-Season Tilt
By: Tim Birney / September 11, 2026
TOWANDA - Athens scored less than a minute into the game, and made it stand up in a key early-season, 2-0, win over Towanda here Thursday afternoon in NTL boys soccer action.
"It was a very tough match up against a Towanda team that has some talent, especially with Ben Shrawder on the field — he was a lot to handle but we managed it well especially in second half," said Athens coach Travis Reynard.
Junior Patrick Umber, off a feed from Caden Brennan, scored 30 seconds into the game to give the Wildcats a 1-0 lead.
Read more on Valley Sports Report.
About the Author
Tim Birney is the founder / owner of River Road Media Group. He was born and raised in the Valley, graduating from Waverly High School in 1984.
Birney earned an Associate's Degree in Journalism from SUNY Morrisville in 1986 and a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism / Public Relations from Utica College of Syracuse University in 1988. He began his newspaper career at The Daily Review in Towanda in 1989, before moving on to The Evening Times in 1995. He spent more than 10 years at the Times, the last four as Managing Editor.
River Road Media Group includes five sites in "The Sports Reports" family that cover 24 school districts in five counties: Valley Sports Report (launched Aug. 10, 2009), Tioga County (NY) Sports Report (Aug. 13, 2018), and Northern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 31, 2020); Northern Tier West Sports Report (March 15, 2021) Southern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 16, 2021).
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