THE FINAL WORD: NOTRE DAME IMPRESSIVE IN VICTORY ... (2012-02-04)
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ON TAP TODAY: POSTSEASON WRESTLING IN NEW YORK TAKES CENTER STAGE TODAY (2012-02-04)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Wrestling's postseason in New York state takes center stage today as Waverly hosts the Section IV, Class B championships, while Tioga is on the road for the Class D event. ...more

IAC BOYS BASKETBALL: NOTRE DAME HANDS WAVERLY FIRST IAC LOSS OF SEASON, 50-38 (7 PHOTOS) (2012-02-03)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
SOUTHPORT — Waverly was looking to celebrate another IAC championship on Notre Dame's home floor, but the Crusaders had other ideas.

Notre Dame used a harassing defense to limit Waverly to 27 percent (16 of 59) shooting from the field in handing the Wolverines their first IAC loss of the season, a 50-38 decision here Friday night. ...more

NTL BOYS BASKETBALL: ATHENS ROUTS WINLESS NORTHEAST, 78-17 (2 PHOTOS) (2012-02-03)
Valley Sports Report
LERAYSVILLE — Unbeaten in NTL East play, Athens did just what you would expect to winless Northeast Bradford, rolled to a 78-17 rout here Friday night in NTL East boys basketball action. ...more

IAC GIRLS BASKETBALL: PATSELLIS FUELS TIOGA ATTACK IN WIN OVER CANDOR (2012-02-03)
Valley Sports Report
TIOGA CENTER — Callie Patsellis fueled a 24-2 second-quarter blitz as Tioga cruised to a 48-30 win over Candor here Friday night in IAC girls basketball action.

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NTL BOYS BASKETBALL: SAYRE USES 12-2 FOURTH-QUARTER RUN TO TOP CANTON, 53-43 (2012-02-03)
Valley Sports Report
CANTON — Sayre broke open a tie game with a 12-2 fourth-quarter run to post a 53-43 win over Canton here Friday night in NTL East boys basketball action.
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IAC BOYS BASKETBALL: TIOGA PULLS AWAY FROM CANDOR IN FOURTH QUARTER (2012-02-03)
Valley Sports Report
CANDOR — Eric Zwierlein fueled a fourth-quarter run as Tioga pulled away from Candor for a 50-39 win here Friday night in IAC boys basketball action.
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IAC JV GIRLS BASKETBALL: UNBEATEN WAVERLY THUMPS NOTRE DAME, 50-12 (6 PHOTOS) (2012-02-03)
Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY — Waverly raced out to a 23-0 first-quarter lead and never looked back in a 50-12 win over Notre Dame here Thursday night in IAC junior varsity girls basketball action. ...more

THE FINAL WORD: WAVERLY GIRLS PUT IT TOGETHER, IAC SCHEDULING AND TIEBREAKERS (OR LACK THEREOF) (2012-02-03)
The last two games, the Waverly girls have played more like I expected heading into this season.

Thursday night, sophomore Reylyn Schwartzhoff was dominant in the low post, scoring 27 points and grabbing 10 rebounds and doing it against a very good Notre Dame team.
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ON TAP TODAY: MOST OF TONIGHT'S ACTION ON THE ROAD, INCLDING WAVERLY BOYS AT NOTRE DAME (2012-02-03)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Plenty of action tonight, but only a couple of options here in the Valley, including the Tioga girls hosting Candor and the Athens swim teams hosting Towanda.
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IAC GIRLS BASKETBALL: SCHWARTZHOFF SHINES AS WAVERLY DUMPS STATE-RANKED NOTRE DAME, 53-42 (8 PHOTOS) (2012-02-02)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY — Waverly sophomore Reylyn Schwartzhoff enjoyed a career night here Thursday night, ripping the nets for 27 points and grabbing 10 rebounds to lead the Lady Wolverines to a 53-42 win over state-ranked Notre Dame in IAC girls basketball action.
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NTL GIRLS BASKETBALL: LADY WILDCATS RIDE FAST START TO ROUT OF CANTON (2 PHOTOS) (2012-02-02)
Valley Sports Report
ATHENS — Athens used a balanced attack to jump out to a quick double-digit lead en route to a convincing 60-26 win over Canton here Thursday night in NTL East girls basketball action.
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NTL SWIMMING: ATHENS GIRLS EDGE SAYRE AGAIN, 94-86 ... SAYRE BOYS WIN BIG (7 PHOTOS) (2012-02-02)
Valley Sports Report
SAYRE — Despite Sayre winning 7 of 12 events, Athens used superior depth to pull out a 94-86 win here Thursday afternoon in NTL girls swimming action.
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NTL WRESTLING: NORTH PENN PINS DOWN ATHENS, 39-20 (2012-02-02)
Valley Sports Report
BLOSSBURG — North Penn used four forfeits and three pins to register a 46-21 win over Athens here Thursday night in NTL wrestling action.
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NTL WRESTLING: SAYRE NOTCHES WIN OVER NEB, 39-30 (1 PHOTO) (2012-02-02)
Valley Sports Report
SAYRE — Sayre won three of the five bouts that were contested and used a six-point advantage in forfeits to post a 39-30 win over Northeast Bradford here Thursday night in NTL wrestling action.

With a total of seven forfeits — four by NEB and three ...more

NTL GIRLS BASKETBALL: DEFENSE, ROBINSON LEAD LADY REDSKINS TO BIG WIN OVER NEB, 41-21 (2012-02-02)
Valley Sports Report
LERAYSVILLE — Junior Mollie Robinson scored 17 points and the Lady Redskins defense shut down Northeast Bradford in a 41-21 win here Thursday night in NTL East girls basketball action. ...more

IAC BOWLING: NOTRE DAME BOYS SWEEP CANDOR ... LADY CRUSADERS EARN SPLIT (2012-02-02)
Valley Sports Report
ELMIRA — The Notre Dame boys rolled three 600 series en route to a 4-0 sweep of Candor here Wednesday afternoon in IAC boys bowling action, while the Lady Crusaders split their match at Rossi Lanes.
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VALLEY BOWLING CENTER: FIVE MORE 300 GAMES BRINGS 2011-12 MEN'S TOTAL TO 50 (2012-02-02)

TOP SCORES FOR WEEK OF JAN. 21 — JAN. 27

Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY — There were five more 300 games rolled here in Week 20 of league bowling at the Valley Bowling Center, bringing the total thrown by the men's leagues to 50 in 2011-12. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: LOTS TO CHOOSE FROM TONIGHT IN THE VALLEY (2012-02-02)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — The Waverly girls will host Notre Dame tonight in a rare IAC Thursday night game, headlining a busy night of action. ...more

NTL BOYS BASKETBALL: SAYRE JUMPS ON NEB EARLY, ROLLS TO 69-24 WIN (7 PHOTOS) (2012-02-01)
Valley Sports Report
SAYRE — Sayre jumped out to a 22-6 first-quarter lead and never looked back in a 69-24 thrashing of Northeast Bradford here Wednesday night in NTL East boys basketball action.
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NTL BOYS BASKETBALL: ATHENS SHAKES OFF SLUGGISH START — BLASTS CANTON, 68-41 (7 PHOTOS) (2012-02-01)
Valley Sports Report
ATHENS — Athens used a 32-9 run through the middle two quarters to take command en route to a 68-41 win over Canton here Wednesday night in NTL East girls basketball action.
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IAC JV BOYS BASKETBALL: WAVERLY PULLS AWAY FROM TIOGA IN FOURTH QUARTER (7 PHOTOS) (2012-02-01)
Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY — Peyton Miller scored 18 points and Tim Sutton added 12 to lead Waverly to a 45-33 win over Tioga here Tuesday night in IAC junior varsity boys basketball action.
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IAC JV GIRLS BASKETBALL: WAVERLY DOWNS TIOGA, 39-26 — IMPROVES TO 15-0 ON THE SEASON (2012-02-01)
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THE FINAL WORD: WAVERLY-TIOGA GIRLS GAME LACKED ANY KIND OF RHYTHM (2012-02-01)
I was on hand last night for the Waverly-Tioga girls game and I must say it was an odd, but entertaining game.

Neither team found any kind of rhythm in the game until Waverly's decisive fourth-quarter run.

On three different occasions, Waverly used a small run to take a seven- or eight-point lead only to have Tioga rally to tie the game.

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ON TAP TODAY: ATHENS, SAYRE BOYS OPEN NTL'S SECOND HALF AT HOME (2012-02-01)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — The second half of the NTL East league schedule kicks off tonight, with both Sayre and first-place Athens hosting games.
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IAC GIRLS BASKETBALL: SABRINA BOWMAN FUELS FOURTH-QUARTER RUN AS WAVERLY PULLS AWAY FROM TIOGA, 57-41 (9 PHOTOS) (2012-01-31)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
TIOGA CENTER — Sabrina Bowman ripped the nets for 15 fourth-quarter points to fuel a game-closing 24-8 run to lift Waverly to a 57-41 win over Tioga here Tuesday night in IAC girls basketball action. ...more

IAC BOYS BASKETBALL: WAVERLY SETS SCHOOL-RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE HOME VICTORIES IN WIN OVER TIOGA (6 PHOTOS) (2012-01-31)
Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY — Waverly made a bit of history Tuesday night with its 63-40 win over Tioga.

The Wolverines, now 14-1, won a school-record 17th consecutive home game under coach Lou Judson. ...more

IAC BOYS BOWLING: WAVERLY FINISHES OFF PROGRAM'S FIRST-EVER UNBEATEN SEASON WITH SWEEP OF O-M (2012-01-31)
Valley Sports Report
WATKINS GLEN — Waverly finished off the first unbeaten season in the program's history with a decisive 4-0 sweep of Odessa-Montour here Tuesday afternoon in IAC boys bowling action at Johnny's Lanes.
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NTL GIRLS BASKETBALL: ROBINSON POURS IN 26 TO LEAD SAYRE PAST NORTH PENN (2012-01-31)
Valley Sports Report
SAYRE — Mollie Robinson knocked down five 3-pointers and poured in a season-high 26 points to lead Sayre to a 67-38 win over North Penn here Tuesday night in NTL girls basketball crossover action.
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IAC GIRLS BOWLING: LADY WOLVERINES FINISH REGULAR SEASON WITH SWEEP OF O-M (2012-01-31)
Valley Sports Report
WATKINS GLEN — Meaghann Campbell threw a 578 series to lead Large School champ Waverly to a 4-0 sweep of Odessa-Montour here Tuesday afternoon in IAC girls bowling action at Johnny's Lanes. ...more

NTL GIRLS BASKETBALL: OWEGO ICES ATHENS FROM FREE-THROW LINE IN FOURTH QUARTER (2 PHOTOS) (2012-01-31)
Valley Sports Report
ATHENS — Owego was a perfect 12-for-12 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter to pull away from Athens for a 38-26 non-league win here Tuesday night in girls basketball action.
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IAC BOYS SWIMMING: QUAD-WINNER MASTRANTUONO SETS DRYDEN POOL RECORD IN WAVERLY WIN (2012-01-31)
Valley Sports Report
DRYDEN — Jeff Mastrantuono won four events and set a new Dryden pool record in leading Waverly to a 101-79 win over Dryden in IAC boys swimming action ...more

IAC / NTL WRESTLING: CANTON PINS DOWN WIN OVER WAVERLY, 50-19 (2012-01-31)
Valley Sports Report
CANTON — NTL Small School power Canton registered five pins and a technical fall, along with two forfeits, to hand Waverly a 50-18 loss in its final tune-up before the postseason in non-league wrestling action.
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NTL SWIMMING: ATHENS BOYS, GIRLS BEST MOUNT CARMEL, FALL TO WILLIAMSPORT (2012-01-31)
Valley Sports Report
WILLIAMSPORT — The Athens swim teams both split double-dual meets with Williamsport and Mount Carmel here Tuesday in non-league swimming action. ...more

SECTION IV WRESTLING: WAVERLY'S WOLCOTT, GUTIERREZ TOP SEEDS AT SATURDAY'S CLASS B TOURNAMENT (2012-01-31)
Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY — Waverly will have a pair of No. 1 seeds here Saturday when it hosts the Section IV, Class B championships.
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YOUTH BASKETBALL: EPIPHANY 7TH- & 8TH-GRADE TEAM USES FAST START IN BIG WIN (2012-01-31)
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YOUTH BASKETBALL: EPIPHANY 5TH- & 6TH-GRADE TEAM BOUNCES WITH WIN IN CLOSING SECONDS (2012-01-31)
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ON TAP TODAY WAVERLY-TIOGA MATCH-UPS HIGHLIGHT TUESDAY'S ACTION (2012-01-31)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — High school athletics returns in full force today, with four basketball games — including a pair of Waverly-Tioga match-ups — and a bowling match being played in the Valley, with a few teams on the road as well. ...more

NTL BOYS BASKETBALL WILLIAMS POURS IN 27 TO LEAD SAYRE PAST NORTH PENN (2012-01-30)
Valley Sports Report
BLOSSBURG — Freshman Nate Williams led four Sayre players in double-figures as the Redskins jumped ahead early and held off a late rally for a 71-63 win over North Penn here Monday night in NTL boys basketball crossover action. ...more

SECTION IV WRESTLING: TIOGA LANDS THREE NO. 1 SEEDS IN CLASS D TOURNAMENT (2012-01-30)
Valley Sports Report
TIOGA — Fresh off its third straight IAC championship, Tioga will have three No. 1 seeds in Saturday's Section IV, Class D championships at Odessa-Montour High School.

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DISTRICT 4: NEW PIAA CLASSIFICATIONS EFFECT SELECT SAYRE, ATHENS TEAMS (2012-01-30)
Valley Sports Report
SAYRE / ATHENS — The PIAA recently released the classifications for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons and there will be a few changes that will effect Sayre and Athens teams.
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YOUTH BASKETBALL: WAVERLY SPLITS PAIR OF GAMES AGAINST NEWFIELD TEAMS (2012-01-30)
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YOUTH BASKETBALL: TIOGA SWEEPS FOUR GAMES FROM CANDOR IN IAC YBL ACTION (2012-01-30)
Valley Sports Report
CANDOR — The Tioga youth basketball teams traveled to Candor Saturday and came away with four wins in IAC Youth Basketball League action.
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ON TAP TODAY: SAYRE BOYS ON ROAD IN ONLY GAME OF NIGHT (2012-01-30)
By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
THE VALLEY — Tonight is one of the last slow nights we'll see until the end of the regular season, with only one game on the docket. ...more

YOUTH BASKETBALL: EPIPHANY 7TH- & 8TH-GRADE TEAM GOES 6-2, NOW 23-3 ON SEASON (2012-01-29)
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SECTION IV INDOOR TRACK: PUUSALU SETS SCHOOL RECORD IN LONG JUMP (2012-01-29)
Valley Sports Report
ITHACA — Waverly senior Nick Puusalu broke his own school record in the long jump here Saturday at the Hurley-Quinney Invitational at Cornell University in Section IV indoor track & field action.
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THE FINAL WORD: QUITE A DAY AT THE IAC WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS (2012-01-29)
Saturday was quite a day for the Tioga Tigers wrestling team.

Facing a large deficit after the semifinals, Tioga wrestlers like Tyler Spires, Kaleb Stone and Jesse Manuel, who were disappointed about not making the finals, led a charge through the consolation bracket that piled up points for the Tigers.
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IAC WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS: TIOGA RALLIES TO WIN EDGE NEWARK VALLEY FOR TEAM TITLE (9 PHOTOS) (2012-01-28)

TIOGA'S TALCOTT, JUMP AND WAVERLY'S WOLCOTT WIN TITLES

By TIM BIRNEY
Valley Sports Report
WATKINS GLEN — Down 49 points following the semi-final round, Tioga piled up points in the wrestlebacks and then pulled off a pair of head-to-head wins over Newark Valley in the championship round to win the IAC championship by three points here Saturday afternoon at the Watkins Glen Field House. ...more

NTL BOYS BASKETBALL: ATHENS TOPS "CENTURY MARK" — HAMMERS LIBERTY, 105-49 (2012-01-28)
Valley Sports Report
LIBERTY — Athens exploded for 35 first-quarter points and kept it rolling all game long to top the "century mark" against winless Liberty in a 105-49 win here Saturday afternoon in NTL boys basketball crossover action.
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NTL WRESTLING: FORFEITS AND PINS LEAD TROY TO 78-0 WIN OVER ATHENS (2012-01-28)
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