ATHENS' BID FOR DISTRICT TITLE FALLS SHORT AT UNBEATEN BERWICK
November 5, 2020 Tim BirneyBERWICK — Berwick’s 6-1 sophomore middle hitter Cece Isenberg neutralized Athens’ biggest strength, and 5-10 sophomore Sarah Steeber was nearly unstoppable on the outside as the top-seeded and unbeaten Lady Bulldogs ended the Lady Wildcats season here Thursday night in the championship match of the District 2-4 Sub-Regional volleyball playoffs.
ATHENS SWEEPS TUNKHANNOCK; ADVANCES TO SUB-REGIONAL FINALS
November 2, 2020 Tim BirneyTUNKHANNOCK — Seventh-seed Athens was dominant at the net, and nearly flawless at the service line in a sweep of sixth-seed Tunkhannock here Monday evening in the semifinals of the District 2-4 Sub-Regional volleyball playoffs.
ATHENS DROPS 3-2 DECISION TO MIFFLINBURG IN DISTRICT 4 SEMIFINALS
October 31, 2020 Tim BirneyATHENS — To paraphrase a famous American sports entertainer, “to be the champion, you have to beat the champion.”
ATHENS BLANKED BY DANVILLE IN DISTRICT 4 SEMIFINALS
October 31, 2020 Tim BirneyDANVILLE — K.J. Riley threw a 61-yard TD pass on the first play from scrimmage, and added four more first-half TD throws to lead Danville to a 37-0 lead at the intermission en route to a 43-0 win over Athens here Saturday afternoon in the semifinals of the District 4, Class AAA playoffs.
ATHENS BOYS FALL TO JERSEY SHORE, 1-0, IN CLASS AAA SEMIFINALS
October 31, 2020 Tim TaylorATHENS — Jersey Shore erased the bitter taste of three consecutive PIAA District 4 semifinal losses to Athens here Saturday afternoon, downing the Wildcats, 1-0, in a Class AAA semi-final match-up.
ATHENS UPENDS SECOND-SEED GREATER NANTICOKE IN EPIC FIVE-SET THRILLER IN SUB-REGIONAL PLAYOFFS
October 30, 2020 Tim BirneyNANTICOKE, Pa. — Seventh-seeded Athens won the first two sets, but needed to rally in the fifth set to pull out a thrilling 3-2 win over second-seeded Greater Nanticoke in the quarterfinals of the District 2-4 Sub-Regional volleyball playoffs.
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