ATHENS' ROE NAMED 'PLAYER OF YEAR' — THREE LADY WILDCATS NAMED TO FIRST TEAM

By: Tim Birney | AthensWildcats.com | November 10, 2020 | Photo courtesy Tim Birney

 
ATHENS' ROE NAMED 'PLAYER OF YEAR' — THREE LADY WILDCATS NAMED TO FIRST TEAM
 

Athens senior Emma Roe was named the NTL girls soccer “Player of the Year,” two of her teammates were named to the first team, and one to the second team in recent voting by the league’s coaches.

Roe, who scored 19 goals and doled out eight assists, was a non-stop dynamo from one end of the field to the other for the Lady Wildcats.

Wellsboro senior Kerrah Clymer scored 35 goals and dished out 16 assists to earn “Offensive Player of the Year” honors for the league champion Lady Green Hornets. (She was one of only two Wellsboro players chosen to the two teams.)

Troy’s Emmi Ward was named the “Defensive Player of the Year,” and Wyalusing’s Gary Haley was voted “Coach of the Year.”

Roe and Ward were named to the all-state team.

FIRST TEAM
Goalkeeper

Erin Barrett, Towanda.

Defenders
Hannah Walker, Athens;
Emmi Ward, Troy;
Laci Hitman, Troy;
Porsche Bennett, Towanda.

Midfield
Hannah Blackman, Athens;
Camilla McRoberts, Troy;
Chelsea Hungerford, Williamson;
Olivia Sparbanie, Towanda.

Forward / Striker
Emma Roe, Athens;
Kerrah Clymer, Wellsboro;
Nicole McClelland, Troy;
Haley Jayne, Wyalusing.

SECOND TEAM
Goalkeeper

Peal O’Connor, Wyalusing.

Defender
Sage Greenland, Towanda;
Kenzie Miller, Wyalusing;
Charlie Slusser, Williamson;
Scout Abel, Williamson;
Kali Thoman, NEB.

Midfield
Alli Thoman, Athens;
Layla Botts, Wyalusing;
Taylor Williams, Troy;
Kelsey Cowles, NEB;
Jacklyn Neilson, NP-M.

Forward / Striker
Kerrah Thoman, NEB;
Jenna Boyce, Wellsboro;
Addison Parker, Troy;
Mura Nelson, NP-M;
Olivia Haley, Wyalusing.

 

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Tim Birney

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).