It’s been a good few days for the Athens Little League 9-10 year olds. They battled their way through the Bottone Tournament and right into the Championship game that was held Saturday morning. The good times didn’t stop there either, as Athens took home the championship against Big Flats with a 10-6 win.

  MacDonald Motorsports, with Nascar Nationwide Series driver DJ Kennington, have arranged to use the extensive service facilities of Ferrario Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep, on the Miracle Mile in Elmira. The team will be at Ferrario all day tuesday, August 5, while they perform engine and mechanical upgrades for the following weekend's race at Watkins Glen.

On Saturday, June 26, Bill Krench of Sayre and Reggie Dawson of Athens traveled to York, Pa. to compete in the weight lifting events at the Keystone Games.

The Athens Little League Majors had a tough day on Wednesday with a 4-3 loss to Corning A.

It’s been about 15 years since The Shepard Hills Country Club has been the host of the annual Women’s Senior Finger Lakes Golf Tournament. That will soon change on Tuesday as 72 women from across the Finger Lake country will challenge one another for the championship.

Athens 9-10 year old Little League All-stars continued their trek through the Bottone     Tournament on Wednesday and walked away with a huge 12-0 win over Huck Finn.

The Quarter Stix continued their quest to be the best by finishing in second place in the 16U bracket at the Horseheads Invitational on July 19-20.

If you can’t think of anything to say about the 9-10 year old boys’ baseball All-star team from the Northern Tier League (NTL), not too bad might sum it all up.

The hot and humid weather only prolonged a long 10-inning elimination game at Pineknotter Park in Northumberland as Athens fell to Carbondale/Lakewood, 9-7, in the Region V American Legion playoffs on Monday afternoon.

The Athens Little League 9-10 year old All-stars began games in the Battone Tournament on Saturday with a huge no-hitter game and 23-1 win against Waverly.

Ben Miller started to warm up at the plate for Selinsgrove in this past Thursday’s clinching victory over Berwick. Miller, who plays for Midd-West during the high school season, had two hits and two runs scored in the win.

Cat Hursh continued her time at the Empire State Games on Saturday by competing in the 4X100 and the triple jump.

As a boy among men, Taylor Skerpon was one of the least likely players to help help Athens stay alive in the tough Region V American Legion baseball tournament at Pineknotter Park.

   Just call them the silver girls.
    No, that isn’t a reference to age like the Golden Girls of TV fame and it isn’t a reference to a Simon and Garfunkel tune.
    These silver girls are Waverly’s Erika Kisel and Cat Hursh, who each claimed silver medals at the Empire State Games Friday.

    Notre Dame steamrolled the competition throughout the Waverly Girls’ JV Summer Basketball League season and continued to roll through the playoffs, winning twice Thursday night to walk away with the title.
Notre Dame topped Watkins Glen in the semifinals, then met Towanda, which downed Athens in the final. Notre Dame won that game too to take the 2008 championship.