SECTION IV FOOTBALL: WITH NEW COACH, SVEC FEELS LIKE CONTENDER (2025-09-05)
By TIM TAYLOR
Tioga County Sports Report
CANDOR/ SPENCER — The Spencer-Van Etten/ Candor football team has been playing .500 ball the past two seasons and new head coach Gino Martone is looking to move above that mark in 2025. ...more

SECTION IV FOOTBALL: NEWARK VALLEY LOOKING TO REGROUP (2025-09-04)
By TIM TAYLOR
Tioga County Sports Report
NEWARK VALLEY — The 2024 football season was one in which Newark Valley coach Ted Hardenstine probably wishes he could take a mulligan. Of course, this isn’t golf and “do-overs” are not allowed, so the Cardinals will put it in the past and move forward.
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THE SPORTS REPORTS: WAVERLY'S ROBINSON, TROY'S McROBERTS NAMED ZIFF LAW FIRM REGIONAL 'ATHLETES OF THE WEEK' (2025-09-04)
The Sports Reports
Senior Cooper Robinson was a key cog in Waverly's 14-13 win over defending PIAA champion Troy, while Troy senior Alexis McRoberts had a big week on the pitch and the gridiron. They are The Sports Reports / Ziff Law Firm Regional "Athletes of the Week," for the week ending Aug. 30. ...more

STAC CROSS COUNTRY: OWEGO LOOKS TO CONTINUE WINNING TRADITION (2025-09-04)
By TIM TAYLOR
Tioga County Sports Report
OWEGO — The Owego boys and girls cross country teams have made a tradition out of winning or at least putting up a strong challenge for top honors at the Section IV championships. Don’t expect that to change this season.
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IAC CROSS COUNTRY: EXPERIENCE SHOULD MAKE NEWARK VALLEY COMPETITIVE (2025-09-04)
By TIM TAYLOR
Tioga County Sports Report
NEWARK VALLEY — With 18 runners returning, including six seniors and four juniors, the Newark Valley boys and girls cross country teams should be competitive in the IAC and Section IV this season. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: JUST TWO GAMES ON THURSDAY'S DOCKET (2025-09-04)
Tioga County Sports Report
TIOGA COUNTY — There are just two events on the docket Thursday with the Newark Valley Boys hosting the only game in the county.
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IAC VOLLEYBALL: NEWARK VALLEY DROPS CLOSE BATTLE TO WATKINS GLEN IN SEASON OPENER (2025-09-03)
Tioga County Sports Report
WATKINS GLEN — Newark Valley kept the scores close, but came up short by a trio of 25-20 scores in its season opener against Watkins Glen Wednesday.
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IAC VOLLEYBALL: CANDOR IMPRESSIVE AS IT BEGINS STATE TITLE DEFENSE (2025-09-03)
Tioga County Sports Report
CANDOR — Candor opened defense of its Class D state title with a 3-0 victory over Odessa-Montour here Wednesday evening. The Coyotes won by scores of 25-11, 25-7, 25-7.
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IAC VOLLEYBALL: S-VE SWEEPS GROTON IN SEASON-OPENER (2025-09-03)
Tioga County Sports Report
GROTON — S-VE pulled out a hard-fought decision in the first set, then finished off a season-opening sweep of Groton here Wednesday night in IAC Small School volleyball action.
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IAC GIRLS SOCCER: UNDERSTAFFED NEWARK VALLEY FALLS TO GROTON IN SEASON OPENER (2025-09-03)
Tioga County Sports Report
NEWARK VALLEY — The Newark Valley girls’ soccer team dropped a 3-0 decision to Groton on Tuesday in a hard-fought matchup. ...more

STAC GIRLS TENNIS: OWEGO SWEEPS CONTESTED MATCHES IN 6-1 WIN OVER NORWICH (2025-09-03)
Tioga County Sports Report
OWEGO — The Owego girls tennis team nearly swept Norwich in the River Hawks’ 6-1 home-opening victory Wednesday. Only a forfeit allowed the Purple Tornado to avoid a shutout. ...more

STAC GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING: OWEGO COMES UP JUST SHY AGAINST FORKS (2025-09-03)
Tioga County Sports Report
BINGHAMTON — Owego split 12 events with Chenango Forks, but the Blue Devils eked out an 89-88 win in STAC girls swimming and diving at Chenango Valley High School Wednesday.
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SECTION IV FIELD HOCKEY: SVEC DOWNS NEWARK VALLEY IN FIRST INTRA-COUNTY CLASH OF 2025 SEASON (2025-09-03)
By TIM TAYLOR
Tioga County Sports Report
NEWARK VALLEY — Spencer-Van Etten/ Candor controlled possession of the ball for the majority of the game en route to a 4-0 victory over Newark Valley in the first clash of Tioga County field hockey teams this season. ...more

SECTION IV FIELD HOCKEY: S-VE DROPS SEASON-OPENER AT MORAVIA, 5-1 (2025-09-03)
Tioga County Sports Report
MORAVIA — Moravia jumped out to a 3-0 lead on Its way to a 5-1 win over S-VE here Tuesday afternoon in Section IV field hockey action.
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IAC VOLLEYBALL: NEW, YET FAMILIAR COACH HOPES NEWARK VALLEY WILL COMPETE (2025-09-03)
By TIM TAYLOR
Tioga County Sports Report
NEWARK VALLEY — Val Fischer is no stranger to the Newark Valley volleyball program, having spent the last six seasons coaching the Cardinals’ JV teams. This season, however, she will look to guide the varsity squad to victory. ...more

IAC VOLLEYBALL: S-VE'S MEYERS SAYS TEAM CHEMISTRY, STAYING HEALTHY KEYS TO SUCCESS IN 2025 (17 PHOTOS) (2025-09-03)
By TIM BIRNEY
Tioga County Sports Report
SPENCER — S-VE volleyball coach Charity Meyers is hoping team chemistry can lead to another successful season, but says her team needs to stay injury-free in 2025. ...more

ON TAP TODAY: VOLLEYBALL SEASON TIPS OFF; NEWARK VALLEY GIRLS SOCCER, FIELD HOCKEY TEAMS HOST IAC FOES (2025-09-03)
Tioga County Sports Report
TIOGA COUNTY — Volleyball season tips off tonight, while Newark Valley hosts IAC rival in girls soccer and field hockey. ...more

IAC BOYS SOCCER: JANTZ POWERS SVEC TO 2-0 WIN OVER NEWFIELD (8 PHOTOS) (2025-09-02)
Tioga County Sports Report
NEWFIELD — SVEC scored a pair of first-half goals, and the defense was in shut-down mode all game in a 2-0 win over Newfield here Tuesday afternoon. ...more

SECTION IV FIELD HOCKEY: VESTAL’S EXPERIENCE TOO MUCH FOR OWEGO (2025-09-02)
Tioga County Sports Report
VESTAL — Vestal took advantage of its experience to defeat Owego, 6-0, in Section IV field hockey action here Tuesday. ...more

STAC BOYS SOCCER: OWEGO EDGES WINDSOR, 2-1, FOR FIRST WIN OF SEASON (2025-09-02)
Tioga County Sports Report
OWEGO — Owen Hallenbeck scored midway through the second half to lift Owego to its first win of the season, a 2-1 victory over Windsor here Wednesday night in STAC boys soccer action. ...more

STAC GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING: WITH INCREASED NUMBERS OWEGO LOOKS TO FILL VOIDS (2025-09-02)
By TIM TAYLOR
Tioga County Sports Report
OWEGO — The Owego girls swimming and diving roster doubled when Summer Pierce took the head coaching job last year. She’s added three more competitors as the River Hawks’ roster expands to 19 this season.
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COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: S-VE GRAD DOOLITTLE CONTRIBUTES IN FIRST MATCHES AT ELMIRA COLLEGE (2025-09-02)
Tioga County Sports Report
ELMIRA — S-VE grad Lilyanah Doolittle, a freshman on the Elmira College women's volleyball team, saw action in all three matches in her first weekend of collegiate play. ...more

WOMEN'S COLLEGE SOCCER: NEWARK VALLEY GRAD FINTA LOGS ASSIST IN FIRST GAME AT SUNY BROOME (2025-09-02)
Tioga County Sports Report
BINGHAMTON — Newark Valley grad Adrianna Finta recorded an assist in her first collegiate game, helping SUNY Broome to a 1-1 tie with Erie Community College here Saturday afternoon. ...more

YOUTH FOOTBALL: HORSEHEADS SWEEPS THREE GAMES FROM SVEC IN SEASON-OPENERS (22 PHOTOS) (2025-09-02)
Tioga County Sports Report
HORSEHEADS — It was the opening weekend for the Southern Tier Youth Football League, and Horseheads won a pair of close contests in three-game sweep of SVEC on Sunday. ...more

STAC VOLLEYBALL: OWEGO LOOKS FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS DESPITE GRADUATION HITS (2025-09-02)
By TIM TAYLOR
Tioga County Sports Report
OWEGO — Owego has been one of those volleyball programs that seems to reload rather than rebuild. Having graduated 10 players from last year’s state semifinalist team will test just what Owego has in its arsenal in 2025.
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ON TAP TODAY: SVEC BOYS HOST LONE HOME GAME IN TIOGA COUNTY (2025-09-01)
Tioga County Sports Report
TIOGA COUNTY — The SVEC boys soccer team hosts the only contest in Tioga County east of Waverly this afternoon. ...more

STAC GIRLS TENNIS: OWEGO HAS NUMBERS ON THE COURT, STILL RELATIVELY INEXPERIENCED (2025-09-01)
TIM TAYLOR
Tioga County Sports Report
OWEGO — The Owego girls tennis roster has basically doubled in size compared to 2024.
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COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: CANDOR GRAD SWARTZ FINISHES FIRST WEEKEND OF COLLEGIATE PLAY STRONG (2025-09-01)
Tioga County Sports Report
KEUKA PARK, N.Y. — Candor grad Phoebe Swartz, a freshman on the Keuka College volleyball team, finished her first weekend of collegiate play strong. ...more

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: OWEGO GRAD GEORGIA OFF TO GOOD START AT POTSDAM (2025-09-01)
Tioga County Sports Report
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Owego grad Logan Georgia, a freshman on the SUNY Potsdam volleyball team, got off to a good start at the Cardinal Classic in her first collegiate season.
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COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL: CANDOR GRADS HORNICK, SWARTZ, OWEGO GRAD PALLADINO STARTING AT HARTWICK (2025-09-01)
Tioga County Sports Report
UNION / MONTCLAIR, N.J. — A trio of Tioga County grads — Candor's Braelyn Hornick and Shelby Swartz, and Owego's Sophia Palladino — are starting on the Hartwick volleyball ...more

COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY: NEWARK VALLEY GRAD BERGHORN PLAYS 60 MINUTES IN BOTH OF HOUGHTON COLLEGE'S SEASON-OPENING WINS (2025-09-01)
Tioga County Sports Report
HOUGHTON, N.Y. — Newark Valley junior Kate Breghorn, a midfield, played 60 minutes in both of Houghton College's season-opening wins here over the weekend. ...more

TIOGA COUNTY SPORTS REPORT: OWEGO'S DALTON, SNYDER NAMED GUTHRIE COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION 'ATHLETES OF THE WEEK' (2025-08-31)
Tioga County Sports Report
TIOGA COUNTY — Owego's Ashlyn Dalton had a career-game, and Owego's Duke Snyder had a big week on the local golf courses. They are the Tioga County Sports Report / Guthrie Community Credit Union "Athletes of the Week," for the week ending Aug. 30. ...more

THE WEEK AHEAD: THE 2025 FALL SEASON HITS ITS STRIDE THIS WEEK (2025-08-31)
Tioga County Sports Report
TIOGA COUNTY — High school sports action hits its stride this week as schools open for 2025-26 across Tioga County. ...more

STAC BOYS SOCCER: OWEGO DROPS ‘607 CUP’ CONSOLATION GAME TO ND (22 PHOTOS) (2025-08-30)
TIM TAYLOR
Tioga County Sports Report
OWEGO — Owego started out solid, but eventually fell to Elmira Notre Dame, 3-1, in the consolation game of the first 607 Cup boys soccer tournament here Saturday. ...more

STAC BOYS SOCCER: OWEGO FALLS TO FORKS IN OPENING ROUND OF '607 CUP' (24 PHOTOS) (2025-08-29)
Tioga County Sports Report
OWEGO — A young and inexperienced Owego boys soccer team continued its baptism by fire here Friday night in a 5-1 setback against Chenango Forks in the opening round of the 607 Cup.
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STAC CROSS COUNTRY: WITH BIG NUMBERS AND SEVERAL RETURNING RUNNERS, OWEGO LOOKS SOLID (2025-08-29)
TIM TAYLOR
Tioga County Sports Report
OWEGO — The Owego cross country teams are producing good numbers again this season and with several veteran runners returning, the River Hawks could challenge for Section IV championships.
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STAC GIRLS SOCCER: OWEGO ROLLS IN OPENER, DALTON SCORES 5 GOALS (2025-08-29)
Tioga County Sports Report
OWEGO — Ashlyn Dalton was red hot as Owego rolled to a 5-1 victory over Susquehanna Valley in STAC girls soccer action here Thursday evening.
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SECTION IV FIELD HOCKEY: OWEGO FALLS TO M-E IN SEASON OPENER (2025-08-29)
Tioga County Sports Report
ENDWELL — Brooke Williams recorded a hat trick as Maine-Endwell defeated Owego, 6-0, in the season opener Thursday night.
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STAC BOYS SOCCER: OWEGO DROPS OPENER TO SUS VALLEY (2025-08-29)
Tioga County Sports Report
CONKLIN — Several new players took the pitch for Owego Wednesday evening as the River Hawks fell to Susquehanna Valley, 4-0, in STAC boys soccer action here. ...more

STAC BOYS GOLF: OWEGO WINS SECOND STRAIGHT, PRENTISS PICKS UP PAIR OF BIRDIES (2025-08-28)
Tioga County Sports Report
WINDSOR — Owego picked up its second straight STAC boys golf victory Thursday as Sayer Prentiss was on fire early. The senior newcomer birdied the first two holes en route to a 3-over-par 38 and the River Hawks defeated Windsor, 218-244, at Golden Oak Golf Course here. ...more