SAYRE — Down 9-2 heading into the bottom of the fourth inning, Sayre staged a spirited rally. The home side tied the game at 9-9 at the end of regulation only to see visiting Montrose post the winning run in the top of the seventh on a base hit and some good baserunning.

TROY — The Troy Softball Minors All-Stars fell to Susquehanna in District 15 Winners’ Bracket play on Thursday by a score of 8-3.

WYSOX — The Troy and Towanda Legion Baseball teams duked it out on Wednesday, with Troy winning 7-4.

ATHENS — Athens Minors Little League squad broke out to an early lead and held on to top visiting Towanda 6-4 in District 15 Winners’ Bracket play on Wednesday.

WYSOX — The Towanda Softball Majors All-Stars came back and later held on to beat Tunkannhock 5-4 in Winners’ Bracket play on Wednesday evening.

ATHENS — The visitors on the scoreboard, Athens Little League Majors rolled to a 7-1 win over RTL at Fairbanks Field Tuesday evening in a winner’s bracket quarterfinal.

TOWANDA — The Towanda Majors All-Stars won a thriller over Wellsboro on Tuesday, coming out on top with a 4-2 win in extra innings.

TROY — The Troy Minors All-Stars hung tough early, but ultimately fell 10-5 to Southern Tioga in District 15 bracket play on Monday evening.

SAYRE — NEBALL outscored Sayre 6-4 in the first inning but Sayre erupted for 21 additional runs to NEBALL’s six the rest of the way for a 25-12 Sayre win in District 15 Minors bracket play on Monday.

DANVILLE — The North squad, led by Canton head coach Tyler Sechrist, came away with a 36-0 victory over the South in the annual District IV North-South All-Star game on Friday.

Pennsylvania anglers and boaters could see increased license fees under a proposal given preliminary approval by the state’s Fish and Boat Commission earlier this month.

TOWANDA — Golfers from four local courses gathered at Towanda Golf Club to compete for the prestigious Little Brown Jug, which has been handed out since 1960.

TOWANDA — The Towanda Minor All-Stars rolled to a 12-1 win over NEBall in the first round of District 15 bracket play on Thursday.

DANVILLE — The Canton Warriors football team put together a historic campaign in 2021, going all the way to the state semifinals, and head coach Tyler Sechrist has been rewarded for his squad’s success.

ATHENS — The Athens Legion baseball team defeated Troy 5-0 to move to 2-2 on this season on Wednesday night.

SAYRE — Sayre topped Towanda 14-6 in a Legion Baseball game on Monday night.

Just a few weeks after wrapping up high school, two Sayre graduates are now playing for the Mansfield Destroyers of the New York Collegiate Baseball League.

ATHENS — The Sayre and Athens Legion Baseball teams squared off on Wednesday night, with Sayre coming out on top, 7-4.

TOWANDA — Players from five different teams in the Northern Tier League were honored with top awards when the league announced its 2022 softball All-Stars.

To the victors go the spoils. You’ve seen that more than a few times here over the years but that’s only because it’s true.

STATE COLLEGE — Special Olympics Pennsylvania hosted its annual Summer Games at Penn State University on June 2-4. The local team representing Bradford and Sullivan Counties competed in track & field and swimming events.

ELMIRA — The Susquehanna River Rats 14U baseball team recently won their first tournament of the summer.

TOWANDA — Towanda senior Porschia Bennett signed to compete in track and field at the University of Connecticut on Friday.

ATHENS — The Gary Forbes Memorial Award is handed out each year to the top senior male high school athlete in the Valley, and the past winners’ list features some of this area’s all-time greats.

TOWANDA — Towanda senior softball player Jocelyn Bennett made her college commitment official on Thursday by signing to play at Penn State-Harrisburg.

Towanda High School recently held its annual sports awards banquet. Pictured here are the award winners.

TROY — Troy senior Lacey Hinman made her college choice official last week when she signed on to wrestle for the Elmira College women’s program.

Over the years I haven’t caught many big fish, which is surprising, simply given the length of my angling life. But it’s true. I’m just not one of those fishermen who, whether pitching lures with spinning gear or wielding a fly rod and casting dry flies, lands the big one.

SHIPPENSBURG — It was another good day for Bradford County athletes at the 2022 PIAA Track and Field Championships, as Troy’s Dustin Hagin brought home two medals, with teammate Anneliese Getola earning another, and the Towanda girls 4x400 squad also earned a spot on the podium.

SHIPPENSBURG — Towanda’s Porschia Bennett had a target on her back in Friday morning’s PIAA Class AA high jump competition. After all, she was the defending state champion and had jumped a mightily impressive 5-feet-8-inches in last week’s District IV meet, a new district record.

SHIPPENSBURG — On a day filled with rain delays, upsets and standout performances, Bradford County athletes had an outstanding day at the PIAA Track and Field Championships Friday in Shippensburg.

WILLIAMSPORT — There’s an old saying in sports — “It’s tough to beat a good team three times.”

CANTON — Wyalusing looked to be in total control. Already out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third in a game most figured to be very low scoring, the Rams had back-to-back singles by the top two hitters in their order in Trehnon Hugo and Hunter Moss with no outs and the 3-4-5 hitters up.…

CANTON — Cowanesque Valley used timely hitting and stingy defense to down Canton 5-0 in the opening round of the PIAA District IV Class A softball playoffs on Tuesday.

WILLIAMSPORT — The second-seeded Wyalusing softball team got a strong pitching performance from Jenelle Johns in Tuesday’s District IV Class AA semifinal, but it wouldn’t be enough in a 3-0 loss to No. 3 Muncy at Elm Park in Williamsport.

MANSFIELD — The Sayre baseball team’s phenomenal season came to an end on Tuesday with a 5-2 loss to Muncy in the District IV Class AA semifinals.

SAYRE — The 16th annual Northern Tier League 2022 Athlete of the Year banquet was held on Sunday at the Best Western in Sayre.