The Athens Little League majors All-star team fell to Troy 8-4 on Sunday and ended up in second place in the district.

The Sayre Little League juniors All-star team went against Canton on Saturday at Athens, and after going into extra innings won 3-2 in the eighth inning.
Sayre scored two runs in the fourth inning with Canton scoring their two runs in the fifth inning.

The Athens Little League Minors All-star team traveled to Susquehanna and returned with a huge 16-2 win.

   The dynasty is over at Watkins Glen. Scott Dixon lost his bid to take a record-breaking fourth consecutive victory in the IndyCar Series at Sunday’s Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen, but the series saw yet another first-time winner as Ryan Hunter-Reay, who started third, opened up a commanding lead in the last 10 laps of the race and took the checkered flag.
Hunter-Reay’s win is the first IndyCar Series victory for Rahal-Letterman Racing since 2004.

    Let the shakeup begin. Some new faces mixed in with the familiar ones Saturday in IndyCar qualifying for Sunday’s Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen. Rookie Justin Wilson, over from the Champ Car World Series, was just edged out for the pole by Team Penske’s Ryan Briscoe. Rounding out the top six were Rahal-Letterman Racing’s Ryan Hunter-Reay, three-time Glen champion Scott Dixon, Oriol Servia and Tony Kanaan.

The 10th Annual Joel Stephens Invitational Tournament continues throughout the weekend, with last year’s champion, the Bradford County All-Stars, looking toi defend their title.

The Athens Minors Little League All-star team took home two wins this week with their first win on Sunday, June 27 against RTL. Athens won this game 7-6.

Katelyn Serfass can go down in the books for having a great day with not only a team win, but also pitching a no-hitter with 14 strikeouts and no walks with Mackenzie Hafer catching.

here’s no doubt about it, Scott Dixon is King of the Road. Since the IndyCar Series roared into Watkins Glen back in 2005, Dixon has driven his No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi car to collect all three checkered flags. Last year’s victory started a streak of wins for Dixon that saw him sweep all the road courses on the IndyCar circuit. Riding into this year’s Camping World Grand Prix at the Glen atop the points standings, Dixon cautions that past performance isn’t a guarantee of future results — but he is optimistic.

The Athens American Legion Post 246 had three baseball games over the last few days and now stand at 5-2.

The Waverly Majors Little League All-star team lost a thrilling game against Elmira Heights on Wednesday, 2-1.

The Black Diamonds have had a very successful 2008 season so far, sporting a 10-2 record that includes three wins last weekend in their most recent action.
On Saturday, June 21, the Black Diamonds topped the Black Sox 11-1.

Waverly and Athens picked up wins Tuesday in Athens Junior High Summer Basketball League play.

The Sayre majors took home a 6-4 win against Allegany Mountain on Wednesday in Little League All-star baseball in the Daniel J. Aquilio Tournament.

The Athens Little League majors All-star softball team suffered a 10-0 loss against Troy on Wednesday.