Category: Examiner Sports

  • Allentown girls soccer and field hockey stay undefeated

    ALLENTOWN VARSITY REPORT By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Allentown High School’s Joe Mannino, middle, powers his way through the Nottingham High School line behind his blockers during the Sept. 25 game played in Allentown. Nottingham surprised the Redbirds, 20-14. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Allentown High School’s field hockey and girls soccer teams remained unbeaten heading into…

  • Allentown’s Palladino sets school completions record

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Former Allentown High School quarterback Nick Palladino set a school career record for pass completions in only his junior season at quarterback but Muhlenberg College’s football team lost at perennial Centennial Conference power Johns Hopkins University, 49-28, Sept. 26. Johns Hopkins scored the last 28 points to pull out the victory…

  • Winston leads Redbirds in high-scoring victory

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Allentown High School’s Julian Tsang (11) chases down a ball before it slips out of bounds during the Redbirds’ Sept. 15 match against Steinert High School in Allentown. Visiting Steinert handed the Redbirds a 4-0 loss. MATT DENTON ALLENTOWN I t’s hard to imagine six 100-yard rushers in the same high…

  • Allentown’s Palladino earns Weikert honor at Muhlenberg

    Junior quarterback Nick Palladino of the Muhlenberg College football team, a former Allentown High School standout, won the Sidney G. Weikert Sophomore Athlete of the Year Award for his performance during the 2014-15 academic year. The award was presented at halftime of the Sept. 19 Homecoming football game against McDaniel College. The annual award recognizes…

  • Cheetahs 18U Premier team preps for trips to California

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent A llentown Cheetahs 18U Premier softball team turned in a solid tuneup for their upcoming pair of trips to Huntington Beach, California, sweeping all five games in their fall invitational tournament last weekend. The tournament welcomed a dozen teams from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia. “We could play better,…

  • SPORT SHORTS

    The First Tee of Raritan Valley is sending Sayaka Carpenter to compete in the 2015 Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach, an official Champions Tour event that will be held Sept. 25-27 and televised internationally on the Golf Channel. Carpenter will join 80 other participants from The First Tee chapters for the event,…

  • Winston leads Redbirds to come-from-behind victory

    ALLENTOWN VARSITY REPORT By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent It was a baptism of fire for Jordan Winston when he got his first start at quarterback for Allentown High School’s football team against Pennsylvania powerhouse Archbishop Wood High School — a 62-21 victor in the Sept. 5 showdown in Warrington, Pennsylvania. But a week later, Winston showed…

  • Bongiorno, Burke team up for pair of Sire Stakes-Green Acres victories

    Driver Joe Bongiorno and trainer Ron Burke teamed to win a pair of New Jersey Sire Stakes-Green Acres Sept. 5 at Freehold Raceway. Both events were pre-card, non-wagering races and both were $7,000 opening legs for 3-year-old pacers. In the event for fillies, Bongiorno, a Howell High School graduate, guided Lissan to a wire-to-wire victory…

  • Allentown faces tough tests as it opens football season

    ALLENTOWN By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Allentown High School football players Colin Roy, right, and Ricky Mottram mix it up during a practice as they work toward the start of the 2015 high school season. The Redbirds return home Sept. 11 against Notre Dame High School. REBECCA NOWALSKI Allentown High School’s football team got an early…