Tag: Allentown High School
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Allentown hitting stride as Mercer County Tournament looms
The Allentown High School girls soccer team is finding its stride and on Oct. 14 the Redbirds won their fourth match in their past five games. For the sixth time in 2021, the Redbirds scored four or more goals as they rolled to a 4-0 victory over Hamilton West High School of Hamilton Township to…
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Resilient Redbirds stay strong with 4-2 victory over Trenton Central
Tragedy struck the core of the Allentown High School boys soccer program on Sept. 20. Just two days after the Redbirds won their first game of the 2021 campaign, the players learned three of their teammates had been involved in a serious motor vehicle accident. A fourth teenager – the brother of one of the…
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Community members praying for AHS students injured in collision
Members of the community are continuing to pray for four Allentown High School students who were hospitalized following a motor vehicle collision in East Windsor on the morning of Sept. 20. Allentown High School is one of three schools in the Upper Freehold Regional School District. Students from Millstone Township, Allentown and Upper Freehold Township…
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Trenton Central trips Allentown High School gridders, 20-14, in overtime
On the heels of a thrilling comeback victory over Lawrence High School the previous week to win its first game of the 2021 season, the Allentown High School football team had another chance to be the comeback kids against Trenton Central High School on Sept. 25 in Trenton. The Redbirds came back from a seven-point…
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Allentown High School students injured in motor vehicle collision
Four Allentown High School students were hospitalized following a motor vehicle collision in East Windsor earlier this week. The high school is one of three schools in the Upper Freehold Regional School District. Students from Millstone Township, Allentown and Upper Freehold Township attend the school. UFRSD administrators have acknowledged that the four teenagers who were…
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Redbirds notch first victory with 4-0 shutout of Nottingham
Scoring goals has been a tough task for the Allentown High School boys soccer team as the 2021 campaign got underway. The Redbirds entered their home match against Nottingham High School of Hamilton Township on Sept. 18 with only two goals in an 0-3 start. In the words of first-year coach Shamus Matthews, it was…
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New group of Redbirds ready to lead Allentown soccer squad
ALLENTOWN – The 2021 season represents the start of a new era for the Allentown High School girls soccer program in the eyes of Coach Kim Maurer. The Redbirds will have eight new faces in their starting lineup in 2021 after seven starters from the 2020 squad graduated in June. “It’s a new start and…
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Allentown in rebuilding mode as 2021 football season kicks off
ALLENTOWN – During a 2020 season that was shortened by COVID-19, the Allentown High School football team was able to play eight games. The highlights of the campaign included seeing Redbirds quarterback Dan Merkel break the Colonial Valley Conference passing record and finish his scholastic career with 6,011 passing yards. Allentown coach Andrew Lachenmayer was…
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2021 Allentown American Legion squad builds a ‘forever’ bond
The 2021 summer season will always be remembered in the history of the Allentown American Legion baseball program. That is what Manager Sahil Thakur said of the success his squad had this summer by winning the program’s first state championship and advancing to the semifinals of the American Legion Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament. “This team will…