ALLENTOWN CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

'Allentown Central Catholic High School' is a parochial school located at 301 North Fourth Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown, ACCHS predominantly serves students from the Lehigh Valley region of the state.
As of 2006, the school's total enrollment is 934 students, with a nearly equal number of female and male students. The school competes athletically in the highly-competitive Lehigh Valley Conference in District XI of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. It plays its home football and some of its soccer games at J. Birney Crum Stadium, a 15,000 capacity stadium in the city.

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School accomplishments

Academic accomplishments

Athletic accomplishments

Notable alumni

External links

School accomplishments

Academic accomplishments

★ First place, ''Scholastic Scrimmage'', 2005 and 2006.

Athletic accomplishments

Allentown Central Catholic is particularly known for its highly successful girls basketball team, which has won the Pennsylvania state championship in four of the past five years. The school's Pennsylvania state championships include:

★ Pennsylvania state champions, boys basketball, 1984, 1986.

★ Pennsylvania state champions, girls basketball, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

★ Pennsylvania state champions, football, 1993, 1998.

★ Pennsylvania state champions, girls cross country, 2002.

★ Pennsylvania state champions, girls volleyball, 2002.

Notable alumni

★ Tim Heidecker, comedic actor starring in ''Tom Goes to the Mayor'' and ''Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!''.

★ Michelle Marciniak, women's basketball coach, University of South Carolina, and former professional basketball player, WNBA's Portland Fire and Seattle Storm.

★ Billy McCaffrey, former college basketball shooting guard, Duke University and Vanderbilt University.

★ Ed McCaffrey, former professional football player, New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos.

★ Tony Stewart, current professional football player, Oakland Raiders.

★ Christine Taylor, actress and wife of actor Ben Stiller.

External links

★ Allentown Central Catholic High School Official Web Site.

★ Allentown Central Catholic athletics schedule and scores at HighSchoolSports.net.

★ Allentown Central Catholic High School Page at Lehigh Valley Conference Official Web Site.