HS Boys Basketball Wrap: Allentown wins firstever division title
Jan 29, 2026
ALLENTOWN — For the first time in program history, the Allentown boys basketball team is a division champion.
Frank Varricchio scored 24 points, Nick Pless added 11, and the Redbirds completed a 6-0 run in the CVC’s Valley Division with a 62-54 win Thursday night against Princeton Day School.
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lentown (9-8) rallied after trailing by 14 points at halftime and outscored PDS (5-10) in the fourth quarter, 21-6.
Allentown has already surpassed its win total from last season (six) and is searching for its first winning record since finishing 7-5 in the COVID-shortened season of 2020-21.
The Redbirds’ best season under seventh-year head coach Walter Kelly came in 2019-20 (21-7).
PRINCETON DAY (54)
Jennings 6-0-13, Pack 2-1-5, Rozenblat 3-0-7, Kelemen 1-0-3, Luciano 4-0-9, Egbeleye 7-1-15, Novak 1-0-2.
Totals — 24-2-54.
ALLENTOWN (62)
Joseph 1-0-2, Bomani 1-0-3, Pusczko 2-2-6, Doran 2-3-7, Varricchio 9-3-24, Shellenberger 4-0-9, Pless 2-7-11.
Totals — 21-15-62.
Princeton Day (5-10) 23 13 11 6 — 54
Allentown (9-8) 9 14 18 21 — 62
3-point goals: Jennings, Rozenblat, Kelemen, Luciano (PD), Varricchio 3, Bomani, Shellenberger (A).
Trenton 60, Notre Dame 50
LAWRENCE TWP. — The Tornadoes (11-5) earned a share of the CVC’s Colonial Division title with Ewing as both teams finished 5-1.
JayDon English-Fulton netted 26 points and Kaleb Smith added 16.
Lucas Chuderewicz carried a heavy load for Notre Dame (4-16) with 28 points.
TRENTON (60)
Smith 7-2-16, English-Fulton 11-3-26, Genoa 3-3-10, Whitaker 0-1-1, Jackson 1-2-4, Hernandez 1-0-3.
Totals — 23-11-60.
NOTRE DAME (50)
Cunningham 2-1-5, Chuderewicz 9-5-28, Pesce 0-2-2, Conway 4-2-10, Edwards 1-0-3, Beacham 0-2-2.
Totals — 16-12-50.
Trenton (11-5) 17 11 12 20 — 60
Notre Dame (4-16) 14 8 16 12 — 50
3-point goals: English-Fulton, Genoa, Hernandez (T), Chuderewicz 5, Edwards (ND).
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