Easton Area High School

Easton Area High School is a four-year public high school located in Palmer Township, Northampton County, in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania. It is part of the Easton Area School District.

Rivalry with Phillipsburg High School

The high school is probably best known for its rivalry with Phillipsburg High School in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. The two teams play an annual Thanksgiving Day football game at Lafayette College's Fisher Field that is considered one of the nation's longest-standing high school rivalries.

This coming Thanksgiving, November 22, 2006, will mark the 100th meeting between the two rivals.

The game, which typically draws in excess of 20,000 fans, is sometimes televised nationally on ESPN2. This year's 100th anniversary game will be broadcast on ESPN2.

School accomplishments

Academics

Easton High School has twice won the Scholastic Scrimmage contest (1996 and 1998), where Pennsylvania high schools compete against each other in an academic trivia contest.

Special Help

Easton High School is known for having the most mentaly challanged students in District IX. They also have the lowest PSSA scores of the same district and have the most "preppy assholes", than any other school in their district.

Athletics

Easton High School also is known for its exceptional cheerleading team, which won the National Cheerleading Championship, held in Florida, in 2003. In 2002, the team placed fourth in the nation.

Easton competes in the Lehigh Valley Conference in the District XI athletic division of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association.

Notable alumni

• Chuck Amato, head football coach, North Carolina State University.

External links

• Easton High School Official Web Site.
• Easton High School athletics schedule and scores at HighSchoolSports.net.