Allentown Central Catholic High School athletes are crushing goals this season.

Milly Wolf, named Lehigh Valley Live Player of the Week and Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute Athlete of the Week Sept. 11, helped Vikette volleyball secure their first win over Parkland since 2009.

Volleyball player Emerson Springs achieved 500 kills Sept. 18.

Athlete Meredith Eisenman broke the school record for most goals in girls soccer Sept. 20, by scoring her 80th goal for the Vikettes.

Cross-country runner Duke Ebert earned the Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute’s Athlete of the Week award Sept. 20. The cross-country team excelled at the Foundation Invitational Sept. 21 where the Viking runners finished fourth, with Ebert placing 11th overall. The Vikette runners also competed, with freshman Ainsley Tighe coming in 21st place.

Vikette tennis finished the regular season 14-3 and earned the second seed for Districts.

Homecoming spirit week took place Sept. 23-27, with the homecoming dance in Rockne Hall held Sept. 27 and the football game against Emmaus High School Sept. 28.

Students dressed up during spirit week in themes including fraternity day, dress as your favorite holiday, age group day, jersey day and green and gold day.

Viking Fall Fest was held Sept. 28 before the homecoming football game and featured food trucks, games, and spirit wear.

The cheerleading team will hold a Kendra Scott jewelry fundraiser Oct. 1-14. A percentage of purchases will benefit the ACCHS cheerleading team.

The ACCHS Band and Color Guard will hold a car wash fundraiser 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 5 at Applebee’s restaurant, 1510 N. Cedar Crest Blvd., in the Crest Plaza shopping center. There is a cost per car. All funds raised support the band and color guard.

Support Viking Lacrosse and purchase an exclusive “Go Vikings” white/gold bag strap by Ahdorned New York. There is a cost for each bag strap and straps will be delivered to the school in October or can be picked up at the boys lacrosse table at Viking Christmas. Complete the Google form by Oct. 11 to order: https://shorturl.at/0PY5U. Contact Kate Burke at 610-984-4208 with questions.

The Viking 5K will be held Oct. 12 at J. Birney Crum Stadium. Registration begins 11 a.m., the fun run/walk starts noon and the 5K will start 12:30 p.m.

Online registration is on www.pretzelcitysports.com. More information can be found at www.viking5k.com or by contacting acchsviking5k@gmail.com.

This event benefits ACCHS athletics and the Central City Project.

To be a part of ACCHS Viking middle school basketball for seventh and eighth grade boys, contact Dennis Csensits at dcsensits@acchs.info or call 610-437-4601, ext. 119. Boys basketball youth clinics for fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grade students will be held 6-7:30 p.m. Oct. 15 and 29 in Rockne Hall. Participants must be enrolled at one of ACCHS partner schools and participate in CYO basketball.

A branch of the nationwide Aevidum Club was created at ACCHS last year. Aevidum means “I’ve got your back” and the club encourages students to end the silence surrounding mental health and support any classmates with mental health struggles.

Central Catholic’s Aevidum Club helped students start the school year in good spirits by chalk decorating the sidewalk by the school entrance with positive messages.

Every school year, ACCHS Campus Ministry chooses a faith inspired theme. The theme for the 2024-2025 school year is “Hope.” This correlates with the theme for the Holy Year, which is “Pilgrims of Hope.”

The campus ministry office is led by Sister Mathilde and Father Maas with Mr. Markham as the coordinator of service and head of the Central City Project.

Members of the Central City Project have been spending hours outside of school preparing Viking salsa to be sold as a fundraiser. Students wash and chop vegetables that were harvested from the Amy Sullivan Memorial Garden. The garden is named after Amy Sullivan, who spent much of her life assisting Catholic schools and near the end of her life dedicated time to ACCHS and the Central City Project garden.

One of Central Catholic’s International Student Agency partners, Nacel Open Door, is in need of a host family for a newly accepted Spanish student for this 2024-2025 school year. The student will join the 12th grade class and enjoys being active and loves skiing. Contact Hope Egolf at hegolf@nacelopendoor.org for more information.