Abington High School

Abington High School is a public high school located in Abington, Massachusetts. It is located at 201 Gliniewicz Way and has an enrollment of 584 students in grades 9-12. The school's mascot is the Green Wave and the school colors are Green and White. Abington High School is known best for its outstanding football program, which has won 2 state titles and 6 league championships since 2002. Gliniewicz Way was named after Richard Francis Gliniewicz born December 12, 1947 and was killed in South Vietnam on May 31, 1969. He was a 1966 graduate of Abington High School.

Athletics

Abington is well known for its athletics program and most notably its football program. Abington has been referred many times as "The Cream of the Crop in Southeastern Massachusetts. The football team has won 2 State Championships, in 2002 and in 2005. They have also won 6 South Shore League Championships in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. They have also had 2 undefeated teams in 2006 and 2008. Abington has also recently won state championships in baseball (2010) and basketball (2009). Abington is also well-known for the longtime chant of "Green Wave Pride" or GWP, which is labeled on the football helmets and jerseys as well as the football field and on every other sports jersey in the school.

Abington also set a Southeastern Massachusetts record for football attendance on November 14, 2008, in game against rival Mashpee. Both teams entered the game undefeated at 9-0 and the league title and a playoff berth were on the line. Abington prevailed 14-6 and went on to complete an undefeated regular season. The attendance of the game was recorded at 7,109 and was covered live by all the major Boston area news channels.