Little Palestra at Wiliam Allen High School Former home basketball arena for the Allentown (later William Allen) High School. In its 43 seasons (1930-31 to 1972-73) as home of the Canaries until it was replaced by the current Milo Sewards Gym in the Physical Education Center, the double-decked, 2,200-seat gym hosted 17 East Penn League champions, nine District 11 titlists and all five of the school's state championship squads. Although considered state of the art when it opened, the gym certainly had its quirks that gave the Canaries one of the most unique home-court advantages in the sport. This led to more offence, including the February 19, 1971, evening when the head coach's son, Pat Sewards, scored a record 62 points in a little less than three quarters against Tamaqua HS, the highest one-game scoring for a player at the arena as well as the high school. Raised in 1973, replaced by a library and science building for the high school in 1975