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In August 2023, the EC Athletic Department successfully re-launched the Athletic Booster Club (ABC). Its purpose is to directly support and bolster all athletic programs at Eastern Christian School as we honor and glorify God in and around sports competition; strengthen the school’s commitment to student-athletes and team; and forge stronger partnerships with our community…

Boys Varsity Soccer Coach Rudi Gesch’s Varsity boys soccer team re-established a winning culture and tradition recording double-digit victories for the first time in several years in a way that we can all be proud of. Highlights included earning a home game in the county tournament and defeating our first round opponent Paterson Charter, drawing…

Hard work and commitment to the basketball program continues to payoff for the middle school boys basketball team. The team capped off a successful season (14-4) by handing their resilient rival HCA their second loss of the season. The young Eagles were led by a core group of 8th graders who have been in the…

The Middle School Girls Basketball Team finished the season with a record of 7-10.  The team excelled late in the season, finishing up with a three game win streak.  Highlights of the season included a close win against a strong Waldwick team and two wins against rival Hawthorne Christian.  Captains Sydney Moore and Nicole Bucci…

The boys traveled to Pequannock on Tuesday to face former EC head coach Jeff DeBell and his Panthers. A sluggish start found the team in a 14-2 hole just 4 minutes into the game but they battled back to tie the game late in the 4th quarter, only to lose a heartbreaker on a buzzer…

Kelly Tanis had 11 points including her first career 3 pointer at home on Tuesday as the girls defeated Mary Help on senior day Thursday the team overcame a sluggish start to defeat Garfield 55-33 behind a combined 51 points from Erin Vander Plaat, Brooke Van Lenten and Madison Wynbeek. Friday the Eagles traveled to…

The 2015 Boys Soccer Season came to an end after a loss to Newark Academy in the second round of the playoffs. With the season in the rearview mirror, the team, lead by senior captains Jason Englishmen and Kyle Dykstra have a lot to be proud of. We more than doubled our win total from…

The girls varsity soccer team competed in many close, exciting games this season,  highlighted by the come from behind win against Rutherford. Trailing 2-0 in the 2nd half on our home field, the girls fought back to win that game 3-2. After having lost many games by 1 goal, this one was a needed confidence…

Led by senior team captains Emma Hagedoorn and Nicole Aoki, the otherwise young 2015 volleyball team learned to compete against the league's best. Some highlights included winning a match against a talented and powerful Garfield team featuring 7 blocks from Hagedoorn. The home coming match vs 1st place Rutherford saw the Eagles score 17 well…