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Girls Varsity Tennis

Girls varsity tennis ended the season with a league record of 4-10, not quite what they were hoping for after coming off of a strong season last year.  Senior captain Caitlin Shurminsky led a young team and earned 2nd Team all County and 2nd team all league competing against the league’s best at 1st singles.…

Cross Country

The EC Cross Country team finished its official season with the Ladies taking tenth in the state meet and the men thirteenth. Carter Heerema took a 26th place in the men's  meet and Will Fan a 44th.  In the ladies meet Kelly Bosloper took 35th and Allison Steiginga 39th.  Final records for dual meets were 5…

Boys Soccer Senior Night

It was senior night for the Eagles of Eastern Christian, and the senior- and the entire team- did not disappoint. A convincing 4-0 victory was the result of the best all-around performance put in by the Eagles to date this season. Eagles goalkeeper Josh Groenewal's second shut-out victory of the season was supported by a…

Busy week for girls varsity soccer

A heavy 4 game week began with a tough 1-0 loss to a strong Pompton team at Willow. Tuesday night game was the rematch vs Hawthorne, to whom we lost 2-0 last time around.  After missing a few golden opportunities early on in the game and ending the first half at 0-0, we knew we had to…

EC Boys Soccer Defeats Manchester 4-3 in OT

The Eagles of Eastern Christian squared off against the neighbor Falcons of Manchester Regional High School on a beautiful late October afternoon. Eastern Christian took the short hike next door to play at Manchester in a back and forth game that would prove to have a thrilling conclusion. Falcon's forward Luis Henriquez opened the scoring…

Girls Varsity Soccer

It was a busy week for the Eagles. On Monday vs Elmwood Park we got on the board early with a goal from Erin Vander Plaat who finished with a hat trick. Cassidy Martin added two goals as we defeated the Crusaders 6-0. Next up was Glen Rock. After losing 1-0 in the final two…

EC Boys Soccer Wins Final Home Game 4-3 over Lodi in Game’s Final Minutes

Wednesday was the final night game on the calendar for the Eagles of Eastern Christian. Perfect weather and a formidable opponent in the Rams of Lodi High School set the stage for a great night. Lodi's attack was particularly strong in the first half, when it was the Alexis Gonzalez show. Gonzalez had a first…

EC Tops Hawthorne in the Final Minute in 2-1 Thriller

Eastern Christian High School's first "Community Night" of the season was well worth the wait. Playing Hawthorne HS under the lights at Willow Field, the Eagles snatched victory in the dying seconds of the game on sophomore Clay Sietsma's first goal of the year. The large crowd in attendance erupted as the Eagles claimed their…

Boys soccer winner!

In a Monday afternoon 10-goal thriller, the Eagles of Eastern Christian emerged the 6-4 victor over the Bulldogs of Rutherford High School. The visiting Bulldogs' Max Moran found the back of the net early in the third minute for the quick 1-0 lead. EC methodically took the lead back at 2-1 on two Jason Englishmen…

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