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Eastern Christian High School Girls Varsity Soccer Coach Barry Veenstra has earned 400 career wins! With today's victory over Manchester Regional, Veenstra now stands in uncharted territory as Pasaaic County's lone member of the prestigious "400 wins club" for soccer. To say that Barry Veenstra coaches the girls soccer team at Eastern Christian school is the understatement of…

EC's Varsity Girls Volleyball team had a tough week of losses. The ladies had a close loss against Lodion Tuesday, followed by a loss in the county quarterfinals against the top-seeded Clifton. Junior libero Nicole Aoki kept Thursday's game verse Elmwood Park close with some crucial serve-receive plays. Senior setter Jayna Van Buiten had a…

We started off the week with the potential of having to play four matches in a row but ended with two matches between Rutherford and Pompton Lakes. We took a sad loss against Rutherford because our first singles, Blair Bohuny, is playing injured with a terrible bruise on her left hand which is very painful…

In their last night game at Willow, seniors Lyndsey Smith and Aleah Nieshalla led a strong defensive effort in front of sophomore goalkeeper Brooke Van Lenten as the team picked up their 5th shutout of the season and 8th win, a 2-0 decision over Rutherford. Erin Vander Plaat’s 25 yard bomb opened the scoring and…

Girls Varsity Volleyball had a tough week that included two important games.  They came from behind to win spectacularly against Mary Help on Tuesday.  Senior setter Jayna Van Buiten helped lead the team with several crucial assists and serving aces.  Junior Nicole Aoki led the defensive line in the third game to help lead the…

We ended this week strong with a 5-0 win over Mary Help without a set allowing more than 2 won games by our competitor. Friday followed with a stronger opponent Passaic County Technical Institute. They proved to have sharpened their skills since the last time we saw them but we were able to come out…

Girls varsity soccer extended their winning streak to five early in the week by taking care of Elmwood Park 3-0 on Monday and Passaic Valley 3-1 on Tuesday in the county tournament behind a hat trick from super soph Erin Vander Plaat with assists from classmate Brianna Altamuro and freshman Brianne Veenstra. The end of…

The Mens' and Womens'  XC teams finished their conference schedule This week at Garret Mountain.  The ladies, running without seniors Hannah Postma and Erin VanLenten, lost to Rutherford and defeated New Milford by a single point.  they finish the conference season at 4 and 4.  The Men lost to the two same teams.  Their record…

Boys and girls middle school soccer played a double header against Hawthorne Christian on Monday, October 6. The girls team found themselves down 2-0 early in the first game relied on the leadership and scoring touch of Madison Wynbeek to regain momentum. Amanda Faber put in the late game winner to claim victory. In the…