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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…

Eagles basketball is underway and the house is rocking! Right before Christmas break, the boys home opener vs Elmwood Park featured a large, loud crowd and a highly competitive game decided in the final minutes against one of the league's best. Earlier in the day, the lady Eagles improved to 2-0 behind 18 points from freshman…

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…

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.…

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…

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…