Boys’ volleyball fends off feisty Eastern
May 26, 2010 • written by Max Cohen ('12)/Eastside Online Sports Editor
Filed under East Sports, Sports
The East boys’ volleyball team continued their dominant season today by defeating Eastern in their second round playoff game by a score of 2-0 in games and 25-17 in the first game and 25-23 in the second game. The first game started off with an Eastern point but East started to dominate soon... Read more »
Varsity baseball fails to pull of playoff upset
May 17, 2010 • written by Meredith Medoway ('10)/Eastside Entertainment Editor
Filed under East Sports, Sports
The East Baseball team lost its first game of the playoffs against Lenape today, Monday, March 17. The team lost five to two. However, while the team struggled overall, some players were able to make great plays and attempt to retake the lead. Senior Sam Slutsky (’10) had a big RBI single and other... Read more »
Boys’ volleyball continues winning
May 11, 2010 • written by Nate Mulberg ('10)/Eastside Sports Editor
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For the second time in five days, East’s varsity volleyball team took on visiting Williamstown High School and won in straight games, 25-23, 25-17. David Ravitz (’10) led the Cougars with 8 kills in yesterday’s game, while Andrew Pursell (’10) (7 kills), Eric Zaun (’11)... Read more »
Boys’ Tennis falls to rival Lenape
May 8, 2010 • written by Nate Mulberg ('10)/Eastside Sports Editor
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Yesterday, East’s tennis team hosted Lenape High School in an Olympic-American Conference match-up. In the match, Lenape outplayed East and ended up winning the match 3-2. East’s two wins in the match came from East’s first and second doubles teams, made up of Alex Feldman (’11)/Justin... Read more »
Girls’ lacrosse avenges early season loss to West
May 5, 2010 • written by Rebecca Ohnona ('12)/ Eastside News/Features Editor
Filed under East Sports, Sports
After a disappointing loss in their first meeting of the season, the East Girls’ Lacrosse Team came back to beat West in today’s game. The final score was 14-11, with Becca Wood (’11) scoring her 100th varsity goal and Caitlin DeLaney (’13) scoring her first two varsity goals. With the team... Read more »
Boys’ volleyball clinches Olympic Conference
May 5, 2010 • written by Nate Mulberg ('10)/ Eastside Sports Editor
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Yesterday, East’s volleyball team hosted Williamstown High School in an Olympic Conference volleyball match. The Cougars won two fairly close games (25-17, 25-22) en route to winning the match. With the win, East is now 15-0 on the season and has yet to lose a game in a match all year, as they... Read more »
Boys’ track team achieves first winning season in 21 years
May 4, 2010 • written by Sari Soffer ('10)/ Eastside Editor-In-Chief
Filed under East Sports, Sports
On Monday, May 3, 2010, the East track team defeated Lenape High School by 11 points in a track meet that established their first winning season in 21 years. Obi Onejeme (’10), a prominent field event senior on the team, said of the experience, “It was a big meet coming in because if we didn’t... Read more »
East defeats Eastern in boys’ volleyball
April 29, 2010 • written by Avra Bossov ('11)/Eastside News/ Features Editor
Filed under East Sports, Sports
Yesterday, at 3:45 p.m., the East Cougars Boy’s Volleyball team defeated Eastern. Junior Varsity defeated Eastern 25-22, 25-15. Key players on the JV team include Greg Slaton (’11), Cole Spencer (’11), David Shull (’12), Andrew Qian (’12), Evan Smith (’12), Chris Zaleski (’11) and Christian... Read more »
Boys’ relay team furthers their legacy at Penn Relays
April 26, 2010 • written by Max Cohen ('12)/Eastside Online Sports Editor
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For the first time in East history, an East track & field team won an event at the historic Penn Relays. The 4×400 boys’ relay team, comprised of Terrence Owens (’10), Mike Oliver (’11), Marcus Phillips (’12) and Alex Reber (’12). On the final leg of the... Read more »
East baseball soundly beats Buena
April 5, 2010 • written by Max Cohen ('12)/ Eastside Online Sports Editor
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After a successful tournament in South Carolina, the varsity baseball squad beat Buena today, 13-2 at Buena in six innings due to the ten-run mercy rule. Buena is currently ranked 20th in South Jersey according to the Courier Post and East is ranked 12th. Today, Kurt Taylor (’12) pitched 5 innings... Read more »
Boys’ swimming advances to state championship
February 25, 2010 • written by Nate Mulberg ('10)/Eastside Sports Editor
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On Tuesday, February 23, East’s boys’ varsity swim team beat Mainland 89-81 in the semi- finals of the state playoffs. With the win, the Cougars earned the right to take on Bridgewater- Raritan in the New Jersey Group A State Championship on Sunday, February 28, which will take place at The College... Read more »
East wrestlers take on competition at Districts
February 24, 2010 • written by Max Cohen ('12)/Eastside Online Sports Editor
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On Friday, the East wrestling team wrestled in the district tournament. Brian Lussier (’11) won distrcits at the 189 pound weight class. Tommy Appleman (’11) came in 3rd place at the 119 pound class, Travis Boardman (’11) came in 3rd at the 125 weight class and Kevin Swenson came... Read more »
Listen to Wing Bowl V coverage
February 24, 2010 • written by Mike Davis ('10)/ Eastside Sports Editor and Autreen Rahbari ('10)/ Eastside Radio Manager
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Autreen Rahbari (’10) and Mike Davis (’10) navigate through the exciting Cherry Hill East 2010 Wing Bowl, bringing you stats, opinions and on-the-spot interviews with some of the contestants. Check it out http://www.podcastrevolution.com/viewpodcast.php?pid=906 SHARETHIS.addEntry({... Read more »
Boys’ Basketball Defeats Paulsboro
February 23, 2010 • written by Max Cohen ('12)/ Online Sports Editor
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In a very tight game with a misleading final score, the Cougars defeated Paulsboro 67-58 just two days after defeating rival Cherry Hill West. While this game was close throughout, it seemed as though East had the upper hand throughout. Even though these two teams are in different conferences and are... Read more »
Varsity boys’ basketball blows out Woodrow Wilson as Santo sets school points record
February 9, 2010 • written by Max Cohen ('12)/Eastside Online Sports Editor
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Even though the Cougars won big today 81-29, the big news on the night was Chris Santo (’11) breaking the school’s all-time points record in the first half and creating a new school record of 1,595 points after he finished with 31 today in the game which was moved up because of the impending... Read more »
Boys’ Swim Team Defeats Lenape
February 3, 2010 • written by Moriah Schervone ('11)/ Eastside Global Commentary Editor
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The East Boys Varsity Swim Team triumphantly defeated Lenape High School yesterday, at a final score of 109-61. The East swimmers dominated to such a great extent that, at one point, they stopped keeping score. Two first place winners from the meet were captain Matt Radziwill (’10) and Wesley Ho (’11)... Read more »
Girls’ Basketball Falls to Cherokee
February 3, 2010 • written by Meredith Medoway ('10)/ Eastside Entertainment Editor
Filed under East Sports, Sports
Girl’s Varsity basketball lost in their game against Cherokee 60-45 Tuesday, February 2. The girls started out well with a lead of 5-0. Then, Cherokee began to make a comeback and by halftime, Cherokee had a seven-point lead. Cherokee is ranked third in south Jersey while East is currently in fourth.... Read more »
Girls’ Swimming beats Lenape
February 3, 2010 • written by Brooke Weiss ('10)/ Eastside News/Features Editor
Filed under East Sports, Sports
Yesterday, East’s girls’ swim team won 102 to 68 in a meet against Lenape. The team came in first for the 200 medley relay with a time of 2:01.54 by Marlee Ehrlich, Kirsten Lee, Eliana Bennett and Morgan Lawler. Kirsten Lee came in first with a time of 2:21.74 for the 200 I.M., Morgan Lawler placed... Read more »
Varsity Wrestling loses close match to Lenape
January 27, 2010 • written by Max Cohen ('12)/Eastside Online Sports Editor
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Today East varsity wrestling lost by a score of 38-37. East started off very well, with East wrestlers winning the first 3 rounds of the match. Lenape, however, came back and ended up winning on the round of the match. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Varsity Wrestling loses close match to Lenape", url:... Read more »
Boys’ Varsity Basketball takes care of Lenape
January 26, 2010 • written by Max Cohen ('12)/Eastside Online Sports Editor
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In a game that was surprisingly not even close, the Cougars defeated Lenape 52-34. After appearing outmatched in their opening season loss to the Indians (50-37), the Cougars showed how much they’ve matured throughout the season in this huge victory to improve their record to 8-5. The first quarter... Read more »
Girls’ JV Basketball Defeats Washington Township
January 19, 2010 • written by Avra Bossov ('11)/Eastside News/Features Editor
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Today, the Girls JV Basketball team defeated Washington Township. The final score was 54-41, Cherry Hill East. The team’s starters were Shaylin O’Connell (’11), Lillian Chuwueze (’11), Rachel Sisholtz (’11), Caroline DiBartolomeo (’11), #12 and Courtney Workman (’11). Workman was the... Read more »
JV Basketball Falls to Clearview
January 19, 2010 • written by Rebecca Ohnona ('12)/ Eastside News/Features Editor
Filed under East Sports, Sports
East boys JV basketball lost against Clearview Regional High School, 76- 46 on January 16. Justin DeJesus (’11) was the leading scorer with 16 points, followed by Sam Rose (’11) with 11 points and Alex Kauth (’11) with 10 points. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "JV Basketball Falls to Clearview",... Read more »
Wrestling beats Paul VI; loses in tiebreaker to Triton
January 16, 2010 • written by Devon Braunstein ('10)/Eastside Managing Editor
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Today, the East wrestling team competed against Paul VI and Triton. East beat Paul VI with a score of 48 to 24. East tied Triton with a score of 26 to 26, calling for a tiebreaker. During the tiebreaker, however, East was defeated due to a penalty during the game. All four East captains won all... Read more »
Girls’ Varsity Basketball loses tight game to Eastern
January 13, 2010 • written by Sari Soffer ('10)/ Eastside Editor-in-Chief
Filed under East Sports, Sports
Yesterday, the East girls’ basketball team lost 57 to 54 against Eastern Regional High School’s top-ranked girls’ basketball team in South Jersey. The competition was tense as the East girls kept up with the aggressive and skilled Eastern players. Leading scorer Genevieve Boisvert (’10) had an... Read more »
Boys’ Swimming Defeats West
January 11, 2010 • written by Laura Kane ('11)/Eastside Community Editor
Filed under East Sports, Sports
Today, East’s boys’ swim team won a big home meet against rival West. The tallied score was 97 to 73. The team won the medley relay, 200 meter freestyle, 50 meter freestyle, 100 meter butterfly, 500 meter freestyle, 100 meter breaststroke and the 4×100 meter free relay. The key swimmers... Read more »
Boys’ Varsity Basketball Falls to Cherokee 81-70
January 5, 2010
Filed under East Sports, Sports
In a hard fought battle, the Cougars lost tonight to the Cherokee Chiefs 81-70 at Cherokee. The Cougars put lots of heart into the game, fighting for every loose ball and kept hustling until the end, but it seemed as though there was a Cherokee answer for every East three pointer. Despite Seth Friedman’s... Read more »
East boys’ varsity basketball defeats Gloucester Catholic 49-38
December 29, 2009 • written by Julie Coben ('11)/ Eastside Community Editor
Filed under East Sports, Sports
Yesterday, December 28, the Cherry Hill East Varsity basketball team gained its first win of the season by defeating Gloucester Catholic. In the first quarter, Edou Zaken (’11) contributed four points, helping the Cougars start out strong with an 8-4 lead. By halftime, the Cougars held a generous... Read more »
Boys’ Basketball falls in season opener
December 18, 2009 • written by Mike Davis ('10)/Eastside Sports Editor
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Tonight the Cherry Hill East Varsity basketball team kicked off their season against Lenape. The stadium was packed and extremely loud, thanks to the high-spirited Countrymen. The Cougars started the game out sloppy, falling behind to Lenape early on. East had trouble finding the opportunity to shoot... Read more »
Slutsky commits to Purdue
December 3, 2009 • written by Max Cohen ('12)/Eastside Online Sports Editor
Filed under East Sports, Sports
Cherry Hill East star baseball player Sam Slutsky (’10) has committed to attend and play baseball for the Purdue University Boilermakers. Purdue greatly impressed Slutsky as he visited the school in Indiana this week. Slutsky said, “I loved the school.” After his visit Slutsky knew... Read more »
West defeats East in Thanksgiving football
December 1, 2009 • written by Somya Mawrie ('10)/Eastside Business Manager
Filed under East Sports, Sports
The Thanksgiving homecoming game, which pitted the Cherry Hill East Cougars against the Cherry Hill West Lions, ended with a score of 14-0, in favor of West. The two teams played in the muddy field of West’s Morris Football Stadium. During the first quarter, the East defensive line held off... Read more »