Aidan Groff- XC and Track & Field Groff was the top varsity boys’ cross country runner and a top boys’ track and field distance runner this season. He was the boys’ cross country Olympic Conference champion with a 16:05 5k. He was also...

Aidan Landis - Bowling Landis was the lead bowler on the varsity boys’ bowling team. He led the team with a high score of 591 on the season. “We were pretty lucky to have the season in the first place after pushing it back 2 months, and...

Ajuni Oberoi- Golf Oberoi was a lead varsity player for the girls’ golf team. She placed second in the Olympic Conference Tournament, earning her First-team All-Conference honors. “Being a part of the first Cherry Hill East Girls Golf Team...

Adam Blumenthal- Soccer and Golf “After a great year for soccer, I am hoping to continue what we started last year and help East soccer be acknowledged again. After starting golf last summer, I really have enjoyed playing for the East team and...

This year of athletics at Cherry Hill High School East was like none other. An unprecedented number of cancellations, pauses, season suspensions and reschedulings led to a tumultuous year in which more negatives may be spotted than positives. But one...

Welcome to our second weekly East spring sports recap! 9 of the 10 participating teams were featured in games, meets and matches over the last week. With lots of key victories and some solid performances, the Cougars are continuing to adjust to this...

Welcome back to the weekly East sports recap! Now that spring sports are in full swing, Eastside is bringing summaries of the action to you. This week, all 10 spring teams were in action as the seasons got underway. The Cougars baseball team played...

Social media has taken over our generation. In this day and age, people all over the world cannot spend a day without accessing their various social media platforms. Whether people use social media to post a video on TikTok, view someones Snapchat story...

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an unorthodox schedule this spring when it comes to the sports we all enjoy to follow. So while spectators may be at a minimum, Eastside is hoping to bring you all of the action possible from the months of April through...

The Cherry Hill East Cougars sent 13 runners to compete in the Winter Distance Invitational at Cherokee High School Saturday morning. The weather was perfect with clear skies and no breeze felt from Cherokee’s crater of a stadium, allowing for the runners...

Rapper Ghostemane is on blast in Lily Quintero’s ears as she walks onto the shiny gym hardwood. Dibart gym seems eerily quiet except for the faint noise coming from her earbuds as she walks over to the rack and picks up a ball, stepping toward the three-point...

Although the ongoing struggle with racism in this country has reached the forefront of national news several times during the past four years, it has been in the forefront of millions of individuals’ minds throughout their lives. Racism and racist stereotypes...

Lead by example. Do your part. Know what matters. Every high school athlete dreams of the moments where they can perform in front of a crowd, load the stat sheet, earn the accolades, and break the records. Lynell Payne was no different. Growing...

COVID-19 made its mark on their season early on, preventing lots of contact. East’s cheerleading team made the most of a difficult situation this football season. With a lack of fans, COVID-19 precautions in place and a confusing football schedule,...

Recap: The 2020 Cherry Hill East Boys Soccer team will hold a place in East athletics history. A playoff run that included a win in penalty kicks over Rancocas Valley, a dominant win over Vineland, and an overtime victory over Washington Township...

Recap: The 2020 Cherry Hill East Girls Tennis team was an unstoppable force all season long. Losing one match over the stretch of 12 games, they were able to defeat Williamstown, Rancocas Valley and Lenape on their way to a 19th trophy in 22 years....

The 2020 fall sports season at Cherry Hill High School East was one that will be remembered for decades to come. 7 varsity teams were able to compete amidst the devastating coronavirus pandemic, bringing a sense of normalcy that has been hard to come...

“As a team we have been working together for 6 months and all the pieces came together on the last kick,” said Luke Luehrs (‘21) after his game-winning strike that sealed the Cougars’ spot in the Group 4 Southwest Soccer Finals. The ball seemed...

Domination. That is the only word to describe the performance by the East boys soccer team on Tuesday evening. The chilly air, the strong breeze, the high expectations, the chance of an upset, the pressure of a home playoff game, were all factors that...

On Saturday, goalkeeper Matt Mueller (‘21) was as cool as the frigid November air walking towards the net he had practiced on for years. Hundreds of eyes were on him as he took his stance, ready to lead East to a victory in what was the most intense...

You could feel the emotion in the air as both the girls and boys teams played under the lights on a cold November night at West. This rivalry is cemented as one of the best in South Jersey, and since the late 1960s there has been an unmatched intensity...

As we enter the home stretch of the fall seasons, some marquee matchups took place this week, including plenty of drama from across all of the sports. From playoff games to exciting moments, this week showed that no pandemic can stop the thrill of sports. Boys...

The Cougars took on the Lions on Saturday, October 31, a Halloween that will go down in history as Cherry Hill East was the venue for the annual game. The rivalry between these two schools dates back decades, but the stadium of choice has always been...

The third week of sports of East saw every team in action, and lots of success stories to be told. From senior nights to conference championships and rivalry matchups, this week was jam-packed with great performances from all 7 teams. Cougars football...

The second week of fall sports brought forth lots of thrilling moments and momentum building for the 5 out 7 varsity teams that competed this week. COVID did little to impact the games, and it was only weather implications that postponed Friday’s matchups...

Sports are fully underway for this fall season at East and there was lots of action this week. Of course, COVID did provide its fair share of cancellations and rescheduling, but overall the majority of the games and meets were participated in, and there...

Cherry Hill East Field Hockey suffered a 9-0 defeat at the hands of the Shawnee girls on Monday, October 5th. The East girls were coming off a 9-1 loss to Washington Township last Tuesday, but are hoping to turn things around later this week against Paul...

The Cougars defeated visiting Washington Township by a score of 2-1 on Friday, October 2nd at Decou Fields in Cherry Hill. In a game that saw several opportunities, it was Luke Luehrs (‘21) who came through for East, scoring both of the Cougars’ goals. The...

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We live in a world where success is measured by the number of zeros in one’s bank account and by the accolades one has acquired. A world in which the line between poverty and affluence is so steep that to close it would take a millennium to close the...

The tennis courts at Cherry Hill High School East can often be seen with at least one match going on at a time. The snap of the racket as it connects with the neon ball can be heard from classrooms and neighborhoods alike. But not anymore. The courts...

What could've been? How well would spring sports teams have performed this season? How many championships would East teams qualify for? Many people keep asking themselves these questions. However, we will never know the answers. We can only imagine...

The sun sets over an empty Cougars field for the 60th consecutive day. There have been no face-offs, cross checks or goals since tryouts on March 12th. What was once a promising season has become a schedule filled with blanks across the win-loss columns....

The dugouts are gaining dust. The field’s grass is overgrowing. There have been no cracks of the bat or snaps of the glove since the last day of tryouts. The sunflower seeds and “Big League Chew” will be stashed away until the troublesome quarantine...

The tracks remain empty. The grass is long past overgrown. The hurdles remain untouched. The discus, shot puts and javelins are locked up in a shed, where they will remain for the foreseeable future. Athletes are known to persevere. Whether it be in...

Cherry Hill East’s Annie Behm (‘21) is making history one stroke at a time. Behm reached a monumental milestone at the NJ BAC Winter Invitational in January by beating the 2020 Olympic trials qualification time in both the 100m and 200m backstrokes....

It was one heck of a season. The No. 4 Cherry Hill East Cougars finally fell to the No. 3 Atlantic City Vikings in a gut-wrenching game on Tuesday evening. The scoreboard does not tell the story of this contest, as East kept the game close through...

The No. 4 Cherry Hill East Cougars have advanced to the NJSIAA Group 4 South Jersey Finals for the first time since they won it in 2015. That year, the Cougars made it all the way to the Group 4 New Jersey state championship, and this Cougars team has...

The No. 4 Cougars put on a show against rivals No. 5 Eastern at East on Thursday afternoon. In a game that was as intense as it can get, East was able to pull ahead late with some smooth shooting from the sophomore trio of Jake Green (‘22), Drew Greene...

The number four Cherry Hill East Cougars storm into the second round of the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 4 playoffs after an impressive win over the number 12 Shawnee Renegades at East on Tuesday the 3rd. Both teams entered the game on cold streaks, with...

The Cherry Hill East Cougars (17-7) snapped a three-game losing streak with a three-point victory over the Northern Burlington Greyhounds (13-11) at Dibart on Friday afternoon. East held off a late fourth quarter push to seal their 17th win of the season....

The Cherry Hill East Cougars’ first defeat at home came at the hands of Bishop Eustace Prep on Tuesday afternoon. After having their win streak snapped by Seneca last Thursday (55-38 loss), East couldn’t get momentum against a larger Eustace team...

The Cherry Hill East Cougars (16-4) remained undefeated at home in a double-overtime victory over rival Cherokee Chiefs (14-7) on Tuesday. East won their 10th straight game in thrilling fashion, as a tight contest was eventually divided in the sixth period...

The Cherry Hill East Cougars stretched their win streak to five with a hard-fought eight point win over Shawnee on Tuesday, January 28th at the Dibart Gym. Senior, Ryan Greene (‘20), continued his impressive season with a 16 point showing and the Cougars...

The Cherry Hill East Cougars shot 44% from the field and 37% from three in a win at East on Tuesday the 21st. Led by the 23 points poured in by Drew Greene (‘22), the Cougars pulled away in a commanding second half. Sophomore, Jake Green, dropped...

The East Cougars suffered their third loss of the season at the hands of the Cherokee Chiefs on Saturday, January 11th. The Cougars were led by Ryan Greene (‘20) and E.J. Matthews (‘22) who each scored a team-high of 8 points. Cherokee and East both...

The Cherry Hill East Boys Varsity Basketball team gritted out...

The Cherry Hill East Boys Varsity Basketball team had another impressive showing as they took down Pemberton on December...

The East Cougars put on a shooting clinic at the 8th Annual Jimmy V Tournament on Saturday, December 21st at Cherokee High School, winning 72-38. Both teams came in ready to defeat, as East was coming off an undefeated preseason and Gloucester Catholic...

48-0The East Cougars were firing on all cylinders Saturday as they took down the Princeton Tigers. East dominated at the line of scrimmage throughout the game.  They scored six rushing touchdowns on Princeton, who currently has a record of 0-4.   Running...