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The EHT football team went 3-3 last season, but there’s confidence that they can once again become a state playoff team — something that hasn’t been done 2010.

he Eagles also got huge games from the Zinckgraf sisters, Amelia (a sophomore, 10 points, 12 rebounds, two steals) and Kierstyn (a junior, four points, five rebounds) to improve to 8-5 overall and 7-5 in the Cape-Atlantic League North.

Egg Harbor Township has five more games remaining on its schedule, including a tough season finale against St. Joseph Academy (8-1, 8-1 CAL West) on March 6 at noon.

The Last Dance features 222 teams statewide with 16 regionals, and only one team from each region will advance to next week.

Fouth-seeded Cherry Hill East never expected to see the No. 16 Egg Harbor Township Eagles staring back at them at the start of the South Jersey Group 4 semifinals on Saturday afternoon.

EHT got a huge boost from sophomore guard Carlos Lopez, a Williamstown transfer, as he scored a game-high 21 points.

Former EHT boys assistant coach Adam Swift is now the head coach of the Eagles’ girls program, and has his team in contention for a spot in the upcoming Cape-Atlantic League Tournament.

EHT has been playing well enough to step into the conversation in the CAL American race as well as competing for a berth in the upcoming CAL Tournament in mid-February.

Junior Katie McClintock helped Mainland set five school meters records in the Mustangs’ win over EHT.

It looks as though the new kid on the block looking to take the league title by the horns is Egg Harbor Township.