Maybe by the time there’s a rematch between Evanston and Glenbrook South girls basketball – Jan. 5 in Glenview – the Titans will have figured out a way to attack […]
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A student’s coach: Evan Nielsen teaches hockey in his hometown
Evan Nielsen grew up in Evanston and played hockey here, and for the University of Notre Dame and the Chicago Wolves. After years in finance and education, he’s back rinkside in his hometown.
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ETHS boys basketball: Kits bounce back, claim 3rd at Fenton tourney
Any resemblance between the Evanston boys basketball team that suffered its first defeat of the season Friday night and the one that showed up Saturday for the final round of […]
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ETHS boys basketball: Defense can’t deliver berth in championship game
With a berth in the championship basketball game at stake at the 35th annual Fenton Thanksgiving Tournament, Evanston’s defense didn’t exactly rise to the occasion Friday night. Rolling Meadows burned […]
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ETHS boys basketball: Kits hold on for second straight victory
Even the elite high school basketball teams in Illinois don’t turn in consistent performances the first week of the season. Evanston isn’t close to elite yet. But despite an uneven […]
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ETHS boys basketball: Kits shake off rust, blow by opening opponent
A few nerves could have been expected at the Fenton Thanksgiving Tournament Tuesday in suburban Bensenville, considering that four out of five Evanston basketball players were starting their first varsity […]
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ETHS chess team wins Waubonsie Valley tournament
The ETHS chess team had its best outing of the season Saturday, taking first place at the Waubonsie Valley Team Tournament. The tournament featured four of the top 10 finishers […]
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Wildkit wrestlers counting on solid core
Three young wrestlers from Evanston represented Team Illinois at the Cadet National tournament back in June in Fargo, North Dakota, the first time that many Evanston grapplers have ever made […]
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ETHS girls basketball: Bolingbrook defense stifles Kits
Bolingbrook’s girls basketball program became famous – and notorious – back when Evanston head coach Brittanny Johnson was lighting it up during her high school days at Fenwick. The Raiders, […]
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‘I like where we’re at’: ETHS boys basketball preps for season opener
Once preseason tryouts were over, Evanston Township High School boys’ basketball coach Mike Ellis asked the remaining players the next day – before they began their sprinting drills – to […]