Banner Week for ETHS Athletic Teams

Baseball team ties school record for regular season wins

The Wildkits’ 7-1 home win over Lake Zurich put the team at 25-7-1 overall and tied the school record for victories. In the win, Senior James Allen pitched four and one-third innings of scoreless relief and junior Ben Wilson went 3-for-4 with 2 runs-batted-in.

ETHS hurdler gets 3rd in state

Senior hurdler Remy Amarteifio had a time of 14.59 seconds in the 100-meter hurdle event at the Illinois High School Association Class 3A state finals at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston on Saturday.

Amarteifio’s time trailed only Jayla Stewart of Homewood-Flossmoor (14.01) and last year’s Class 2A champion, Grace Cronin of Fenwick (14.42). She scored Evanston’s only team points after chalking up a personal record in her specialty for the third week in a row during Friday’s preliminary competition with a 14.41 effort.

Soccer team captures regional title

The Wildkits girls soccer team overpowered Northside College Prep 6-0 to the Class 3A St. Ignatius Regional championship, advancing to their home Sectional matchup Tuesday night.

Two goals by freshman Vanessa Eljaiek and one each by Maia Cella, Kira Favakeh, Alex Berkley and Katy Kremin led the way for ETHS (17-5-3).