The Evanston Wildkits baseball team plays in the championship game today at the Spring Classic tournament in Orlando, Fla., after a third straight victory Wednesday.
Junior Miles Shatkin tossed a complete game no-hitter in an 11-1 slaughter of Amalie from the Virgin Islands Tuesday in the Evanston Wildkits second game of a spring-break road trip to Florida.
In 90-degree heat at historic Sanford Stadium, the Evanston Wildkit varsity squad never trailed and defeated TC Williams of Virginia 8-2 in the Kits first game on their Florida spring trip.
Evanston managed only one hit (by Alex Vergara) and struck out 15 times against a dominant Hersey pitcher to lose its second straight in a 3-0 loss to John Hersey High School today.
Plans for a sixth edition of the summer grand prix bicycle race in downtown Evanston have crashed, with organizers unable to come up with enough sponsor backing to hold the event.