Official Evanston Township High School Wildkits Mens Basketball twitter feed. 31 Conference🏆 37 Regional🏆 16 Sectional🏆 12 Final Four🏆 1 IHSA State Champ🏆
Let us all pray and uplift the spirits of the Bost family as we all mourn the loss of Ryan Bost, c/o 2019. Our hearts are heavy but we will get through this together as one TEAM and FAMILY... 🙏🏽#️⃣2️⃣4️⃣🧡💙
After last night’s triple-overtime win at Maine South, Blake Peters has climbed to the
#1
spot as Evanston Twp. High School Men’s Basketball all-time leading scorer, passing HOF Juvon McGarry (89’) at 1,479 points with 1,490 points and counting.
@ballerblake34
#Proud
🪣🪣🪣🪣
Congratulations to Rashawn Bost (
@Rashawnbost24
) , who has committed to continue his academic and athletic endeavors as a future Roadrunner at Southwestern Michigan College, for head-coach Rodell Davis.
Congratulations to Elyjah Williams, who has committed to continue his academic and athletic endeavors as a future Wildcat at Northwestern University, for Coach Chris Collins. Evanston's first scholarship player for the Northwestern Wildcats Basketball program.
@NUMensBball
👏🏽
Great to see much of the Pride of Evanston, returning for the 24 Hours Basketball charity event to pay tribute to our very own Ryan Bost🏀 Congratulations & huge thank you to Camp Kuumba & the Warren Cherry Scholarship Foundation for serving our Evanston youth🙌🏿🙌🏾🙌🏽🙌🏼🙌🏻🙌
Blake Peters drains it from 3️⃣ to ice the game! A great win and an even better team effort to help us advance to the semi-finals. Also, great screen by Isaiah Holden 🧱.
#kitswin
New Dark Mode kits for the Kits😾
The
@ETHShoops
team will be wearing new blackout edition uniforms this & future seasons for:
⚫ Player-selected games (2),
⚫ Select Tournament Finals
⚫ All away games week of MLK Day
⚫ All away games 1st week of February- Black History Month
We are proud of Blake and know Princeton will be getting not just a great player but also a scholar in his own right. Now, time to get ready for the “Last Dance” ETOWN edition! 1️⃣5️⃣🟠🏀🔵
Congratulations to Blake Peters (
@ballerblake34
) on being selected to the 2021 Chicago Sun-Times All-Area Team!!!
All time leading scorer (1,585 Points)
3x all conference
Schools all time 3-point leader
105-18 record (.853)
Sun-times All area 2021
4-year Varsity starter
🏀 Big congratulations to our head coach Mike Ellis for his induction into the class of 2024 Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame!
4️⃣5️⃣3️⃣ wins
1️⃣3️⃣conference championships
1️⃣5️⃣ regional championships
7️⃣sectional championships
4️⃣ IHSA State Final 4’s
Last night against Indiana State our very own Lance Jones (
@LanceBuckets
) c/o 2019, became the 25th player in
@SIU_Basketball
program history to achieve 1️⃣3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ career points. We are beyond proud of Lance and his continued excellence!
DeVaughn Bell, Colin Farragher and Jerome Smith, we celebrate you and the entire class of 2020🎓. Thank you for your contribution and commitment to ETHS Basketball over these past 4 years🏀🟠🔵. Continue to make a difference and be courageous‼️
#ClassOf2020
#seniors2020
#ETOWN
Congratulations to Josh Thomas (
@Josh24Thomas
) as he was selected to first team CSL-South All-Conference. We’re proud of Josh and his effort this season.
#PROUD
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#HTTOB
Both the men’s and women’s basketball team win tonight making history as the girls for the first time advance to the finals in the Montini Xmas tournament in the Coach Johnson Era and the boys win the championship at Centralia for the first time in the Ellis Era! Let’s go Kits!
Last night with the win over Centralia to win the Centralia holiday tournament, Blake Peters made history as he scored 20pts to put him in the 1,000 career points club! Congratulations to an exceptional, and hardworking young man.
@ballerblake34
1️⃣0️⃣1️⃣7️⃣‼️‼️
When I was first hired as a head coach, what has become 17 teams to date, I felt something in my soul to honor the one who inspired my love for the game🏀🏀🏀🏀
2019-20 ETHS WILDKITS BASKETBALL
🏀 29-4 Season Record
🏀 9-1 Conference Record
🏀 Final AP Poll Ranked
#7
IHSA Class 4A
🏀 Sectional Finalist when trn cancelled
🏀 Regional Champs (6 years in-a-row)
🏀 Conference Champs (6 years in-a-row & school record)
Today we honored Kobe Bryant with our 1st drill being 8 minutes and 2nd drill being 24 minutes. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who were in this incident. Let’s all remember this world is not our home but a space we fill temporarily. Thank you Kobe 8️⃣x2️⃣4️⃣
Congratulations to Jaheim Holden(
@stg_jah
), who has chosen to continue his academic and athletic endeavors as a future River Hawk at Umass Lowell, for Coach Pat Duquette. Happy for you Jaheim!
Even though we know Coach doesn't seek fanfare, we simply want to congratulate Coach Ellis on 300 career wins at Evanston. As Coach would often say, "It's the players, not me." We also want to congratulate every player who has been part of these 300 wins.
Congratulations to Coach Mike Ellis!!!
Monday's
#KitsWin
over Maine East gave Coach Ellis his 300th victory as Head Boys Basketball Coach at ETHS!!! He's racked up over 450 in his head coaching career!!!
Kits win 6th straight CSL conference championship. A tough game full of grit, grind, and hustle. We beat a well coached GBS team. Also, congrats to our women hoops team for winning there regional.
@coachbrittjay
Congratulations to Elijah Bull (
@E2Youngbull
) , who has committed to continue his academic and athletic endeavors as a future Eagles at Post University, for Coach Marc Kuntz.
With the college basketball season approaching, let’s give a shout-out & support to our 1️⃣1️⃣(‼️) Wildkits playing college basketball this year. 💪
😼🏀 |
#GoKits
➡️
#CollegeKits
𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐞. 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲. 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫.
We honor Nojel Eastern class of 2017 as he has been inducted into the ETHS Athletics Hall of Fame. 👏🏽💯🧡💙
@NEblessed_20
🌟𝕳𝖔𝖓𝖔𝖗𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖊 𝕸𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝕬𝖑𝖑-𝕭𝖎𝖌 𝕿𝖊𝖓
Congratulations to former Wildkit Lance Jones '19 on receiving All-Big Ten Honorable Mention! We're proud of Lance and cheering for him in the 2024 Big Ten tournament in Minneapolis this week.
#CollegeKits
🏀👏🏽 🔛🔝🔛
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jacob Blake, Sr. and the entire Blake family. WE DEMAND JUSTICE! We cannot rest until justice is served. We are one TEAM with one goal and that is to end racism in this country. BLACK LIVES MATTER. ✊🏾
Kits secure the win against the Trevians. Hard fought battle and a great way to celebrate the Bost family!!! This was a maximum TEAM EFFORT. Thank you, students, community members, fans, ETHS staff, and Northwestern. We’re back at New Trier on Monday, February 7, 2022.
#FOCUSED
Wishing all 🔟 of our D-I and D-II Evanston Wildkits Basketball alumni players a very successful season this year🏅 We are all so proud of each of your stories and are excited to follow your 2021-22 journey 🧡💙
#family
#etownforlife
Congratulations to Prince Adam’s (
@Prince_Adams4
) as he was selected to first team CSL-South All-Conference. We’re proud of Prince and his accomplishments.
#PROUD
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#HTTOB
It has been a fun ride and sadly it has ended. Can’t say enough about this group. Thank you to our eight seniors and three senior managers. As a coaching staff we are proud of their accomplishments and wish them all the best!
Great seeing both Lance Jones ('19) and Avi Shapira ('21) catching up after the Purdue vs. Michigan BIG TEN matchup. Opponents on the court, but always and forever Wildkits! 🏀
#CollegeKits
#Family
As William Shakespeare once famously wrote....
"To 3️⃣ or not to 3️⃣, it's not even a question."
ETHS' Top-2 greatest shooters of all-time 👌🏽-🏀🥇🥈🌠🔥🧡💙
#therealtopguns
#evanstonlegends
Congratulations to David Gieser (
@david_gieser
) as he was selected to first team CSL-South All-Conference. We’re proud of David and his accomplishments.
#EARNEDNOTGIVEN
#PROUD
.
As the night draws to an end we cannot forget these 4 outstanding seniors. Our program is better because of these amazing students who’ve committed their time, energy, and effort to our program. The heartbeat of our program.
#gokits
#managers
2️⃣1️⃣🎓
Congrats to our captain and junior guard, Theo Rocca, on being selected to the first team CSL-South All-Conference. We're proud of Theo and his accomplishment! 🏀💪🏼👏🏼
#ETOWN
#PROUD
𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓕𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓵 4️⃣ 𝓕𝓮𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰
Congratulations to Lance Jones and
@BoilerBall
for making it to the NCAA Final 4! A remarkable achievement - we are incredibly proud of Lance and his efforts! Your father and Ryan Bost must be beaming with pride from above!
#CollegeKits
Congratulations to Isaiah Holden (
@isaiah5holden
) , who has committed to continue his academic and athletic endeavors as a future Lion at Missouri Southern State University, for Coach Jeff Boschee. Happy for you Itchy!
Can't tell you how proud we are to hear SIU Mens Basketball Head Coach Bryan Mullins share his thoughts on former ETHS star, and Saluki point guard, Lance Jones' freshman season🏀💯👀🙏🏽📈 📸🔊
@siusalukis
2️⃣Final Fours 🏆
4️⃣Elite 8’s 🏀
4️⃣ Sectional Championships🏀
8️⃣ Regional Championships🏀
RT to help us wish a Happy Birthday to
@CoachMikeEllis
! 🎂🥳
#GoWildkits
Thank you
@NU_Sports
and especially
@ETHSports
our athletic director Chris Livatino, asst. athletic director Mike Burzawa and all security, staff, and volunteers for such an amazing event. To all the teams that participated we greatly appreciate your effort and sportsmanship!
On behalf of the ETHS Mens Basketball team, we would like to invite you to the premiere viewing of former ETHS and current UIC Honors college student, Jamal Graham’s Capstone Presentation-- "Black in Evanston: Exploring Social Justice in Evanston’s Education, Leadership, and Art”
A big win tonight!! Our guys were down but we kept our composure and pulled out the win to close out our road trip. Thank you to all those who came out to support us and thanks to
@NewTrierBBB
for the hospitality. Big week coming got to get back in the lab 🧪
The inspirational feature on Lance Jones and his father, both ETOWN hoops players, is a powerful must-watch. Lance's journey continues to inspire so many, and I couldn't be prouder.
#Inspiration
#ETOWN
#Collegekits
Lance Jones' father, Robert, died August 29.
The SIU transfer had yet to play a game for
@BoilerBall
, but the whole team attended the funeral. 🖤
@BTNJourney
shares Jones' story. ⤵️
Kits win to start off the year! Solid team win and a great effort in the 2nd half. Back to the lab 🥼to get ready for Antioch. Game time tomorrow at 5:30 PM. Final score: 65-55.
Making a difference in 2020. These ETHSHOOPS players have volunteered their time and effort to be H.S. voting judges: Ashton Laude, Blake Peters, Elijah Bull, Ethan Kye, Isaiah Holden, Jack Tully, Jake Vasilias, and Mackenzie Brewer. We are very proud of your efforts and service.
Kits win a nail biter to its biter rivals New Trier! Always a well coached team
@AthleticsNTHS
. The kits move on to sectionals. Time to go back to the drawing board ✍🏾 and get in the lab 🧪
Final score! Thank you to our seniors for an amazing 4 years. There's only a few team's that can say they accomplished all that this group accomplished these 4 years. Congrats to
@DePaulPrepMBB
.
We are excited to host the 12th Annual War On The Shore, today, Jan. 28, 2023. 3️⃣ GREAT games for a GREAT cause
@DannyDidOrg
. We’ll be using a :35 Shot Clock! 2PM New Trier vs. DePaul Prep, 3:30 Loyola vs. Bolingbrook, 5PM ETOWN vs. Notre Dame. All in our historic Beardsley gym!
Congrats to Austin Brown, former Evanston Township basketball standout, for winning the
#distinguishedalumni
Outstanding Alumn award. One of the youngest to ever to receive this award. He is one of the top agents in the game. Was on the 30 under 30 Forbes list. Currently.....
Final score‼️ kits win‼️ A good win tonight against
@NewTrierBBB
. Another successful Bob Bost classic in the books and now locked in 🔒for our game on Sunday! 🔶🔷🏀😾
Wildkits beats a tough and well coached St. Viator team (
@stviatorbball
) at the 44th annual Thanksgiving Classic! A great way to close out the thanksgiving holiday. Thanks to
@ViatorClassic
for hosting us, always a great experience.
It has been a wild ride and sadly it has ended. Can’t say enough about this group. Thank you to our eleven seniors and one senior manager. As a coaching staff we are proud of their accomplishments and wish them all the best!
It was a close one as Evanston collided with Bloom for a close game but with pose and as a TEAM the wildkits pulled through and got the win! Back to business as the kits have another tough 3 game stretch coming. 🟠🔵😾🏀
Kudos to our captain and senior guard, Jonathan Dickson, for leading the way this year and being selected for the CSL-South Sportsmanship Award. Proud of the leadership Jonathan brings to our team and the standard he sets every day! 🏀💪👏
#ETOWN
#PROUD
Top 🔟 reasons to choose
@ETHS
as Evanston residents for your high school diploma and student-athlete experience
⭐ ETHS Administrative leadership
⭐ Faculty and staff committed to ALL student's growth and development
Nojel Eastern (’17) was selected with the 11th pick in the 2nd round of the G-League draft by the Iowa Wolves. Continue to make us proud and it's just the beginning!
#HTTOB
#ProKITS
What a year‼️📅‼️ This senior class of 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ continues to rack up record setting wins and championships as they leave their mark on their ETHS Basketball legacy🏀🎯🏆🏅💯🔊