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The Evanston Township High School Wildkits shut out Naperville North 5-0 on Wednesday, Oct. 21, extending their winning streak to seven games and advancing to the state field hockey quarterfinals against Glenbrook North on Saturday in Antioch.
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Evanston Township High School lost 42-28 to New Trier in the first high school football game at Northwestern's rebuilt Ryan Field on Friday, Oct. 16, as nearly 27,000 tickets sold for what is believed to be the largest regular-season high school football crowd in Illinois history.
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Evanston sent 163 runners across the finish line at the Oct. 11 Chicago Marathon, up from 149 local finishers in 2025, with Tom Brady leading local men at 2:18:34 and Addison Hillerbrand topping local women at 3:05:19.
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Northwestern and Ryan Sports claimed a 35,000 sellout for the new Ryan Field's debut, but photos and press reports show hundreds of empty seats, and neither has released turnstile counts that would verify actual attendance.
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Northwestern fencing won titles in foil, epee and sabre and placed 19 fencers on the podium at the Remenyik ROC/RJCC, the program's season-opening tournament at Ryan Fieldhouse.
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Northwestern added 500 student seats for the new Ryan Field's opening game against Penn State on Friday, Oct. 2, citing overwhelming demand, with tickets claimable Monday by students who attended last week's welcome event.
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Northwestern volleyball fell 3-0 to UCLA at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Saturday, Sept. 26, dropping to 0-2 in Big Ten play as the Wildcats head into a Thursday road test at No. 15 Minnesota.
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Northwestern is reserving 500 discounted seats per home game at $25 for public servants who live or work in Evanston, with a waitlist open for the Oct. 2 Penn State opener where standard tickets start at $141.
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ETHS flag football lost 38-6 to unbeaten Glenbrook South on Wednesday, snapping an eight-game winning streak, as missed flag pulls and the absence of key defenders KyNia Hunt and Harper Wesenberg proved costly.
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Northwestern is hosting three events at the new $875 million Ryan Field this week, including a 10,000-person season-ticket-holder watch party Friday, ahead of the stadium's grand opening against Penn State on Oct. 2.
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The No. 1 Northwestern Wildcats (6-0) head to California for three games against Stanford (6-0), No. 18 Cal (5-0) and UC Davis to close non-conference play, riding back-to-back ranked wins anchored by goalkeeper Juliana Boon and four returning All-Americans.
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Northwestern released its 20-game Big Ten men's basketball schedule, opening conference play Dec. 1 against Wisconsin at Welsh-Ryan Arena as coach Chris Collins enters his 14th season with 11 newcomers and just three returning players.