UpdatedSat, Mar 6, 2021 at 9:55 pm CT
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The Central Suburban League s decision to play back-to-back weekend games during the abbreviated basketball season placed even more of an emphasis on the preparation for each foe by every team s head coach.
What a difference a day made for Evanston s girls and head coach Brittanny Johnson on Saturday.
Just hours after suffering their first conference defeat, a lopsided 62-40 loss to New Trier, Johnson and Co. found the right answers on defense and stifled the Trevians in a 50-43 triumph at Beardsley Gymnasium.
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Evanston s clinging man-to-man defense held the visitors without a single field goal for a 7-minute stretch in the second half, and that effort was more than good enough to keep the defending champs alive in pursuit of another CSL South division title.
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One of the side effects of the pandemic for high school basketball is the fact that coaches can t send scouts out for in-person evaluations of future opponents.
Schools in the Central Suburban League have agreed to swap videos - but ask any head coach and they ll tell you it s just not the same.
So the teams that survive and thrive this 2021 campaign are going to be the ones that can prevail while adjusting as they go.
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So far, so good for Evanston s girls. The Wildkit defense stymied Glenbrook North Friday night at Beardsley Gym, holding the Spartans without a field goal for the entire second quarter, as ETHS scored a 57-25 victory and improved to 6-1 on the season while remaining undefeated in CSL South division play.
UpdatedFri, Feb 5, 2021 at 7:52 pm CT
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Four players on the 2021 Evanston varsity girls basketball roster played on the freshman team last year.
Two players were in 8th grade.
Brittanny Johnson could coach at Evanston for another 20 years and not see more new faces from one season to the next.
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Complicating matters further, the ETHS coach only has a 5-week season to work with, beginning on Saturday when the Wildkits host Vernon Hills in the 4 p.m. contest of a boys-girls varsity doubleheader.
Administrators in the Central Suburban League have put in place a doubleheader schedule consisting almost entirely of only league opponents, with the boys and girls alternating which varsity teams will play first. Only 50 spectators will be allowed in the stands, although ETHS fans can view all home games streaming on the National Federation of High Schools online network. Games will be broadcast on https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/evanston-township-high-school-evanston-il