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The news site of Evanston Township High School's student newspaper

The Evanstonian

Eli Hartman-Seeskin

Eli Hartman-Seeskin, Sports Editor

My name is Eli Hartman-Seeskin. I’m a senior and this is my second year at ETHS and on the Evanstonian. Last year I was a sports reporter before transitioning to  sports editor and the beginning of this year and now to sports columnist. I’m a manager for Last Word on Sports, where I write, manage writers, and control the Last Word on Vikings twitter. I hope to translate my passion for sports journalism into a long broadcasting career. My time with the Evanstonian has helped me focus my career goals and hone the skills I need to reach them.

By Eli Hartman-Seeskin
Former ETHS basketball player pursues NBA dream

Former ETHS basketball player pursues NBA dream

Eli Hartman-Seeskin, Sports Columnist May 24, 2018

From E-Town to G-Town to G- League, Rodney Pryor’s basketball career has taken many twists and turns. After starting high school at Evanston, graduating from Notre Dame, starting college at...

Lessons from sports important regardless of future plans

Lessons from sports important regardless of future plans

Eli Hartman-Seeskin, Sports Columnist May 24, 2018

High school is perhaps the most unique period in an athlete’s career. It is when sports become a commitment rather than a hobby, when the hard working are separated from the complacent. High school...

Normalize, support LGBTQIA+ athletes

Normalize, support LGBTQIA+ athletes

Eli Hartman-Seeskin, Sports Columnist April 27, 2018

Today is the National Day of Silence, and students at ETHS and across the nation are bringing awareness to the silencing effects of homophobic and transphobic behavior and language. One area currently...

DIII commits prove passion with willingness to pay-to-play

DIII commits prove passion with willingness to pay-to-play

Eli Hartman-Seeskin, Sports Columnist March 23, 2018

The class of 2018 has a remarkable number of varsity athletes committing to college athletics, and even more remarkable is the number of Division III commits. The choice of these athletes to pay to play...

Wealth advantages in sports parallel politics

Wealth advantages in sports parallel politics

Eli Hartman-Seeskin, Sports Columnist February 22, 2018

Coaches, athletes and analysts say natural talent and a strong work ethic are all it takes to have success in athletics, but this limited and idealized view is simply false. Just as is true in American...

Physical education is unnecessary for varsity athletes

Physical education is unnecessary for varsity athletes

Eli Hartman-Seeskin, Sports Columnist December 15, 2017

All students at ETHS are required to take Physical Education all four years of school, but varsity athletes should not have to participate in PE on top of daily two-hour practices. Athletes have not always...

Athletic Dept. needs to dispel nepotism

Athletic Dept. needs to dispel nepotism

Eli Hartman-Seeskin, Sports Columnist November 21, 2017

The Athletic Dept. and Boosters claim to provide teams with proportionally equitable funding, but the current system leaves athletes feeling disadvantaged and needs to be adjusted for greater transparency...

Fans need to learn to cheer the right way

Fans need to learn to cheer the right way

Eli Hartman-Seeskin, Sports Columnist November 3, 2017

Louder and smarter. Despite high attendance at home games, fans’ over-excitement and lack of discipline detracted from the effectiveness of the student section. Evanston football generates a crowd...

Senior quarterback Drew Dawkins throws the ball downfield.

Earn it

Eli Hartman-Seeskin, Sports Editor October 13, 2017

Although Evanston football beat Glenbrook South last year, we shouldn’t ease up our game. After struggling through a difficult middle patch of the season, coach Mike Burzawa knows that the...

Collin Olla-Chatman catches a pass before the Palatine game

Flip the script

Eli Hartman-Seeskin, Sports Editor September 22, 2017

Evanston football has long struggled to dispel negative perceptions of the team, but a win tonight against reigning state champions Maine South in the CSL South opener could prove all the doubters wrong. “We’re...

Senior Nick Basso practices his swing.

Golf changes mindset for this season

Eli Hartman-Seeskin, Sports Reporter August 28, 2017

  The golf team has struggled over the past few seasons with inconsistent play, but new captains, a strong junior class, and a renewed emphasis on focus could make this season a memorable one.     ...

Ben Easington jukes a defender. He will attend USC next fall.

Defying the odds: ETHS boasts ten Division I commits

Only about two percent of high school athletes nation wide reach division one college athletics, but this year ETHS is proud to sport ten division one commits in eight different sports. Since 2008,...

Women in Sports Lunch works to change attitudes surrounding girls athletics

Women in Sports Lunch works to change attitudes surrounding girls athletics

Eli Hartman-Seeskin, Sports Reporter March 17, 2017

Empowerment. The women in sports lunch on Mar. 22 will be an opportunity to empower and recognize excellence among female athletes at ETHS. The annual lunch, which was created in the nineties, has...

Bowling team tries to turn around their season at CSL Tournament

Eli Hartman-Seeskin, Sports Reporter December 16, 2016

Bowling may have suffered a rough 1-11 start to the season, but the team is trying to unite in time to make a mark in the CSL conference tournament tomorrow, Dec. 17 at Classic Bowl in Morton Grove. “I...

Cross country has high expectations for conference

Eli Hartman-Seeskin, Sports Reporter October 5, 2016

The Girls Cross Country team may already be ranked third in conference, but the team has even higher expectations for themselves for an invite this Friday and a conference meet next Saturday on Oct. 15. All...

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