Surely, you mean “wildcats” “Kits” sound like “kittens.”
Which, surprisingly, is exactly what was intended. Turns out Evanston is host to another school, Northwestern Univ., and their mascot is the Wildcat. (Kind of like the Tarbabes, if you remember them.)
Evanston is a suburb of Chicago, on the North Shore. It dates back to just before the Civil War, and currently has about 78,000 people.
The high school itself dates back to the 1870s, and today has not quite 3,600 students. The school has over 1M sq. ft., the largest square footage of any HS in the country. Indeed, it looks like a college campus.
With such a large student body, it’s probably not too surprising that ETHS hosts 100 teams in 31 sports. They’ve won 26 state championships (including badminton & table tennis!).
But not girls flag football, at least yet
The actual, on-field mascot is called Willie the Wildcat. Which is exactly the same as Northwestern’s.
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