Sports

These non-contact camps teach athletic skills, football skills, and life skills to kids 6 to 14 years old. Camps are led by professional, college and high school football coaches with experience as educators.

The Evanston Parks/Recreation and Community Services Dept. oversees a wide range of services: Cultural Arts, Ecology, Forestry, Parks, Recreation, Youth Engagement, Senior Services and Disability Services. The divisions offer a variety of programs for children, teens, adults, seniors, and people with special needs.

Cultural Arts Division: Promotes the arts in Evanston and provides information about the arts and arts events. Presents free events including Evanston Lakeshore Arts Festival, Ethnic Arts festival, Starlight concerts, and Arts Week.

The Ecology Center: Strives to foster a greater appreciation, awareness and knowledge of the natural environment and our interdependence with it through educational programs and services.

The Convoy is a regional volleyball club for players 18 and younger. Boys and girls teams allow young athletes to continue working on their volleyball skills during the off season. Season runs from September through February. Tryouts in early September; fees.

A youth soccer program for boys and girls ages 4 to 18 who live or attend school in or around Evanston. All children are able to participate, without regard to special abilities, financial constraints, or other needs.

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Nearly 60-year-old, all-volunteer organization, teaches Evanston's young people the skills, values, and just plain fun of baseball and fast pitch softball. In addition to regular league play for ages 5-15, offers: Travel Baseball Teams, Travel Softball Teams, Lakeshore Feeder Baseball League and Buddy Baseball.

A group of boaters who like to fish. Meet the first Tuesday of the month, April through September, at Chandler- Newburger Community Center, Lincoln & Ridge Avenue in Evanston to discuss safety, boat maintenance and fishing. They raise funds to donate to improve the boat launch sites, hold 2 fishing tournaments and an annual picnic.

The Evanston Cricket Club, Hereafter Referred To As ECC Has Been In Existence For Over Thirty Years. It Is A Non-Profit Organization Primarily Consisting Of Jamaicans. The ECC Has A Chapter And Is Registered With The State Of Illinois. The Home Grounds Is Located At James Park At The Intersection Of Dodge & Oakton In Evanston Il.

ECC Plays About Sixteen (16) League Cricket Matches During The Season. In Addition,
A Few Non-League Matches Referred To As Friendly Games Takes The ECC To Places Such As Atlanta, Ohio And Canada.

Not Only Does The Club Entertain And Unite Individuals At Local / Community Level, It Has Expanded Its Reach To Jamaica. The ECC Adopted The Comfort Hall School In Manchester, Jamaica Sponsoring Students Towards Higher Education For The Pass Six Years Donating School Supplies, And With Help From Our Members Set Up A Computer Lab With Sixteen Computers And Printers.

Grass roots youth football and cheerleading organization, founded in 1994, is part of the Central Suburban Youth Football League, which is comprised of teams from the North Shore of Illinois.  Offers both tackle and flag football (see website for age/weight levels).  The goal is to teach fundamental football skills and philosophy to players between Kindergarten and eighth grades; maintains close ties with the ETHS Football coaching staff.

For cheerleading information (for students entering 1st through 8th grade), contact DarLisa Himrod, Director of Cheerleading, at jwcheer@gmail.com.

Member of the Pop Warner Football organization, open to all players, ages 5-14 and girls, ages 5-14, interested in Cheerleading. Instructional levels: Tiny Mite, ages 5-7, Mighty Mite, ages,7-9. Competetive levels: division 3, ages 8-14. No tryouts required; mandatory play strictly enforced. Registration fee. Academic standards must be maintained in order to participate.

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Member of the Pop Warner Football organization, open to all players, ages 5-14 and girls, ages 5-14, interested in Cheerleading. Instructional levels: Tiny Mite, ages 5-7, Mighty Mite, ages,7-9. Competetive levels: division 3, ages 8-14. No tryouts required; mandatory play strictly enforced. Registration fee. Academic standards must be maintained in order to participate.

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Founded in 1973 and open to anyone interested in running for whatever reason. Information on weekly runs, including marathon and half-marathon training and track workouts is available on our website http://www.evanstonrunningclub.org/  We also support other running events and have other group activities.

Program offers young tennis players opportunities for drilling, instruction and matchplay. Feeder program for ETHS junior and varsity tennis teams with ETHS coaches as instructors. After-school and Sunday classes.

ETHS Summer Sports Camps are designed to provide the student-athletes in our community with
a foundation of fundamental skills, knowledge, character and leadership development, and love
for athletics. Summer Sports Camps for ages 8 to 18.
ETHS continues to provide financial assistance, based on need, to campers living in School Distict 202

Evanston Women’s Golf League welcomes new members for play on Wednesdays. From May 3rd- through June 28th play (12 holes) is at Canal Shores Golf Course, 1031 Central Street, Evanston. After then, through mid-September, we will play at a nearby 9-hole course, to be determined. Those interested may call Flo Malizola at 847-864-3897 or Kate Spector at 847-869-4218 for more information.

Evanston Youth Lacrosse Association is a not-for-profit, community-based organization offering competitive and instructional youth Boys Lacrosse programs for grades K-8, and Girls Lacrosse programs grades PreK-6. (Girls are welcome to play in the Boys-rules lacrosse programs.)

A community recreation facility with programs for adults and children, including a fitness center, dance studio, regulation gymnasium, and auditorium space. Provides extensive after-school and summer programs for children, School Day Off programs and Senior Lunch, served every Wednesday.

The goal of JaHbat F.C. is to provide a safe and productive environment that enables children to learn and apply the principles of teamwork, discipline, dedication, and sportsmanship. We facilitate the development of strength and character in every child that participates. Participation in JaHbat F.C. is open to all boys and girls. JaHbat F.C. develops soccer players from Evanston, IL and also surrounding areas. The main site for JaHbat F.C. Evanston soccer club is located by the Evanston High school. With the secondary site; JaHbat F.C. Bensenville soccer club in the Bensenville area.
We are sustained by the efforts of volunteers who display an extraordinary amount of commitment and hard work, ensuring that JaHbat F.C. is a positive influence in the lives of our children. We also strive to provide a service to our community by providing a healthy outlet for children, opportunities for the community to gather together, and endless hours of entertainment.

Sportsmanship Teamwork Strength Character Discipline Dedication

We welcome all children, regardless of race, creed or national origin.

Fitness, aquatics and recreational sports facilities. Walking/jogging indoor track, squash, tennis and racquetball courts, weight conditioning facilities at the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion; Olympic sized pool for swimming laps, water fitness classes, swimming lessons at the Norris Aquatics Center. Classes in wellness and personal training; CPR. Massages and summer camps.

Memberships are available to non-Northwestern members of the community. Call the membership office at 847-491-4303 for information on fees.
Offers occasional free classes and health screenings for the general public.

Summer sports camp offering instruction tailored to children 5-14 and ability levels. Meets at St. Athanasius School, Lincoln and Ashland, Evanston
Lady Olympians for Girls in Grades 3-8.
Rookies for Grades Kindergarten through 2nd, Boys & Girls.
Jr. Varsity Boys, grades 3-5.
Varsity for Grades 6th through 8th, Boys.

For schedule, see Camp For Champs.

The Community Center offers sports programs, classes in the visual and performing arts, after-school program and Preschool Programs for ages 2 to 5.
Dance classes include ballet, tap, ballroom and creative movement.
The Ice Complex provides ice skating, figure skating, hockey, speedskating and broomball. Skates may be rented to attend the public skating sessions and may be rented for use during skating classes.
Party rentals available.

Team Evanston is a competitive community-based soccer club committed to training players to perform at their best in a team environment. Development of technical and tactical skills for players of all levels of abilities is the focus of Team Evanston. Offers individual player training.
Three season (fall, winter and spring) playing options; registration fees. Indoor training facility at 2025 Dempster St., Evanston.
Summer 3v3 Camps

Team Evanston was officially founded in 1991 through the merger of Evanston’s two premier traveling youth soccer clubs – Gross Point Soccer and Pele Stars. The main purpose of the merger was to unite Evanston club soccer under one umbrella organization, and to improve the overall quality of youth soccer in Evanston. Both clubs had a great tradition in Evanston, but agreed it was time to pool resources and talents to create a better experience for both boys and girls in Evanston.
Today Team Evanston consists of 40 boys and girls team including approximately 600 children playing from U8 through U19. Though the organization is still run by a volunteer board, all teams have paid and licensed coaches. The club also has a paid director of coaching responsible for the hiring of coaches and development of curriculum for all age levels.

Intense fitness training for members to the highest standards of numerous physical disciplines: Pilates, boxing,Ta’i Chi, Gyrotonic® and Gyrokinesis® and personal training. Judo, boxing and boot camps for kids.

Evanston Boxing Club: The club welcomes all levels and ages to participate in classes and individual training. Offers opportunities to compete at all levels from professional to white collar. Club Members compete successfully in USA Boxing events in the Chicago area.

With two pools, a cool, deep water pool and a warm, shallow depth pool, YWCA Flying Fish offers swim lessons, swim team, water polo, masters swimming, aqua aerobics, and lap swimming. Flying Fish Swim School teaches 1,200 children to swim each year, and the Flying Fish Swim Team is one of the largest in Illinois, with 500 swimmers ranging in age from 6-18.

YWCA actively reaches out to children in the community who don’t know how to swim and provides scholarships to ensure equitable access to swim lessons and swim team for all kids. As a lead partner in Evanston Swims!, YWCA also provides free swim instruction to second graders in Evanston Public Schools.