Month

July 2016
29
Jul

Snowball Ready for Soccer Season

By Marty Stewart | Thursday, July 28, 2016, TRIB-LIVE Michael Snowball, a senior on the Fox Chapel boys soccer team, spent the first part of the summer recovering from a knee injury and taking a few vacations. Since then, he’s been hard at work getting ready for the fall season. “The knee feels good, and...
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25
Jul

Coach Wins Prestigious Honor

By Karen Kadilak | Sunday, July 24, 2016, TRIB-LIVE Fox Chapel tennis coach Alex Slezak has earned an impressive honor. Slezak, 34, of Hampton was named the recipient of the 2015 United States Tennis Association Middle States Allegheny Mountain District High School Coach of the Year Award. He was picked from a group of candidates...
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22
Jul

Field Hockey Player Gains International Experience

By Marty Stewart | Monday, July 18, 2016 As a sophomore last fall, Fox Chapel’s Grace Knepshield made the All-WPIAL Class AAA field hockey team and was selected as the team MVP. More importantly, she helped the Foxes claim the WPIAL championship with a title-game victory against North Allegheny. She’s spent the summer traveling and...
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21
Jul

Tennis Player Looking for New Opportunities

By Marty Stewart | Thursday, June 16, 2016 In her first two years on the Fox Chapel tennis team, junior Amanda Nord was a regular in the WPIAL and PIAA winner’s circles. In 2014, as a freshman, she teamed up with Laurel Shymansky to win the WPIAL Class AAA doubles championship and finished second at...
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13
Jul

Twins Play Key Role for Volleyball Team

By Marty Stewart | Thursday, July 7, 2016, Desirae and Dominique Buccigrossi, rising seniors on the Fox Chapel girls volleyball team, are confident their final high school season will include an appearance in the WPIAL playoffs. The twins, better known as Dez and Dom, have been playing volleyball since the sixth grade. They are optimistic...
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