By Bill Beckner Jr. Published: Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, 12:01 a.m. It’s not uncommon for teams to have a one-two scoring punch. But Fox Chapel’s scoring options this season are three-pronged. Senior guards Matt D’Amico and Brian Papich have combined with junior guard Billy Urso to average an impressive 59.8 of the team’s 74 points...Read More
December 19, 2013 12:00 AM By Ken Wunderley / Tri-State Sports & News Service Ron Frank had to think for a minute when asked when the last time was that his Fox Chapel wrestling team opened a season with six consecutive victories. “It was probably the 2008-09 team,” Frank said. “We had a 29-4 record...Read More
By Brian Graham Published: Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, 12:01 a.m. Updated 9 hours ago Matt D’Amico School: Fox Chapel Year: Senior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: D’Amico scored a game-high 21 points and eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for his career in the Foxes’ 63-51 Section 2-AAAA win over McKeesport on Friday. D’Amico also had 29...Read More
By Marty Stewart Published: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 9:00 p.m. Jenny Papich, a 2010 Fox Chapel graduate, is off to a strong start for the highly- ranked Gannon Knights basketball team. The Knights, who are ranked second in NCAA Division II, recently beat Glenville State, 90-84, to end Glenville’s 27-game home win streak. Papich, who...Read More
Senior basketball star Matt D’Amico is just one point away from a major milestone in his high school basketball career — scoring his 1,000th point. A varsity starter for all four years, the 6’2” guard most surely will become only the seventh boy’s basketball player in school history to reach the 1,000 point mark when...Read More