The substantial turnout at fall baseball and offseason training has given baseball coach Jim Hastings reason to be cautiously optimistic that his team can make it to the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs for the third consecutive season. They will need to overcome the challenge of having graduated 12 seniors, but the coach believes the diversity...Read More
First-year Lady Foxes softball coach Chris Olbrich, M.D., tells a funny story about one of the reasons why he loves coaching the sport. It all began when he convinced his son Nathaniel to play baseball when he was young, and then his daughter Samantha, wanting to be like her older sibling, began playing too. Coach...Read More
Freshman Sophie Shao took home her first high school gold medal in the 100 butterfly at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships, but she doesn’t remember much about it. Her winning time of 54.74, a personal best, beat her own school record and she swam even faster than her WPIAL qualifying time of 55.12 that...Read More
Seniors Christian Fitch and Grace Sisson, and sophomore Nele Frank each locked up individual invites to the PTFCA (Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association) state meet after their great performances at the qualifying meet held Feb. 22 at Edinboro University. The girls distance medley relay (DMR) team, comprised of all seniors, also advanced. The members...Read More
It had been two years since a Fox Chapel Area wrestler won a section title, but senior Alex Wecht powered his way through the 160 lb. weight class at the Feb. 22 WPIAL 3A Section 3 tournament to change that. He now advances, along with four of his teammates, to the WPIAL Class 3A tournament...Read More