The Foxes’ wrestling team traditionally ends each calendar year by participating in the West Mifflin Steve DeAugustino Classic, where roughly 30 teams and 300 grapplers compete for top awards. This season, Fox Chapel Area had some impressive performances, particularly by senior Eddie Farrell, who battled his way to become the champion in the 220-lb weight...Read More

When Chuck Stover was a young teacher, just starting his career in the late 1960s as a Dorseyville Middle School math teacher, he was asked if he wanted to earn some extra money by videotaping high school football games. He thought it would be a good way to supplement his family’s income, but he probably...Read More

David Manelis, last year’s PIAA Class 3A diving runner-up, describes himself as a very outgoing person who enjoys talking to people. But when he approaches the diving board, it’s a totally different matter. That’s when his ability to maintain total focus on the moment sets in. “Mental toughness is definitely an important part of diving,”...Read More

Fox Chapel Area Boys Basketball Coach Zach Skrinjar is very superstitious, so for him to go out on a limb and say he has a good feeling about this year’s group of basketball players is, to say the least, very atypical. “I don’t really tell people that,” he says, “but this group excites me because...Read More

The Foxes’ senior swimmers are proud of a distinction that no others before or after them can ever claim: They are the first (and only) class that was part of the original group that inaugurated the new pool when it opened in 2016 and then swam in it all four years of high school. During...Read More