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10
Nov

Football Has One of WPIAL’s Best Turnarounds

In the spring of 2015, Tom Loughran put in a call to longtime friend, fellow coach, and former high school teaching colleague Bob Sporio, and asked him a big favor. He wanted histrusted cohort by his side as he took over the head coaching position for the Fox Chapel Area High School football team. Even...
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09
Nov

Foxes Lose to Norwin Again

By William Whalen | Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, TRIB-LIVE Sometimes the sequel is just as good as the original. Eleven days after a 1-0 win over Fox Chapel in the WPIAL Class AAAA girls soccer semifinals, the WPIAL champion Knights proved the first game was not an aberration. Norwin upended the Foxes, 1-0, in the...
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06
Nov

PIAA Doubles Champs

By Jeff Dewees | Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, TRIB-LIVE The doubles duo of Amanda Nord and Charlotte James of Fox Chapel won gold in Class AAA by defeating Devin and Erin Gramley of neighboring Shady Side Academy, 6-0, 6-2, in the final. In the doubles final, Nord and James were in control the entire match....
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04
Nov

Girls’ Soccer Advances to PIAA Playoffs

It’s not over until it’s over. The Foxes girls’ soccer team just got to experience the meaning of that idiom when they beat Mt. Lebanon, 1-0, in the WPIAL Class AAA consolation match held November 2. That win kept their playoff chances alive by giving them the chance to compete in the first round of...
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04
Nov

Field Hockey Sticks to Plan for PIAAs

The girls on the field hockey team have been here before, and it’ a great place to be. For the second consecutive year, the team won the WPIAL Class AAA championship and is PIAA playoff-bound. This time around, however, the players and coaches are determined their season won’t end until they bring home a medal...
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