By Marty Stewart | Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016, TRIB-LIVE The Fox Chapel girls volleyball team finished with a 10-4 record in section play and ended up 12-5 overall last season. The Foxes’ season ended with a loss to Norwin in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs. Eight seniors graduated from that squad, including first...Read More

By Marty Stewart | Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016, TRIB-LIVE Last year, the Fox Chapel field hockey team won the Section 2 championship and followed that with a WPIAL title. The Foxes entered the PIAA playoffs with a 20-0 record before falling to Lower Dauphin in the first round. Coach Jen McCrady lost nine seniors from...Read More

by Michael O’Brien (Director of Athletics, Fox Chapel Area School District) Question: What is the history of the WPIAL and PIAA? Answer: The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) was founded in 1906 by a handful of representatives from Allegheny County. Their goal was to create a fair-play environment in interscholastic athletic competitions by regulating...Read More

When Tim Schilcher was appointed the new interscholastic strength and conditioning coach at Fox Chapel Area High School in June, he could barely wait to meet the student- athletes and get them started on the preseason training programs he had created especially for them. “I have so many ideas to help the players gain the...Read More

The Fox Chapel Area High School cheerleading squad has been practicing hard over the summer in preparation for the Foxes’ 2016-2017 sports season. Last year, the squad took first place in their division in the Elite Cheerleading Best in the ‘Burgh contest held at the University of Pittsburgh. Second-year coach Aleta Balcer said the girls...Read More