By: Greg Macafee, Monday, March 22, 2021, TRIBLIVE Like every softball team in the WPIAL, Fox Chapel is dealing with a lot of unknowns heading into the 2021 season. Chris Olbrich became head coach before last season after serving as an assistant for a few years, and the Foxes only got one scrimmage in before...Read More
By: Michael Love, Saturday, March 20, 2021, TRIB-LIVE After defending her WPIAL title in the 100-yard butterfly two weeks ago, Fox Chapel sophomore Sophie Shao went looking for a similar repeat performance Saturday at the PIAA Class AAA championships at Cumberland Valley. Mission accomplished. Taking to the pool for the third time in a little...Read More
Brad Everett, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 15, 2021 Patrick Monteverde stood confidently on the pitcher’s mound at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, staring at the catcher’s mitt as he prepared to throw his first pitch for one of the top Division I college baseball programs in the country. Despite the fact he was pitching in...Read More
Brad Everett, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 9, 2021 When Andy Swartout checked into the game in the second quarter Tuesday night, he turned into a pool shark. Three ball. Corner pocket. Repeat over and over again. Pine-Richland needed a spark, and right on cue, it was a reserve junior guard who helped the Rams stick it...Read More
By: Greg Macafee, Saturday, March 6, 2021, TRIB-LIVE Throughout this season, the Fox Chapel boys basketball team has gotten contributions from several players. Junior Eli Yofan has been the go-to-guy, averaging 22 points a game, but JP Dockey, Kent Baldauf, Jake DeMotte and Russell Fenton have all come up big at times as well. “That’s...Read More