Part 1 in a Series Before the 2019 baseball season even got started, Coach Jim Hastings gathered his thoughts for the season, put pen to paper, and gave a laminated copy of his goals to each of his 18 players. He didn’t mince words: “Win section, win WPIAL, make state playoffs.” The players still have...Read More

Robby Shymansky is a five-star college tennis recruit and is classified among the top 50 boys singles players in the country. He proved, once again, that there’s credence in those rankings by winning a back-to-back WPIAL singles title on Tuesday, April 16. Just a week beforehand, he earned his fourth WPIAL Class AAA Section 3...Read More

By: Marty Stewart, Friday, April 12, 2019, TRIB-LIVE Mary Ellis, a junior on the Fox Chapel lacrosse team, has helped the squad to a strong start. In a 17-11 win over North Allegheny on April 1, she scored a goal and had nine assists. She followed that with two goals and four assists in an...Read More

Everyone notices the athletes who score the big points and get the “oohs” and “awes” from the crowds, and while these individuals might garner the most attention, there are significantly greater numbers of players whose efforts don’t make the scorebooks. Yet, without their contributions, no team could be nearly as successful. These players are the...Read More

By: Doug Gulasy, Sunday, April 7, 2019, TRIB-LIVE Robby Shymansky has a PIAA silver and bronze medal at his home, souvenirs from past appearances at the state Class AAA singles tournament. He’d like to add a gold to that collection. The pursuit of that begins Monday as Shymansky, the defending WPIAL Class AAA singles champion,...Read More