Down the road, Grace Gackenbach would like to be a physician. But in the meantime, she’s focused on academics, serving as president of her junior class, and clocking about 80 miles a month in the water with the Foxes’ girls’ swim team. It’s a grind for sure, but it’s paid off for Grace, one of...Read More

The boys’ basketball coaching staff observed something recently about the way the team was playing that they weren’t happy about it. Their solution was, quite literally, eye opening. “We noticed that we were playing with our heads down too much, missing open people, and not looking at the rim,” says head coach Zach Skrinjar. “Coach...Read More

Four Foxes wrestlers stood out among the nearly 400 competitors at the 18th Allegheny County Wrestling Championships held at Fox Chapel Area High School, January 18 and 19. “Once again, we had a field of incredibly talented wrestlers,” says Foxes’ wrestling coach Ron Frank, one of the tournament’s original founders. “There were many hard- fought...Read More

Posted on: January 19th, 2019 by Drew Karpen, Big 5/6 Athletic Conference  Friday night’s Fox Chapel at Penn Hills boys basketball game had no barring on the section standings, but it had the excitement level of two teams battling for first place. With 20.7 seconds left in double overtime and his team down by two...Read More

By: Marty Stewart, Friday, January 18, 2019, TRIB-LIVE The Fox Chapel swimming team started the new year off with three wins to improve both the boys and girls records to 6-1 overall, 2-0 in the section. “I think that a big part of our success has been the depth on both teams, which really helps,” coach...Read More