By Marty Stewart Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, 9:00 p.m. Coach Peter Torres begins his second season as coach of the Fox Chapel girls soccer team and is hoping for more of the same success from his first year. The team compiled an overall record of 15-3-2 and a section record of 11-1-2. After defeating Pine-Richland in...Read More
Max Field Hockey included Abby Pitcairn in their list of Super Sophomores. Here’s Abby’s profile from the listing: Freshman Campaign -Varsity starter, Team MVP -Leading scorer: 28 goals, 18 assists -WPIAL AAA Section 2 All-Star selection -WPIAL All-AAA selection Other -U17 National Team Member -U16 Indoor National Team Member Head Coach Jen McGrady on Pitcairn:...Read More
By Marty Stewart Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, 9:54 p.m. In his first season as coach at Fox Chapel, Tom Loughran is faced with the daunting task of replacing the Foxes’ leading passer, rusher and receiver from last year’s 4-6 team in graduates Billy Urso, Carrington Vaughn and David Brown. Returning senior Brendan Whelan is confident he...Read More
By William Whalen Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, 11:57 p.m After his team dropped three championship match points to North Allegheny during last year’s PIAA Class AAA doubles finals, Fox Chapel girls tennis coach Alex Slezak identified exactly where the Foxes fell short. “My focus this year is to teach all the players how to manage the...Read More
By Marty Stewart Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, 9:00 p.m. Coach Tom Moul has some big holes to fill on his Fox Chapel cross country team, finding a way to replace stellar performers Elias Graca and Jacob Halasowski. Graca is now running for the University of Pennsylvania, and Halasowski is at Carnegie Mellon. Last year’s boys team...Read More