Even when she was a freshman, Elsie Smith never had a problem speaking up when playing with the older athletes on the Fox Chapel Area girls basketball team. Now a junior, the forward not only uses her voice on the court during games but also has played a big role in practices by talking to...Read More
Fox Chapel Area football coaches John Alerich and Mark Shemanski share many memories of the various Foxes teams over the years, and some are sweeter than others. But with the team’s upset win over Upper St. Clair in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs this past Friday, they couldn’t help but recall...Read More
By Mike White | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette November 7, 2021 To give an idea of how long it had been since Fox Chapel won a WPIAL football playoff game, consider that the last time it happened was the same year that Tiger Woods won his first Masters tournament at age 21. Fox Chapel knocked off Upper...Read More
All week long, the No. 10-ranked Foxes were talking about the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs and how badly they wanted to win against No. 7-ranked Upper St. Clair. Some of that conversation revolved around supporting quarterback Khi’lee Patterson, who took over after senior starter Collin Dietz was injured during the Pine-Richland...Read More
Senior Jack Lorence and sophomores Laura Carter and Clara Kelley are headed to the sweetest spot of Pennsylvania – Hershey – for the most competitive race of the cross country season, the PIAA Class 3A championships. It will be Jack and Clara’s first trip to the invitation-only event that draws the most elite runners in...Read More