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04
Jan

Gymnastics Team Small, But A Force

There are some challenges facing Nadine DeLeo and the Fox Chapel Area gymnastics team this season, not the least of them being the small group with which the coach has to work. Various injuries have left the team with just seven members at the beginning of the season. The longtime coach said she started with...
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21
Dec

Accountability, Responsibility Play Big Role for Foxes

One goal of Fox Chapel Area’s girls basketball coaches and their athletes this season is to grow into a more player-led team on which the girls assume more accountability and responsibility for outcomes. The effort started in earnest last May and was proceeding nicely into the infancy of the 2023-2024 season. But an unexpected twist...
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19
Dec

Cheerleaders Mix Up Strategy for Nationals

Last year,  it took the Foxes cheerleaders two tries to generate a first-ever invitation to the prestigious National High School Cheerleading Championship at Disney World in Orlando. Now, one year later, they have done it again.  The team will compete in the small varsity division 1 non-tumbling group along with teams from across the country. The...
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05
Dec

New Girls Wrestling Team Eager, Motivated

As the winter sports season begins at Fox Chapel Area, there is a new offering available. For the first time, Fox Chapel Area has a girls wrestling team. Girls wrestling had never been a sanctioned standalone sport in Pennsylvania until the summer of 2023. A roster of 15 girls is taking to the mat for...
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04
Dec

Experience, Depth ‘Huge’ for Wrestlers

Many members of the Fox Chapel Area boys wrestling team saw significant action on the mat last season, and head coach Michael Frank is excited about the wealth of experience they’ll bring to this year’s squad. “We didn’t graduate too many seniors, and only one senior from our starting lineup graduated,” he said. “It’s huge....
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