David Manelis, last year’s PIAA Class 3A diving runner-up, describes himself as a very outgoing person who enjoys talking to people. But when he approaches the diving board, it’s a totally different matter. That’s when his ability to maintain total focus on the moment sets in. “Mental toughness is definitely an important part of diving,”...Read More
Fox Chapel Area Boys Basketball Coach Zach Skrinjar is very superstitious, so for him to go out on a limb and say he has a good feeling about this year’s group of basketball players is, to say the least, very atypical. “I don’t really tell people that,” he says, “but this group excites me because...Read More
The Foxes’ senior swimmers are proud of a distinction that no others before or after them can ever claim: They are the first (and only) class that was part of the original group that inaugurated the new pool when it opened in 2016 and then swam in it all four years of high school. During...Read More
This season, there has been a changing of the guard on the Foxes’ wrestling coaching staff, but in reality, it’s closer to musical chairs than a total transition in leadership. All three current coaches – Ron Frank, Michael Frank, and Bob Siar – remain, but in different roles. After more than 400 career wins and...Read More
It was a fantastic fall for our athletic teams! Fox Chapel Area High School’s boys golf team won the school’s first PIAA Class 3A team championship and also broke the former course record. Then, within days, girls tennis followed up by winning their own PIAA Class 3A team championship for the first time since 2004....Read More
