Over Memorial Day weekend, Robby Shymansky pulled off a feat that no other Fox Chapel Area boys’ tennis player has been able to do in 44 years – he won the PIAA Class AAA boys’ tennis singles championship by defeating last year’s winner Sameer Gangoli, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3. It was a grueling three-hour revenge match...Read More

Many of the seniors on the Foxes’ track and field team have broken school records, and some have advanced to the state level where only the best of the best compete. Yet, if you ask them to reflect over their years with the team, they agree that what they will miss most are the deep...Read More

There are a few things about Mary Ellis that you can’t help but notice the first time you meet her. She has a refreshing, effervescent personality. She is the epitome of positivity. And, more than anything, she has an absolute love for lacrosse that began years ago when her older brother took her under his...Read More

There have been few, if any, athletic programs in the history of Fox Chapel Area High School that have had as much impact in the WPIAL as the boys’ tennis program. Under the leadership of four-year boys’ coach Alex Slezak, who has also coached the girls’ team for 10 years, the team won its fourth...Read More

The past weeks have been busy ones for the Foxes’ track and field teams as they’ve worked hard to improve before the May 16 WPIAL Class AAA championships. Between the Baldwin Invitational, which attracted 60 schools, and the Pine-Richland Invitational that hosted 1,200 athletes, the Foxes came home with three new school records, one gold,...Read More