It didn’t take long for senior divers Jonah Cagley and Magnus Loeffler and sophomore David Manelis to qualify for the WPIAL Class AAA championships coming up in February. In fact, they did it at the very first meet of the regular season. In order to qualify, divers must attain a cumulative 9.7 difficulty on five...Read More
Winning the Peter Sauer Memorial Tournament held over the holidays was the perfect and well-earned present for the Foxes’ girls’ basketball team. The Foxes defeated Avonworth in their first game, 53-22, and then scored a come-from-behind win against Shady Side Academy 42-38. Shady Side previously was the top-ranked team in their conference and had a...Read More
Vernon Yenick has coached the Fox Chapel Area diving teams since 2007, but this is the first time the girls’ team has been this large and filled with so much promise. The members of the 2018-2019 team are senior Kate Eames, sophomores Zoe Boychuk and Maggie Kelly, and freshmen Hanna Essey, Sarah Guiffre, and Claire...Read More
At 5’3”, Claire Fenton is one of the smaller players on the basketball court, but it would be a mistake to underestimate what this impressive athlete is capable of achieving. This season, Claire has been one of the Foxes’ top point earners. Going into the school district’s holiday break, Claire has scored double digits in...Read More
The days can be long and the workouts can be grueling, but for 13 members of the Foxes’ wrestling team, their status as multisport athletes has been a very positive experience and one that they highly recommend. It’s also a practice that their coach, Ron Frank, wholeheartedly supports for many reasons. “In a school the...Read More