From the time they were young soccer players and then standouts on the Foxes girls soccer team, Fox Chapel Area alumnae Taylor Cohen and Dixon Veltri had big dreams of playing professional ball. The chances of that happening are infinitesimal, but the athletes beat the odds and made it to that elite level of play...Read More
Former Fox Chapel Area tennis player Karsten Lagerquist was recently voted by the students and faculty of Grove City College as the 2021-2022 Senior Man of the Year, the highest honor bestowed by the college. Karsten received the award in recognition of his exemplary athletic and academic contributions to the college. When Karsten was on...Read More
When all was said and done, the Foxes swimming teams brought home four gold medals from the WPIAL Class 3A championships; the girls team was the runner up, finishing behind perennial powerhouse North Allegheny; and the boys finished fourth with what is believed to be the best finish in team history. Overall, this season, the...Read More
Many people might not know it, but All-American swimmer, three-peat WPIAL champion, and two-time state champion, Sophie Shao, also is quite an accomplished artist. But even she couldn’t have painted a better picture of what happened at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships, when the junior came away with four gold medals. As if that...Read More
It wasn’t too long ago that the Foxes were largely underestimated in WPIAL Class 6A boys basketball and the commentary said, “It’s North Hills … and then the rest.” However, at the championships held March 5 at the Petersen Events Center, the Foxes powered through a tough defensive game, proved they are no underdog, and...Read More