Elsie Smith is ready for the bright lights in a central role for the Fox Chapel girls basketball team. A starter and key contributor since her freshman year, Smith, a 6-foot junior forward, said the time is now to step up her game as six seniors, including Valley News Dispatch all-stars Ellie Schwartzman and Domenica...Read More

By: George Guido Saturday, November 20, 2021, TRIB-LIVE Fox Chapel’s football schedule this season was like a bakery near closing time — no cream puffs. Ten of the 12 teams the Foxes (5-7) played this season were playoff teams. The only two non-playoff teams on the card — Shaler and Kiski Area — were competitive...Read More

Fox Chapel Area football coaches John Alerich and Mark Shemanski share many memories of the various Foxes teams over the years, and some are sweeter than others. But with the team’s upset win over Upper St. Clair in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs this past Friday, they couldn’t help but recall...Read More

By: Ray Fisher Tuesday, November 2, 2021, TRIB-LIVE Fox Chapel secured the No. 2 seed in the WPIAL Class 2A field hockey playoffs for the second year in a row. And for the second consecutive season, the Foxes finished second in the WPIAL. Penn-Trafford (16-0) slipped past Fox Chapel, 1-0, to win the title Saturday...Read More

By: George Guido Saturday, October 30, 2021, TRIB-LIVE With Fox Chapel in the WPIAL boys soccer playoffs for the 22nd consecutive season, it’s a good time to have a conversation with the man who was instrumental in putting the program on the map. Jim Perry started as an assistant in 1964 under coach Ed Boyle...Read More