By Alex Oltmanns | Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, TRIB-LiVE School: Fox Chapel Year: Sophomore Sport: Cross country Claim to fame: Urban crossed the finish line first with a time of 20:54 at the Gateway Invitational on Saturday. Fox Chapel finished first in the team competition. What led to your success Saturday? I think just a...Read More

When Tim Schilcher was appointed the new interscholastic strength and conditioning coach at Fox Chapel Area High School in June, he could barely wait to meet the student- athletes and get them started on the preseason training programs he had created especially for them. “I have so many ideas to help the players gain the...Read More

This was a year of many firsts and fantastic outcomes for Alex Slezak, coach of the Fox Chapel Area High School boys’ and girls’ tennis teams. One of those highlights was having his peers elect him as the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Middle States-Allegheny Mountain Region High School Coach of the Year. But true...Read More

The Fox Chapel Area High School Boys’ Tennis Team just made history as the school’s first-ever WPIAL champions in that sport after a hard-fought victory over North Allegheny High School, 3-2. Earlier this month, the team also captured the WPIAL AAA Section 3 title with a perfect 13-0 record. The team now advances to the first round of...Read More

Alex Slezak had occasionally watched the Foxes’ boys’ tennis team play in the past, but when he assumed the head coaching job this season, he was able to assess the players close up. He was impressed with what he saw. Overall, the team had a significant amount of rich talent and they were a group...Read More