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Jacob Patterson Leading the Way for the Foxes

By: Greg Macafee Saturday, April 24, 2021, TRIB-LIVE Every baseball coach wants a player such as Fox Chapel junior Jacob Patterson. The smooth-swinging right-hander approaches the game with the type of intensity and desire that has allowed him to succeed this season as the Foxes won four of their first six Section 2-5A games. A […]

Hannah Humes a Game Changer in Goal

In any situation in which a team can’t play together for a year, there can be a lot of ground to make up once the season begins. However, with a 7-3 overall record, the girls lacrosse players seem to have taken the situation in stride and handled it well. While the entire team has put […]

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Strikeout Machine

Brad Everett, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 29, 2021   When Fox Chapel senior right-hander Dante DiMatteo faces a batter, chances are he is going to strike them out. DiMatteo has been a strikeout machine for Fox Chapel this season. Coming into the week, he had punched 46 in 23 innings, which ranked second in the WPIAL. […]

Special Bond Exists Between Pitcher, Catcher

Part of the story about how well the Fox Chapel Area softball team is doing this year – it has had its best start to the season since 2015 – actually goes back about 10 years when pitcher Mackenzie Borkovich and catcher Amelia Herzer were just little girls and first took up the sport. For […]

Strong Doubles Play Inspires Young Team

From the beginning of the season, boys tennis coach Alex Slezak was looking for leadership from seniors Will Ernharth and Zain Hassan, the only two players on the team who had experienced the thrill of winning four WPIAL Class 3A team championship and advancing to Hershey, PA, for the state’s top tournament. At the April […]