By: Michael Love, Thursday, January 28, 2021, TRIB-LIVE The Plum girls basketball team couldn’t have asked for a better start to its Section 2-5A home matchup against Fox Chapel at Plum High School. The Mustangs scored the first 13 points, and pressure defense confounded the Foxes into six turnovers. But Fox Chapel responded to the […]
When junior swimmer Nate Ross finished his 200 freestyle event in the first meet of the season against Woodland Hills and looked up at the scoreboard to view his time, he couldn’t believe what he saw. He had easily met the qualifying time necessary to advance to the WPIAL Class 3A championships and broken his […]
By: Don Rebel, Saturday, January 23, 2021, TRIBLIVE Two of the biggest Fox Chapel boys basketball fans around got an early birthday gift Friday. Dick and Barb Skrinjar each celebrate birthdays this week, but their most exciting gift came early courtesy of their son, Foxes coach Zach Skrinjar. The Foxes capped off a four-game road […]
There were two basketball games last season that still weighed upon the minds of the Foxes’ players and coaches as they began their 2020-2021 schedule. One was versus Upper St. Clair when the Panthers upset Fox Chapel Area and ruined what had otherwise been a perfect season with 20 consecutive wins. The other was the […]
By: Greg Macafee , Saturday, January 23, 2021, TRIB-LIVE With a young and inexperienced lineup, Fox Chapel wrestling coach Michael Frank has been preaching to his wrestlers about competing at a high level this season. He’s wanted his guys to go into matches and just give it their all. Early on, the wrestlers have responded. […]