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O’Brien Appointed to WPIAL Board

Fox Chapel Area School District Athletic Director Michael O’Brien has been elected to the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) Board of Control, becoming the district’s first administrative representative to serve on the governing organization. His one-year term began July 1. In this role, Mr. O’Brien will be part of a 19-member group that oversees […]

High School Sports on Hold

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 5, 2020 While high school sports teams in the state are still waiting to hear when they are permitted to start offseason workouts because of the COVID-19 pandemic, youth sports and club teams around Pennsylvania can start practicing and playing games this weekend. That situation has high school athletic directors frustrated. “Not […]

New Alignment of Schools for Baseball and Softball

The WPIAL board of directors met Monday afternoon, May 18, and released baseball and softball section alignments for the next two years. The biggest change is in the number of teams in Class 6A. Both sports lost about one-third of their teams, including Fox Chapel. For the next two years, WPIAL Class 6A baseball will […]

The Year in Review, 2019-2020

Foxes’ student-athletes and their teams did a fantastic job during the fall and winter seasons. Unfortunately, during this unprecedented time, the spring sports season was unable to be played. Although we truly wish the circumstances were different, in an effort to recognize the senior athletes who did not get to play their final high school season, […]