During a Pittsburgh winter that seemed like it would never end, the success of the season’s sports teams came as a welcome distraction. Fox Chapel Area High School possessed some of the top teams and individual performances in the region and the state. The significance of their accomplishments should not be overlooked considering each team’s […]
By Bill Beckner Jr. Valley News Dispatch Published: Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 10:36 p.m. At 6-foot-3, Fox Chapel’s Erin Mathias often has to look down at other basketball players. This season, when the junior forward/center returned from minor knee surgery that erased her sophomore season, everything in the program started looking up. Mathias led a […]
By Marty Stewart Aspinwall Herald Published: Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 9:00 p.m. The Fox Chapel Area High School softball team finished last season with a 10-7 record and narrowly missed qualifying for the WPIAL Class AAAA playoffs. Coach Tom Wamsley and his young team will have a tough road to travel if they hope to […]
Kelly Capone, a senior on the Fox Chapel High School girls’ tennis team, has been selected as the winner of the Western Pennsylvania Hines Ward Positive Athlete Award for girls’ tennis. The Positive Athlete Award is issued to high character athletes who are role models and promote a positive spirit. Some of the attributes the […]
March 29, 2013 12:10 am By Sam Werner / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Post-Gazette presents the area’s top high school girls basketball players for the 2012-13 season ERIN MATHIAS Height: 6-3 • Forward • Junior The scoop: After missing her sophomore season with a knee injury, Mathias had a breakout junior season for the Foxes. She […]