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Accountability, Responsibility Play Big Role for Foxes

One goal of Fox Chapel Area’s girls basketball coaches and their athletes this season is to grow into a more player-led team on which the girls assume more accountability and responsibility for outcomes. The effort started in earnest last May and was proceeding nicely into the infancy of the 2023-2024 season. But an unexpected twist […]

Cheerleaders Mix Up Strategy for Nationals

Last year,  it took the Foxes cheerleaders two tries to generate a first-ever invitation to the prestigious National High School Cheerleading Championship at Disney World in Orlando. Now, one year later, they have done it again.  The team will compete in the small varsity division 1 non-tumbling group along with teams from across the country. The […]

Early Season Success

By: Josh Rizzo Saturday, December 16, 2023, TRIB-LIVE Fox Chapel swimming coach Matthew Mauclair wanted to embrace setting up a success process for all athletes in the program to follow. What is most important to Mauclair is what the Foxes can accomplish when no one is watching. “That’s what breeds results and champions,” Mauclair said. […]

New Girls Wrestling Team Eager, Motivated

As the winter sports season begins at Fox Chapel Area, there is a new offering available. For the first time, Fox Chapel Area has a girls wrestling team. Girls wrestling had never been a sanctioned standalone sport in Pennsylvania until the summer of 2023. A roster of 15 girls is taking to the mat for […]

Experience, Depth ‘Huge’ for Wrestlers

Many members of the Fox Chapel Area boys wrestling team saw significant action on the mat last season, and head coach Michael Frank is excited about the wealth of experience they’ll bring to this year’s squad. “We didn’t graduate too many seniors, and only one senior from our starting lineup graduated,” he said. “It’s huge. […]