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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. […]

‘Great Year’ Expected from Divers

Fox Chapel Area diving coach Vernon Yenick succinctly summed up how he feels about this year’s team: He expects it to be “super strong.”  “I feel like this is going to be a great year,” he said. There are many reasons coach Yenick, who is in his 16th year as coach, feels that way, not […]

New Coach, Same Standard for Swimmers

Although the Fox Chapel Area High School swim team has undergone a coaching change, big things are expected in the pool once again.  Matt Mauclair takes over duties from Dan Taylor after serving for three years as an assistant coach. He will lead a program in which both the boys and girls teams produced impressive […]