By: Josh Rizzo Saturday, April 8, 2023, TRIB-LIVE Fox Chapel softball coach Chris Olbrich thought his team’s results in the first week of April reflected how things would be in Section 1-5A play all spring. Coming off a double-digit loss to first-place Shaler, the Foxes turned things around totally to hand a hot Penn Hills […]
By: Josh Rizzo Saturday, April 8, 2023, TRIB-LIVE Jeremy Haigh is consistently working on his sleight of hand, but the sophomore pitcher for the Fox Chapel baseball team isn’t practicing a magic act. What he is trying to cobble together is a repertoire of pitches that will keep batters bamboozled in the box. Haigh doesn’t […]
By: Josh Rizzo Saturday, April 1, 2023, TRIB-LIVE Fox Chapel graduate Jake Pilarski got the most out of his spring training with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Pilarski, 24, signed with the Dodgers in December after spending two seasons with the Washington Wild Things in the Frontier League. Pilarski was able to add some zip on […]
Volleyball isn’t as popular as some other sports, and that really bothers Foxes’ coach Phil O’Keeffe. In his experience with the game, the former pro player believes that once someone tries it, it’s a game with which they generally fall in love. He has said that for some 40-plus years now, ever since he developed […]
Last season, the underrated Foxes boys tennis team surprised quite a few people when they earned the program’s fifth WPIAL Class 3A title in six years. Head coach Alex Slezak says they were able to achieve their goal because of a team-first philosophy. With his entire lineup of starters back this season, that culture continues […]