Going into the final stretch of the regular season, the Foxes just advanced to the WPIAL 6A playoffs again and have their eyes set on another section title. Yet, it’s not always talent alone that leads to these rewards. Just as important are the intangibles of trust, camaraderie, and support that are born from friendships […]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 3, 2022 [email protected] It was just the second day of the season when the No. 3-ranked team in Class 6A was handed a loss that opened up a lot of eyes around the WPIAL. Final score: North Hills 87, Fox Chapel 57. “I think it was just eye opening,” Fox Chapel coach […]
When Athletic Director Mike O’Brien first hired Zach Skrinjar in 2009 to lead the Fox Chapel Area boys basketball program, he admits it was a bit of a gamble. Coach Skrinjar had not been a head coach before, although he was an assistant under former coach Ben O’Connor, and was still a little rough around […]
Swimmers Talia Bugel, Ariana Pasquella, Sophie Shao, and Rei Sperry have their work cut out for them if they are to match or beat the 200-medley relay time of 1:45.16 that last year’s Fox Chapel Area team set at the WPIAL championships. They are not there yet, even though they already automatically qualified for the […]
In a recent local newspaper article, the gist of the story was that there is only one WPIAL 6A boys basketball that tops them all – and then there are the rest – and they weren’t referring to the Foxes. Well, don’t tell the Fox Chapel Area team or its fans that they are not […]