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...Read More

There is a lot of optimism surrounding the Fox Chapel Area girls basketball team, and that’s understandable, as the team returns all but one member of the 2022-2023 squad that posted a 13-9 record and was eliminated from the playoffs on the last night of the season. Sure, the lone senior on last season’s team...Read More

By: Abby King Monday, February 13, 2023, TRIB-LIVE After coming off a tough season, Fox Chapel’s girls basketball team has quite a lot to be proud of this winter, putting itself in the playoff chase. Contributing to the success is the lone senior, Elsie Smith. “Last year was a very difficult season for us, but...Read More

Sarah Slember has had her share of challenges to overcome when it comes to playing basketball, but despite being injured for part of her freshman year and all of her sophomore year, the junior has come back stronger than ever, and has had a considerable impact on the Foxes’ girls basketball team’s success this season....Read More

Natalia Schaffer’s natural athleticism, combined with her height and nimble footwork, have made the sophomore a multidimensional player whose efforts have been critical in the Fox Chapel Area girls basketball team notch its best record in coach Marty Matvey’s four-year tenure as head coach. And she just keeps getting better as the season goes on....Read More