By: Michael Love, Thursday, January 28, 2021, TRIB-LIVE The Plum girls basketball team couldn’t have asked for a better start to its Section 2-5A home matchup against Fox Chapel at Plum High School. The Mustangs scored the first 13 points, and pressure defense confounded the Foxes into six turnovers. But Fox Chapel responded to the...Read More

Even before they were members of the Foxes varsity basketball team, sophomore Elsie Smith and freshman Sarah Slember spent many hours going to youth clinics and watching what the high school players did on the court, how they did it, and why. Now, as the building blocks for the program’s future in WPIAL Class 5A,...Read More

By: Greg Macafee , Saturday, January 16, 2021, TRIB-LIVE After suffering a pair of disappointing losses and some crucial injuries earlier this season, the Fox Chapel girls basketball team persevered for their first victory of the season Jan. 12 when they took down Section 2-5A foe Hampton, 58-49. Fox Chapel’s first two games resulted in...Read More

By: Michael Love , Wednesday, January 6, 2021, TRIB-LIVE Ellie Schwartzman is proficient at playing the piano, having studied and practiced the craft for more than a decade. She takes lessons every week to keep her skills sharp. “My whole family is very musically inclined,” said Schwartzman, a senior at Fox Chapel. “Music was a...Read More

By: Michael Love , Friday, December 11, 2020, TRIB-LIVE The Fox Chapel girls basketball team gave host Oakland Catholic all it could handle in a non-section game Friday night. The Foxes rallied from a double-digit deficit in the first half and were within two possessions heading into the fourth quarter, but the Eagles held off...Read More