What a year it was for Fox Chapel Area High School sports! We had two individual PIAA AAA champions this year, freshman swimmer Zoe Skirboll and senior Robby Shymansky, in singles tennis. Their achievements are extraordinary considering Zoe’s win was the school’s first gold medal in swimming in 24 years, and Robby broke a Foxes’...Read More
By: Steve Navaroli, Thursday, March 7, 2019, TRIB-LIVE LEWISBERRY — Fox Chapel did everything it could have done defensively against one of the top teams in the state during Friday’s PIAA Class 6A girls basketball tournament opener. Unfortunately for the Foxes, finding offense was a struggle. Perhaps if another 3-pointer had fallen at the right...Read More
Both the boys’ and girls’ basketball teams will play in the upcoming PIAA Class 6A playoffs. On Friday, March 8, the girls’ team will play Cumberland Valley High School at Red Land High School in Lewisberry, Pennsylvania. Tip-off is at 5 p.m. The boys will face Kennedy Catholic High School at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, March...Read More
By: Marty Stewart , Saturday, February 23, 2019, TRIB-LIVE Ellie Schwartzman, a sophomore on the Fox Chapel girls basketball team, helped the team’s turnaround this season as she averaged 9 points and 8 rebounds. She’s been playing basketball since first grade and is also on the volleyball team. Here’s a closer look at this week’s...Read More
By: Marty Stewart, Friday, February 8, 2019, TRIB-LIVE After suffering through a tough 2017-18 season, the Fox Chapel girls basketball team has bounced back in a big way. Coach Jennifer O’Shea’s team finished 9-13, including a 2-8 section mark, last season and failed to make the playoffs. This season, they clinched a playoff berth with two...Read More