The Foxes’ boys basketball team bid adieu to 2019 with an impressive show of dominance that earned them the winner’s trophy at the annual Shady Side Academy Tournament. Even without some of their top seniors, the team went to their deep bench to hand Shady Side a 45-30 defeat in the opener, and then William...Read More
Fox Chapel Area Boys Basketball Coach Zach Skrinjar is very superstitious, so for him to go out on a limb and say he has a good feeling about this year’s group of basketball players is, to say the least, very atypical. “I don’t really tell people that,” he says, “but this group excites me because...Read More
By: George Guido, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, TribLive HSSN It was a night for sophomores to shine as Fox Chapel won its fourth game of the season, leading Penn Hills the entire way to a 66-45 final. Eli Yofan led the Foxes with 16 points, 11 rebounds and four steals while J.P. Dockey had 13...Read More
By: Jerin Steele , Friday, November 22, 2019, TRIB-LIVE At the end of practice, most teams come together in a circle, put their hands in and say one, two, three and then their team name. The Fox Chapel boys basketball team puts its own twist on it. They say, “One, two, three, defense!” To those...Read More
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
