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
By: Marty Stewart , Friday, April 26, 2019, TRIB-LIVE This is the first in a series of profiles on the 2019 Fox Chapel Sports Hall of Fame inductees. The banquet is June 8 at The Harmar House. For more information, contact Jim Perry at [email protected]. Doug Ostrosky graduated from Fox Chapel in 1994. He excelled...Read More
