January 3, 2014 12:00 AM By Nicholas Tolomeo / Tri-State Sports & News Service Fox Chapel has had one of the strongest inside games in WPIAL girls basketball the past four years. That is what happens when 6-foot-3 senior forward Erin Mathias, one of the most dominant post players in the area, suits up for...Read More
By Staff Reports Published: Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, 10:51 p.m. Fox Chapel’s boys basketball team made sure a vacation-like trip to Florida came with plenty of on-court memories, too. Putting business before pleasure, the Foxes won the KSA Holiday Tournament championship, downing Bishop Eustace (N.J.), 47-44, in the title game Monday at Disney’s Wide World of...Read More
By Bill Beckner Jr. Published: Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, 12:01 a.m. It’s not uncommon for teams to have a one-two scoring punch. But Fox Chapel’s scoring options this season are three-pronged. Senior guards Matt D’Amico and Brian Papich have combined with junior guard Billy Urso to average an impressive 59.8 of the team’s 74 points...Read More
By Brian Graham Published: Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, 12:01 a.m. Updated 9 hours ago Matt D’Amico School: Fox Chapel Year: Senior Sport: Basketball Claim to fame: D’Amico scored a game-high 21 points and eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for his career in the Foxes’ 63-51 Section 2-AAAA win over McKeesport on Friday. D’Amico also had 29...Read More
By Marty Stewart Published: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 9:00 p.m. Jenny Papich, a 2010 Fox Chapel graduate, is off to a strong start for the highly- ranked Gannon Knights basketball team. The Knights, who are ranked second in NCAA Division II, recently beat Glenville State, 90-84, to end Glenville’s 27-game home win streak. Papich, who...Read More