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

Ever since Meg McCrady graduated in 2017, the Foxes’ all-time leading girls’ lacrosse scorer has gone on to shine as a midfielder on the Georgetown University Women’s Lacrosse Team. This past season, the rising junior played an important role in her team winning the 2019 Big East Champions title in double overtime. “It was an...Read More

There are a few things about Mary Ellis that you can’t help but notice the first time you meet her. She has a refreshing, effervescent personality. She is the epitome of positivity. And, more than anything, she has an absolute love for lacrosse that began years ago when her older brother took her under his...Read More

Over the years, the girls’ lacrosse teams from the WPIAL have not fared very well at the PIAA playoffs. In fact, since 2009 when lacrosse became an official PIAA sport, there has not been a boys or girls team from the WPIAL that has ever won or been a runner-up at the state championship. A...Read More

When Director of Athletics Michael O’Brien told Marissa Hardiman that she had won one of only 10 $1,000 WPIAL scholarships awarded to female athletes, she was pretty surprised. She shouldn’t have been, because the tri-sport scholar athlete has excelled at just about everything she’s done since beginning her freshman year at Fox Chapel Area High...Read More