When this year’s Lady Foxes’ softball players remember their 2021 season, it’s very likely they will think of it as “The Year We Beat the Odds.” Largely overlooked as serious contenders by many of their opponents going into the season, the young group’s resilience and team-centered playing led them to heights they had only dreamed...Read More

For Fox Chapel Area softball head coach Dr. Chris Olbrich, every day this season was Father’s Day as his grown daughter Sam, who was living out of town, returned to the area and helped guide the team alongside him. A former Foxes softball player and 2016 grad Sam was enjoying a dream internship in marine...Read More

It was the kind of ending that usually only happens in the movies, but this performance was about as real as it can get. On an unusually hot day for May, the Lady Foxes softball team was even hotter than the temperature as they pulled off a dramatic come-from-behind win in their WPIAL Class 5A...Read More

By: Michael Love Tuesday, May 18, 2021, TRIB-LIVE The Plum and Fox Chapel softball teams met in late March to open the 2021 season. The Mustangs scored a five-run victory in the matchup. The teams rematched Tuesday in the first round of the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs, but this time, the result was different. The...Read More

There were several things that occurred over the past year that Neena Pietropaolo wasn’t exactly expecting. One of the first was her disappointment when the spring softball season was canceled in 2020, because she was really looking forward to playing again after being named a WPIAL Class 6A all-section player as a sophomore. When the...Read More