By Marty Stewart Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, 1:51 p.m. There will be a huge difference in the Fox Chapel girls basketball team this season. The Foxes will be without the Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year Erin Mathias, who is now a freshman at Duke. New coach Jennifer Joyce O’Shea isn’t too concerned. “Obviously, things...Read More
By Marty Stewart Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, 1:51 p.m. The big dilemma for followers of Fox Chapel boys basketball will be how to replace a pair of three-year starters who each scored more than 1,000 points. Brian Papich and all-time FC leading scorer Matt D’Amico have graduated and sixth-year coach Zach Skrinjar realizes that it...Read More
By Marty Stewart Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, 9:00 p.m. Fox Chapel senior Cleary Johnston has been on the crew team since her freshman year, picking up the sport to spend time with friends. “I had been playing softball and wanted to look for an additional sport,” she said. “Some friends told me to try crew,...Read More
By Marty Stewart Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, 9:00 p.m. Jenny Papich graduated from Gannon University last spring and left as one of their all-time greats in basketball. The 2010 Fox Chapel grad finished among Gannon’s top 10 all-time in scoring, free throws, blocks, steals and rebounds. Soon after graduation, she began working at the UPMC...Read More
By Tawnya Panizzi Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, 9:00 p.m. Gil Damico served 29 years as the Fox Chapel Area athletic director and hailed the late Rich Kriston as the “best pure athlete” he ever saw. Ron Frank, a wrestling and baseball coach, said Kriston had more than 40 touchdowns as a running back for the...Read More