With a schedule that is the most difficult in coach Dan Taylor’s nine years with the Foxes and fewer swimmers than in recent years, Taylor’s swimmers are still proving that they can overcome the odds as strong competitors in WPIAL Class 3A. While the team lost 13 seniors to graduation, the returning athletes have a...Read More

When speaking with states-bound swimmer Talia Bugel, it’s easy to tell that the enthusiastic junior has a full-speed-ahead attitude about almost everything. Whether it’s in the water or in her schoolwork, she is a leader who generates a spark wherever she goes. While she has a light-hearted side to her, Talia also is a fierce...Read More

By Keith Barnes | Tri-State Sports & News Service March 8, 2022 The past week: Shao won two individual and two relay titles at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming finals at Pitt’s Trees Pool. Check this out: Shao, a junior, broke the longest-standing swimming record in the WPIAL when she went 53.85 seconds to win the 100-yard...Read More

When all was said and done, the Foxes swimming teams brought home four gold medals from the WPIAL Class 3A championships; the girls team was the runner up, finishing behind perennial powerhouse North Allegheny; and the boys finished fourth with what is believed to be the best finish in team history. Overall, this season, the...Read More

Many people might not know it, but All-American swimmer, three-peat WPIAL champion, and two-time state champion, Sophie Shao, also is quite an accomplished artist. But even she couldn’t have painted a better picture of what happened at the WPIAL Class 3A swimming championships, when the junior came away with four gold medals. As if that...Read More