Written by Keith Barnes on Thursday, 08 September 2016, Tri-State Sports & News, postgazette.com Name: Amanda Nord School: Fox Chapel Grade: 11 Sport: Girls Tennis Background: Nord is already a two-time WPIAL and reigning PIAA Class 3A doubles champion after playing the last two years with Duquesne freshman Laurel Shymansky. Nord has developed into an...Read More

By Marty Stewart | Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016, TRIB-LIVE The Fox Chapel football team faced a formidable foe in Friday night’s season opener as it hosted Mt. Lebanon, which earned a 44-13 victory. By the end of the first quarter, Mt. Lebanon showed why it is rated highly in Class 6A. David Harvey, who ended...Read More

By Marty Stewart | Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016, TRIB-LIVE The Fox Chapel girls tennis team finished with a 10-6 overall record last year and lost in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs. Coach Alex Slezak must find a way to replace graduated standout Laurel Shymansky, who is now a freshman at Duquesne University. “The...Read More

By Karen Kadilak | Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, TRIB-LIVE Two Fox Chapel graduates will continue their tennis careers with college teams in the fall. Siddharth Rajupet (Case Western) and Laurel Shymansky (Duquesne) made commitments. Rajupet, 18, of Indiana Township was a standout on a Fox Chapel boys squad that won its first WPIAL title and...Read More

By Marty Stewart | Thursday, June 16, 2016 In her first two years on the Fox Chapel tennis team, junior Amanda Nord was a regular in the WPIAL and PIAA winner’s circles. In 2014, as a freshman, she teamed up with Laurel Shymansky to win the WPIAL Class AAA doubles championship and finished second at...Read More