Five Fox Chapel Area High School spring sports team have advanced to the WPIAL playoffs. Boys’ tennis played in the WPIAL finals on Friday, May 13, and won the championship for the first time in school history. They play this week in the first round of the PIAA Class AAA playoffs. Here is this week’s schedule for our...Read More

The Fox Chapel Area High School Boys’ Tennis Team just made history as the school’s first-ever WPIAL champions in that sport after a hard-fought victory over North Allegheny High School, 3-2. Earlier this month, the team also captured the WPIAL AAA Section 3 title with a perfect 13-0 record. The team now advances to the first round of...Read More

Written by Keith Barnes on Thursday, 12 May 2016 12:00 pm. Name: Siddharth Rajupet High School: Fox Chapel Grade: 12 Sport: Tennis Background: Rajupet only beat teammate Robby Shymansky once this season, but it was in the WPIAL Class AAA semifinals. Rajupet finished second in the WPIAL to Chris Gladden of Canon-McMillan. Rajupet is one...Read More

Written by Keith Barnes on Thursday, 05 May 2016, Tri-State Sports & News Name: Robby Shymansky High School: Fox Chapel Grade: 9 Sport: Boys Tennis Background: Shymansky is the No. 1 ranked freshman in the state and has already made an impact on the Foxes program. He outdueled longtime training partner Siddharth Rajupet for the...Read More

Alex Slezak had occasionally watched the Foxes’ boys’ tennis team play in the past, but when he assumed the head coaching job this season, he was able to assess the players close up. He was impressed with what he saw. Overall, the team had a significant amount of rich talent and they were a group...Read More