Senior Laurel Shymansky and sophomore Amanda Nord have been named Esmark Inc., All-Americans for their leadership and achievements as doubles partners on the Fox Chapel Area High School Girls’ Tennis Team. Laurel was part of the duo that won the PIAA championship in 2013. After teaming with Amanda in 2014, they won the WPIAL championship and were...Read More

By William Whalen Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015, 11:57 p.m After his team dropped three championship match points to North Allegheny during last year’s PIAA Class AAA doubles finals, Fox Chapel girls tennis coach Alex Slezak identified exactly where the Foxes fell short. “My focus this year is to teach all the players how to manage the...Read More

By Marty Stewart Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015, 11:30 a.m. The Fox Chapel Junior Tennis Open was held last week and the outstanding tennis was accentuated by Mother Nature’s cooperation. “We had great weather, good turnouts every day and some terrific tennis,” tournament chairman Tom Benic said. “We had a nice share of local winners, too.” Claiming...Read More

By Marty Stewart Wednesday, July 29, 2015, 3:15 p.m. Lacey Cohen, a rising senior at Fox Chapel, has made a verbal commitment to play tennis at the University of Hartford. “I had been considering a few other colleges, some D-I and some D-II and D-III,” she said. “I was also looking at a few schools down...Read More

By Alex Oltmanns Thursday, June 25, 2015, 9:51 p.m. Four local schools had a little extra to celebrate at the conclusion of this year’s high school sports calendar, finishing as the top point scorers during the spring season in the Trib Total Media/WPXI High School Sports award standings. A culmination of the success across a wide...Read More