Many Fox Chapel Area High School students go over and above the norm in their pursuit of excellence in athletics. Hundreds of them also put that same determination into their scholastic efforts and are standouts in the classroom. Each year the Athletic Department issues a Scholar Athlete Award to student-athletes who have achieved substantial academic achievements. One...Read More

The Senator John Heinz History Center will host the third annual Western Pennsylvania Positive High School Athlete Awards on Sat., May 3 at 12:30 p.m. Student athletes representing 26 different boys’ and girls’ high school sports along with two coaches and one high school will be honored by current and former local professional athletes, including...Read More

By Marty Stewart Published: Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 9:00 p.m. Last year, the Fox Chapel boys tennis team finished second in Section 3-AAA and made it to the second round of the WPIAL playoffs. Coach Dave Prevost lost only one starter, Ben Short, to graduation and he’s optimistic about his team’s fortunes this year. “Well, with...Read More

It was an exciting and successful fall for Fox Chapel Area High School sports with five teams winning section championships or co-championships, two of them back-to-back. Among the seven teams advancing to the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs, three finished as WPIAL runner-ups. Additionally, we were well represented at the PIAA championships by cross country, boys’...Read More

By Daniel Paulling Published: Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, 7:12 p.m. Fox Chapel coach Alex Slezak spent weeks telling his doubles team of Lacey Cohen and Laurel Shymansky to be aggressive when they’re in trouble in a match. The advice proved beneficial Saturday afternoon. The sophomores beat the North Allegheny duo of Maddy Adams and Tina...Read More