In Class AAA, Fox Chapel’s phenom duo of Laurel Shymansky and Lacey Cohen will try to improve upon their previous year’s performance, which concluded with a quarterfinal-round exit. The sophomores, who repeated as Section 3-AAA champions, start as singles players during matches, but through their eight-year friendship and numerous hours spent together at offseason tournaments,...Read More

By Dave Yohe Published: Sunday, August 18, 2013 10:42 p.m. Fox Chapel tennis coach Alex Slezak hopes experience and depth produce a winning team this year. “We have almost everybody returning from last year,” Slezak said. “When we have practice and stuff, they definitely set the tone and keep the intensity up.” The most prominent...Read More

By Marty Stewart Aspinwall Herald Published: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 9:00 p.m. The season ended for the Fox Chapel High School tennis team on May 6 as it fell to North Allegheny, 4-1, in the WPIAL Class AAA team championships. Coach Dave Prevost’s team ended up at 14-5 and he was pleased with how the...Read More

Kelly Capone, a senior on the Fox Chapel High School girls’ tennis team, has been selected as the winner of the Western Pennsylvania Hines Ward Positive Athlete Award for girls’ tennis. The Positive Athlete Award is issued to high character athletes who are role models and promote a positive spirit. Some of the attributes the...Read More

By Marty Stewart Aspinwall Herald Published: Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 9:00 p.m. Updated: Thursday, March 14, 2013 Last year, the Fox Chapel Area High School boys tennis team finished second in the section and made it to the WPIAL quarterfinals. Despite losing some key seniors and seeing one of his top singles players move out...Read More