The recent decision by the PIAA Board of Directors to cancel all remaining winter and spring sports and championships was a difficult one for everybody, especially our senior athletes who were looking forward to their final year of high school athletics. While very disappointing, the health and safety of Fox Chapel Area’s student-athletes, coaches, and...Read More
What a year it was for Fox Chapel Area High School sports! We had two individual PIAA AAA champions this year, freshman swimmer Zoe Skirboll and senior Robby Shymansky, in singles tennis. Their achievements are extraordinary considering Zoe’s win was the school’s first gold medal in swimming in 24 years, and Robby broke a Foxes’...Read More
Over Memorial Day weekend, Robby Shymansky pulled off a feat that no other Fox Chapel Area boys’ tennis player has been able to do in 44 years – he won the PIAA Class AAA boys’ tennis singles championship by defeating last year’s winner Sameer Gangoli, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3. It was a grueling three-hour revenge match...Read More
The Foxes’ boys’ tennis team defeated State College High School 5-0 in the first round of the 2019 PIAA Class AAA tournament. The team’s number one singles’ seed, Robby Shymansky, defeated Owen Lloyd 6-1, 6-1. Jared Nord also won for the Foxes 6-1, 7-6 over Drew Cagle 6-1, 7-6, and Milo Baron of Fox Chapel...Read More
