Fox Chapel Area High School’s gymnasiums soon will transform into the epicenter of high school wrestling as the 23rd annual Allegheny County High School Wrestling Championships begin on January 17. The two-day event draws sell-out crowds, nearly 100 volunteers, and the county’s most talented wrestlers, including several of Fox Chapel Area’s own medalists from last...Read More

Please reiterate your personal history of wrestling at Fox Chapel Area High School and when you started. I started wrestling at Fox Chapel Area when we moved here as a family in 1988 at 6 years old, and I haven’t really left the program since. I competed for my dad and (former coach) Bob Siar...Read More

By: Josh Rizzo Saturday, January 4, 2025, TRIB-LIVE Calyx Kimbrough was hoping to get a better start to the campaign for his junior season with the Fox Chapel wrestling team. But the 152-pound junior had to feel confident after receiving plenty of encouragement from Foxes coach Michael Frank. “He has been working his butt off,...Read More

By: Ted Sarneso Monday, December 23, 2024, TRIB-LIVE Last season, the Fox Chapel wrestling squad went 15-2 and won its first section title since 1971. This season, the Foxes bring back the bulk of that roster. “We have 14 seniors on our team, which is unheard of,” coach Michael Frank said. One of those seniors...Read More

The Fox Chapel Area boys wrestling team’s 2023-2024 season was extremely successful and quite historic. The Foxes captured their first section championship in 53 years, amassed a 15-2 overall record (5-0 in the section), and advanced to the WPIAL tournament, knocking off Peters Township in the first round before falling to Connellsville Area in the...Read More