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

The Fox Chapel Area girls wrestling team is carving out a strong identity in just its second season as a program separate from the boys. With a growing roster that has expanded from 14 to 22 athletes, the team is filling more weight classes and showing steady improvement.  The sport’s demanding nature requires special kinds...Read More

In the first season of the Fox Chapel Area girls wrestling program, there were a number of successes on which to build. As the program enters its second season, it has significantly increased the number of team members and looks forward to even more success on the mat. “I would say it was successful,” said...Read More

By: Josh Rizzo Saturday, January 13, 2024, TRIB-LIVE  Vie Filar got the Fox Chapel girls wrestling team in the win column for the first time in history. Filar pinned Valley’s Amaya Hayden in 1 minute, 37 seconds during their 235-pound match Jan. 10 to give the Foxes a 36-33 win at home. It was the...Read More

Caroline Slember never saw a wrestling match before her first practice last season as a member of the Foxes team. A year later, she and her pioneering teammates are making history as part of the school’s first all-female squad, and it’s something she never anticipated. “The sport of wrestling wasn’t on my mind in the...Read More