Tag: Fox Chapel

Herald spotlight athlete: Fox Chapel’s Arnold Vento

February 8, 2019

Arnold Vento, a 6-foot-4 junior guard on the Fox Chapel basketball team, has been instrumental in the team's successful season. The Foxes have clinched second place in the section and a spot in the WPIAL playoffs. Vento is also on the golf team. He hopes to continue playing basketball in

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Fox Chapel girls basketball makes dramatic turnaround

After suffering through a tough 2017-18 season, the Fox Chapel girls basketball team has bounced back in a big way. Coach Jennifer O'Shea's team finished 9-13, including a 2-8 section mark, last season and failed to make the playoffs. This season, they clinched a playoff berth with two weeks left

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A-K Valley basketball notebook: Big day approaches for Leechburg’s Smith

February 7, 2019

Leechburg is playing its biggest game of the season Friday night, but Blue Devils coach Corey Smith has an important item on his schedule earlier that day. Smith and his fiancee, Ashley, will welcome their third child that morning with a scheduled C-section at West Penn Hospital. Then, Smith will

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Fox Chapel boys basketball starting to hit stride as postseason nears

February 4, 2019

The early portion of Fox Chapel's season resembled a chemistry experiment: take two starters who missed the previous season with injury, mix them with a freshman point guard and throw in more key players fitting into new roles. As with any experiment, the Foxes had some spills. But nothing blew

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A-K Valley lookahead for Week of Feb. 4, 2019

February 3, 2019

MONDAY Girls basketball: The Section 1-4A playoff race is muddied, with Apollo-Ridge (14-5, 6-5) and Knoch (8-10, 6-5) holding on to the last two spots and Greensburg Salem (10-9, 6-5) right behind. Apollo-Ridge visits Highlands (2-16, 0-12), Knoch visits Freeport (14-3, 6-5) and Greensburg Salem hosts Indiana (7-13, 5-7). Leechburg

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A-K Valley notebook: St. Joseph grad stars in Super Bowl commercial

February 2, 2019

A former St. Joseph boys basketball standout will get a shining moment on professional football's biggest night. Chris Conroy, a 2005 St. Joseph graduate, is starring in a Super Bowl commercial for Mercedes Benz's A-Class model. In the ad, which was posted online Thursday and is titled andquot;Say The Word,andquot;

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Fox Chapel seals up 2nd place in section with win over Penn-Trafford

Much to the delight of most everyone in Western Pa., Punxsutawney Phil didn't see his shadow Saturday, signifying an early spring. The Fox Chapel boys basketball team, however, started Saturday in the shadows. The Foxes were second in the section with a one-game lead over third-place Penn-Trafford, but after 32

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The Herald Spotlight Athlete:

February 1, 2019

Jordana Matamoros, a senior on the Fox Chapel wrestling team, became the first female athlete to medal at the Allegheny County Wrestling Championships two weeks ago. andquot;I was very happy,andquot; she said. andquot;One of my goals as a wrestler was to earn a medal at the Allegheny County championships.andquot; She

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High-scoring matchup expected between Woodland Hills, McKeesport on Saturday

The last time the Woodland Hills and McKeesport boys basketball teams played, pencils were breaking, pens were drying up and it was a scorekeeper's nightmare. It also was one of the most exciting games of the regular season. A combined 52 points were scored in the first quarter alone as

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Fox Chapel boys swimmers chasing 1st section title since ’90

January 31, 2019

The last time a Fox Chapel boys swimming and diving team won a section championship, the current team members were more than a decade away from being born. The year was 1990, and for senior Nate Roe, the 29-year drought needs to come to an end. andquot;Every single day going

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