Tag: Fox Chapel

A-K Valley notebook: Freeport’s Heilman to compete in Big 26 Classic

June 6, 2019

Jarrett Heilman, who helped the Freeport baseball team capture the Section 1-3A championship and qualify for the PIAA playoffs for the first time in 21 years, will represent the WPIAL on the Pennsylvania team for the Big 26 Baseball Classic on July 25-28, in Harrisburg.

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State singles title ‘a great finishing touch’ for Fox Chapel’s Shymansky

May 29, 2019

Robby Shymansky made it to the PIAA Class AAA singles final as a freshman, but he was prevented from capturing the gold medal he sought.

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Trib HSSN lacrosse power rankings: May 26, 2019

May 26, 2019

Four teams have been crowned district champions as the WPIAL playoffs have come to an end as we unveil the final edition of the Trib HSSN weekly Power Rankings for boys and girls lacrosse.

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Shymansky, Peters Township duo get WPIAL back to top at state tennis championships

Latrobe graduate Chad Kissell was the most recent WPIAL Class AAA boys tennis singles player to win a PIAA title.

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Fox Chapel senior Shymansky wins PIAA singles tennis title

May 25, 2019

Fox Chapel senior Robby Shymansky wasn’t going to let the opportunity to win his first PIAA singles title slip away, even after giving up an early second-set lead to Great Valley’s Sameer Gangoli.

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Burrell 400 relay breaks school record, wins PIAA gold

SHIPPENSBURG — Burrell sprinter Jocelyn Vickers ran her opening leg of the 400-meter relay and then hurried toward the finish line to wait for her team’s baton to arrive.

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5 things to watch at Saturday’s PIAA boys track and field championships

It’s Day 2 of the PIAA track and field championships at Shippensburg’s Seth Grove Stadium. WPIAL athletes had a rare Day 1, as no boys claimed gold medals. That should change Saturday. Here are five things to watch at the Class AAA and AA boys championships:

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Fox Chapel’s Shymansky advances to PIAA singles semifinals

May 24, 2019

WPIAL champion Robby Shymansky breezed to a pair of victories at the PIAA Class AAA singles tournament at Hershey Racquet Club on Friday, advancing to the semifinal round.

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Football serves as career choice for Fox Chapel Hall inductee Kabala

This is the fifth in a series of profiles of the 2019 Fox Chapel Sports Hall of Fame inductees. The banquet will be June 8 at Harmar House. For more information, contact Jim Perry at gymbeck63@aol.com.

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Burrell’s Sharrow redeems herself in 300 hurdles, advances to PIAA finals

SHIPPENSBURG — Burrell’s Kaylen Sharrow stumbled to the finish line last year at Seth Grove Stadium and then waited nervously, hoping to hear her named called for the 300-meter finals.

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