Tag: Fox Chapel

WPIAL section tournaments set for Wednesday

January 18, 2019

The section team wrestling tournaments in Class AAA and Class AA will get underway at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Kiski Area is the returning WPIAL champion in Class AAA and Burrell in Class AA. Burrell has won 12 consecutive Class AA titles. The top two teams in each subsection, which have

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Organizers change times for Saturday’s Allegheny County wrestling tournament

Officials running the 18th annual Allegheny County wrestling tournament have made an adjustment to Saturday's schedule because of the expected snowstorm. Action will resume at 9 a.m. with semifinal-round action at Fox Chapel High School, and the finals and medal rounds are expected to begin at noon or earlier. A

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Fox Chapel set to host 18th annual Allegheny County wrestling tournament

January 17, 2019

A native of East Liberty, where wrestling wasn't very prevalent as he grew up, Ron Frank nonetheless made the sport a significant part of his life's work. And even after nearly four decades of coaching at Fox Chapel, Frank still gets a rush from the sight of the medal stand

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Fox Chapel girls look to remain in playoff hunt in 2nd half of section slate

January 16, 2019

Megan Friday remembers her freshman year and the feeling she had experiencing the Fox Chapel girls basketball team's most recent run to the WPIAL playoffs. The senior forward hopes that this year's group can continue to carve its own path to the postseason. Despite a couple of bumps in the

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George Guido: Alle-Kiski Valley basketball teams face key games down stretch

January 15, 2019

The halfway point of the high school basketball section season was reached in the last two nights. Now gear up for section- half action beginning Thursday and Friday. A number of boys playoff races could go down to the wire, but it's a shame a number of Alle-Kiski girls teams

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Fox Chapel’s Jordana Matamoros to put her improvement on display

As much as Jordana Matamoros enjoyed wrestling in junior high, she didn't plan to continue with the sport once she came to high school. Then Fox Chapel coach Ron Frank began pestering her. andquot;I was in ceramics class and he was the jewelry teacher, so he came to my class

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A-K Valley high school sports look-ahead: Week of Jan. 14, 2019

January 13, 2019

Monday Girls basketball andamp;#8226; Deer Lakes visits Shady Side Academy for a Section 3-3A game. Deer Lakes (9-2, 5-1) can tie for first place in the section with a win. andamp;#8226; Apollo-Ridge's defense will be put to the test at Greensburg Salem, which features 1,500-point scorer Megan Kallock. Apollo-Ridge allows

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Fox Chapel’s Veltri gets another shot in USHL

January 12, 2019

Fox Chapel native Chad Veltri put up good numbers in net at every level of hockey he had played in the last few years, and this season he got a long-awaited chance to play in the USHL, the top junior hockey league in the country. But after a 10-game run

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Fox Chapel boys extend winning streak to 4 after topping Penn-Trafford

January 11, 2019

One look at Fox Chapel's basketball lineup won't likely make much of an impression on the average fan. But, boy, do the Foxes know how to win. andquot;We don't look spectacular. Everyone says that,andquot; Fox Chapel boys coach Zach Skrinjar said following a 69-54 Section 3-6A victory on Friday night

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The Herald spotlight athlete: Fox Chapel’s Avery Bursick

Avery Bursick, a senior on the Fox Chapel wrestling team, has been a starter since his freshman year. He wrestles at 145 pounds and finished third at the Meadville tournament two weeks ago. He is leading the Foxes in wins with 15. He is not sure if he will be

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