Tag: Fox Chapel

Big schools open 2nd half of section play to hightlight Tuesday’s 3 things to watch

January 21, 2019

The second half of section play in WPIAL boys basketball tipped off for many teams last week, but all of Class 6A and some other smaller sections will get the ball rolling on the final three weeks Tuesday. The three section leaders in 6A will begin the second half on

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A-K Valley high school sports look-ahead: Week of Jan. 21, 2019

January 20, 2019

MONDAY Girls basketball: Apollo-Ridge will get a second chance to slow down Class 4A No. 1 North Catholic in a Section 1-4A game. The Vikings (10-4, 4-4) have the second-best defense in the section, allowing 36.5 points per game, but the defending WPIAL champion Trojans (12-1, 8-0) scored 76 in

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Alle-Kiski high school notebook: Mowry takes over Knoch football

January 19, 2019

Needing to fulfill a graduation requirement of 2,000 volunteer hours while attending college at Slippery Rock, Brandon Mowry called his former high school football coach Mike King and joined his staff at Knoch as an assistant. And so began a 15-year process that culminated Wednesday with Mowry becoming the eighth

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Quaker Valley’s Redinger rallies, TJ’s Serapiglia pulls surprise at Allegheny County tournament

January 18, 2019

It's not often a quarterfinal-round match features two past tournament champions. But that's what happened at the 18th annual Allegheny County Wrestling Championships Friday at Fox Chapel. Quaker Valley sophomore Conner Redinger, the 2018 champion at 106 pounds, battled Penn Hills senior Justin Perkins, the 2017 champion at 126, in

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Fox Chapel boys, girls swimmers open new year with 3-meet winning streak

The Fox Chapel swimming team started the new year off with three wins to improve both the boys and girls records to 6-1 overall, 2-0 in the section. andquot;I think that a big part of our success has been the depth on both teams, which really helps,andquot; coach Dan Taylor

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The Herald Spotlight Athlete: Fox Chapel’s David Manelis

David Manelis, a sophomore on the Fox Chapel diving team, has made the cut for WPIALs. He has been diving for three years and made the switch after being involved in gymnastics. Here's a closer look at this week's Spotlight Athlete: If you could go somewhere you've never been, where

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WPIAL section tournaments set for Wednesday

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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