Tag: Fox Chapel

Fox Chapel girls tennis will have tougher path to playoffs in 2017

August 20, 2017

Coming off its deepest postseason run in a dozen years, Fox Chapel's chances at a repeat performance became more difficult. The Foxes, who advanced to

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Fox Chapel baseball gets its guy in new coach Hastings

August 16, 2017

Jim Hastings went without a baseball coaching job for a couple of months when he resigned from Springdale shortly after the Dynamos' season ended in

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Deer Lakes, Freeport boys ready to 3-peat

Freeport and Deer Lakes are separated by only 12 miles, but they've been in different sections for golf the last few years. The split allowed

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Gizzo, Morris hope to help Fox Chapel carry momentum built at end of 2016 season

August 14, 2017

The itch to switch salvaged the 2016 season to a respectable level for Fox Chapel. After the Foxes lost their first five games, coach Tom

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Fox Chapel girls golf counting on seniors at top of lineup

August 13, 2017

Last fall, the Fox Chapel girls golf team posted a 5-3 section mark but failed to make the WPIAL playoffs. The Foxes lost a pair

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Fox Chapel boys soccer thinking playoffs

The Fox Chapel boys soccer team compiled a 9-9 record last year, and its season ended with an overtime loss in the playoffs to eventual

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WPIAL football conference preview: Class 5A Allegheny 9

August 10, 2017

The favorite West Allegheny (13-1 overall, 8-0 Allegheny 9 in 2016) Though standout skill players Kenny White (Pine-Richland), a Division I-bound defensive back, and all-conference WR Brandon Lipford (Montour) transferred and six other first-team all-conference players graduated, the defending WPIAL Class 5A champion Indians have plenty of talent remaining. Back

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Fox Chapel’s Folkerts ramps up summer training

August 6, 2017

Jonathan Folkerts, a senior at Fox Chapel, finished 14th in the 1,600 meters at the WPIAL track championships last spring. Now he's turned his focus

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Fox Chapel Sophomore Wins WPIAL 3-A Boys Diving

February 25, 2017

Fox Chapel sophomore Jonah Cagley earned a silver medal as a freshman last year and with two-time champion Joey Ference graduated, Cagley was considered one of the favorites for this year’s Boys (3A) competition at North Allegheny High School. Cagley did not disappoint, finishing with a score of 525.20 to capture the gold medal. Cagley was the only diver to post a score over 500 points. Cagley came into the final round with a score of 381.75 and he finished strong with scores of 51.0, 38.5 and 54.6 to finish in first place.

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WPIAL Coaches Corner – Zach Skrinjar

February 12, 2017

In this feature titled “Coach’s Corner”, I will be interviewing a different coach every week and asking them questions about their personal life and about coaching. Hopefully their answers will not only shed some light on how they coach their respective teams, but also allow readers to get to know the men behind the fields/courts. This week highlights Fox Chapel boys basketball coach Zachary Skrinjar. Coach Skrinjar is in his 8th season as head coach of the Foxes, after four years as an assistant. Also a social studies teacher in the North Hills school district, Coach Skrinjar is hoping to bring Fox Chapel their first WPIAL title in 40 years. Let’s take a look inside Coach Skrinjar’s corner:  

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