Tag: Fox Chapel
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 theGeorge 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
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
