Tag: Fox Chapel

Fox Chapel keeper Lia Pizzella makes a save against Shaler’s Adelaide Paladin on Sept. 22 at Fox Chapel.
Fox Chapel girls soccer meeting challenge of new faces in new places in lineup
September 27, 2025
Caylie Wilkinson, a junior defender for the Fox Chapel girls soccer team, felt like this year’s team was significantly different from the previous two iterations. Wilkinson is the only returning starting defender from the Foxes team that reached the WPIAL Class 3A final last season.

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Pine-Richland’s Jay Timmons celebrates his touchdown with head coach Jon LeDonne during their game against Central Catholic on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, at CMU.
2 schools request opponents show mercy with shorter quarters — 5 things to watch in Week 5
September 26, 2025
Forty-eight minutes is the length of a typical WPIAL football game, but at least one contest this week will be notably shorter.

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Asayan Jordan of Kiski Area puts a move on Fox Chapel’s Matt Quince (25) with Joe Orlando (52) in pursuit Sept. 28, 1985. Jordan tallied four rushing touchdowns in a 28-0 victory for the 5-0 Cavaliers.
Through the years: 40 years ago, Fox Chapel had no answers for Kiski Area
September 25, 2025
Each week throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look at the players, coaches and events that shaped our scholastic legacy.

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Burrell’s Vincent Scherer (front) hauls in a pass over Freeport’s Kason Barker on Sept. 19.
The Birdie dreams of streams, makes Week 5 picks in A-K Valley football
September 24, 2025
Last week: 9-2

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Burrell quarterback Antonio Perkins heaves a deep pass against Freeport on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, at Burrell High School.
A-K Valley high school football matchups for 2025 Week 5
Here’s a look at the don’t-miss matchups for A-K Valley teams in Week 5:

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Fox Chapel’s Carson Kittsley eyes up his putt on No. 9 during the 2024 WPIAL Class 3A golf championship at Oakmont Country Club.
Defending PIAA champ Carson Kittsley of Fox Chapel makes statement at section tournament
September 20, 2025
Fox Chapel junior Carson Kittsley, the defending PIAA Class 3A boys golf champion, made an emphatic statement at the Section 7-3A WPIAL qualifier Sept. 17 at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course.

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Jim Skirboll poses with daughter Zoe at the 2019 USA Swimming Girls National Select Camp in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Youth swimming coach from Aspinwall honored as one of nation’s best
Jim Skirboll has slowly had to let go of some of his favorite references. Skirboll, a 60-year-old Aspinwall resident, has spent 38 years coaching swimming. The owner of Racer X Aquatics has had to alter his messaging.

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Lucy DiRocco led Fox Chapel with nine kills in a section match against Penn Hills on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025.
Fox Chapel volleyball in search of consistency
The Fox Chapel girls volleyball team is in search of a consistent second hitter. Foxes coach Diana Andreyko saw flashes of what Lucy DiRocco can bring to the table Sept. 16 against Penn Hills.

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Fox Chapel’s Rocco Didomenico battles Seneca Valley’s Luke West for a header Sept. 9.
Fox Chapel boys soccer not resting on laurels
Fox Chapel boys soccer coach Erik Ingram is excited about the attitude the Foxes have approached this season with. The senior class Ingram has isn’t interested in reveling in the past.

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Fox Chapel and North Hills (right) shake hands before their game Friday.
North Hills capitalizes on mistakes to roll past Fox Chapel, pick up 1st win
September 19, 2025
Both North Hills and Fox Chapel came into Friday searching for Class 5A Northeast Conference win No. 1. The Indians were also in search of their first win of the season, and they used three first-half turnovers on the way to a 56-7 victory over the Foxes.

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