Fox Chapel Herald category, Page 81
Fox Chapel notebook: Troutman sets stage for outdoor track season
Fox Chapel’s Anna Troutman is setting the table well for her outdoor track season. The Foxes picked up a number of medals at the final Tri-State Track Coaches Association Indoor Championship meet. Troutman was the only athlete headed to State College for the state indoor track championship. She set the...
In-your-face style carries Fox Chapel hockey into Penguins Cup playoffs
Fox Chapel goalie Joe Rattner believes the Foxes have a reputation among PIHL Class A hockey teams: Fox Chapel is willing to dig in and do the dirty work when games get tough. The goal for the Foxes, who will play in the PIHL quarterfinals when the playoffs begin in...
SSA Middle School in Fox Chapel presented ‘Frozen Jr.’
Shady Side Academy Middle School presented its 2023 winter student musical Disney’s “Frozen JR.’ on Feb. 22-23. “Frozen Jr.” is a story of love and acceptance between sisters. When faced with danger, Princesses Anna and Elsa discover their hidden potential and the powerful bond of sisterhood. The cast and crew...
Shady Side Academy students win art, writing awards
Forty-two Shady Side Academy students in grades 7-12 won 2023 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for 95 original works. The students won 19 Gold Keys, 31 Silver Keys and 45 Honorable Mentions. The Gold Key-winning works will advance to the national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition, and national medalists...
Fox Chapel Area student wins Colonial Dames essay
Fox Chapel Area High School freshman Joanna Li was among the winners of The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America National Congressional Essay Contest. Joanna is one of 48 winners in the U.S. and one of two from Pennsylvania. The essay topic was “Examine the U.S. Constitution as...
Sharpsburg hires local grad as its latest police officer, considers raising parking fines
Sharpsburg officials welcomed a new full-time patrolman to the borough police force. Council unanimously voted to hire Zachary Smith, 25, of Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh on Feb. 23. “My entire life I’ve been helping people,” he said after the vote. “That’s just my goal, to continue to do that as a police...
A-K Valley basketball playoff capsules: Games for Feb. 24, 2023
WPIAL Girls Basketball Playoffs Class 4A Quarterfinals 6-Highlands (15-7) vs. 3-Elizabeth Forward (17-5) 6 p.m. Friday at Gateway High School, Monroeville Winner plays: Winner of 7-Beaver Area (14-8) at 2-North Catholic (19-3) on Tuesday in semifinals (site/time TBD) Players to Watch: Kalleigh Nerone, Highlands; Julia Resnik, Elizabeth Forward Layup lines:...
Baldwin artist plans installment in Sharpsburg to address coping with grief
Let’s discuss grief. Or, as tends to be the case, let’s not. “I think people feel like they’re being a burden by talking about it,” Baldwin Borough resident Amanda Filippelli said. “But it affects every single one of us, especially after covid, whether it’s a person or their job or...
Sharpsburg Library honors Black History Month
The Sharpsburg Community Library offered activities to honor Black History Month. The library works to ensure that Black writers and artists are featured in its programs and are on its shelves year-round, said library manager Sara Mariacher. It also creates programming to highlight holidays and national heritage months, such as...
Fish rodeo in O’Hara serves as day out for hospitalized veterans
The pond at O’Hara Community Park will provide the perfect setting for hospitalized veterans to reel in good times during the 11th annual fish rodeo in May. The festival-like event features grilled hamburgers, prizes, goody bags and, of course, some time casting lines into the water. Sponsored by the Morningside...
Freshman Eric James scores 20 in 4th to help rally North Hills past Fox Chapel
North Hills freshman Eric James put on a show in the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s WPIAL Class 5A quarterfinal game against Fox Chapel. Maybe he was trying to impress Pitt coach Jeff Capel, who was sitting at the press table watching the game. James scored 20 of his team-high 30...
A-K Valley basketball playoff capsules: Games for Feb. 22, 2023
WPIAL basketball playoffs Boys Class 5A Quarterfinals 11-Fox Chapel (14-9) vs. 3-North Hills (18-5) 8 p.m. Wednesday at North Allegheny High School, McCandless Winner plays: Winner of 2-Penn Hills (18-3)/7-Mars (15-8) in semifinals Saturday (time, site TBD) Players to watch: Kameron Greil, Fox Chapel; Royce Parham, North Hills Layup lines:...
Fox Chapel Council approves new public works contract, updates police hiring practices
Fox Chapel officials have approved a new three-year deal with their public works department. The agreement, unanimously approved by council on Feb. 20, impacts nine full-time workers. It does not impact part-time seasonal help. “I think it’s a fair deal,” said Betsy Monroe, councilwoman and chair of the borough’s negotiating...
Fox Chapel Area teens volunteer their tech skills helping others
A tech-savvy team of teens are on a mission to help close the digital divide — one person at a time. Technology Trained by Teens is a nonprofit created last year by Fox Chapel Area High School junior David Feder of Indiana Township. Students from Fox Chapel Area High School...
Sharpsburg magistrate hosts Boy and Cub Scout troop visits
The justice system is not all like what’s shown on TV, said Jack Teschke, 12, a member of Boy Scout Troop 380, after a visit to the Sharpsburg courtroom of Magistrate Judge Matthew Rudzki. “The most people ever learn about judges is Judge Judy, and that just is not accurate...
Indiana Township officials give tentative OK to housing development despite residents’ objections
Indiana Township supervisors gave tentative approval Feb. 15 to a proposed housing development despite strong objections from residents. The 3-2 vote in favor of the Indiana Trails planned residential development came with Republicans — Supervisor Paul Jorgensen, Deputy Mayor Albert Kaan and Mayor Darrin Krally — approving it. Democratic Supervisors...
Fox Chapel area real estate transactions, week of Feb. 19, 2023
Etna Estate of James Kuhn sold property at 21 Lincoln St. to Daniel Bill for $14,500. Fox Chapel Marla Jonas sold property at 564 Dorseyville Road to Justin and Joanna Kurth for $549,000. Estate of William Stept sold property at 331 Hidden Falls Ct to William and Monica German for...
A-K Valley athletes of the week: Fox Chapel’s Anna Troutman, Freeport’s Michael Braun
Anna Troutman Class: Junior School: Fox Chapel Sport: Track and field Report card: Troutman finished first in the high jump at the Tri-State Track Coaches Association championship meet Saturday at Edinboro. She cleared the bar at 5 feet, 5 inches, bettering the next-closest competitors by 4 inches. She also finished...
Family motivates Fox Chapel junior in quest for postseason wrestling success
Josh Alexander had one of his brothers work on lighting a fire underneath him. With the Alexander family, there is a lot of successful family history on the wrestling mat. Both of Alexander’s brothers wrestled at Maryland, and his father competed at Clarion. The 139-pound Fox Chapel junior who is...
Fox Chapel swimmers stay motivated to collect more medals
Fox Chapel swimming coach Dan Taylor wants to make sure every year that the swimming team finds different ways to challenge its athletes. Fox Chapel has a high percentage of kids who seldom leave the pool, taking part in club competition as well as high school events, so it is...
Fox Chapel area students named to Deans’ lists
Mackenzie Borkovich of Indiana Township earned a 4.0 and was named to the dean’s list at Slippery Rock University’s College of Health Professions for the Fall 2022 semester. She is a 2022 graduate of Fox Chapel Area High School. • The following area students have been named to the Chatham...
Fox Chapel Area students glam it up with ‘Guys and Dolls’
It’s a golden year filled with glitz and glamour for Fox Chapel Area musical theater. A student-driven production of “Guys and Dolls” will hit the stage to mark the district’s 50th year of shows where teens consistently turn in near-professional performances, belting out Broadway-style tunes and sashaying across the stage....
No. 11 Fox Chapel knocks off Thomas Jefferson, sets up rematch with North Hills
Despite Thomas Jefferson earning the sixth seed in the WPIAL Class 5A playoffs and the right to host No. 11 Fox Chapel in first-round action Friday night, it was all Foxes as they dominated in a 62-45 upset victory. Fox Chapel (14-9) took full advantage of the cold-shooting Jaguars (15-8)...
Little Medical School in Hampton offers hope for health care future
If the growing need for health care professionals has you concerned, Dr. Kirsten Lin is working on a solution. The McCandless physician is the owner of Little Medical School of Greater Pittsburgh, with its office in the same building as her family practice on Route 8 in Hampton. Focusing on...
Fox Chapel Area High School students earn regional art awards
Fox Chapel Area High School students took home honors from 2023 Pittsburgh Region of the Scholastic Art Awards. Some students earned several awards, referred to as keys, for their portfolios and submissions. Thirty-nine Fox Chapel Area students were recognized in total. Andy Warhol participated in the event when he was...
