Marty Stewart stories, Page 2
Deep roster should help keep Fox Chapel swimmers in contention
Last season, the Fox Chapel boys and girls swim teams each posted 9-2 overall and 5-1 Section 3-AAA records, finishing second to Franklin Regional. The girls finished sixth at WPIALs and 15th at PIAAs with the girls 200 medley team taking fourth at WPIALs and 10th at PIAAs. Leia Ross...
Herald Spotlight Athlete: Fox Chapel’s Carissa Shepard
Carissa Shepard, a sophomore on the Fox Chapel girls tennis team, could be one of the top players in the WPIAL next year. Playing at the No. 2 spot in singles this season, she helped lead the Foxes to the PIAA Class AAA championship and a second-place finish at the...
WPIAL playoffs the goal for Shady Side Academy boys basketball
The Shady Side Academy boys basketball team finished last season with a 9-12 record and lost to Lincoln Park in the first round of the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs. Despite losing four players to graduation, coach David Vadnais believes the Indians have a good shot at returning to the postseason....
The Herald Spotlight Athlete: Shady Side Academy’s Callie Davis
Callie Davis, a senior and forward on the Shady Side Academy soccer team, was instrumental in helping SSA claim the WPIAL Class A championship. In the playoffs, she scored a pair of goals and had two assists against Riverside, two goals and an assist against OLSH and three goals and...
Fox Chapel ends cross country season with pair of PIAA medals
The Fox Chapel cross country team brought home a pair of medals from the PIAA championships Nov. 2. Senior Grace Sisson came in eighth in the girls Class AAA race while Foxes senior Christian Finch finished 11th on the boys side. “Grace ran very well and I was pleased and...
With help of senior captain, Shady Side Academy girls cross country has strong season
The Shady Side Academy girls cross country team recently concluded its season with a 9-2 overall record that included a 7-2 section mark. The team also finished eighth out of 19 schools at the WPIAL championships. The lone senior on the squad was captain Juliana Bem. “She was invaluable to...
Another successful season for Shady Side Academy boys golf
The Shady Side Academy boys golf team wrapped up another successful season, winning a third straight section title with a 12-0 record. It was the straight undefeated section record for the Indians. Overall, they ended up at 13-1. “It was another excellent year,” assistant coach Kyle Smith said. “We qualified...
Rugged schedule sharpens Fox Chapel girls soccer for WPIAL playoffs
After a tough schedule that saw his team finish with a 6-6 section record, Fox Chapel High School girls soccer coach Peter Torres believes his squad is ready for the WPIAL playoffs. “For us to succeed in the playoffs, we need to continue to improve our in-game communication and finish...
The Herald Spotlight Athlete: Shady Side Academy’s Eddie Faulkner
Eddie Faulkner, a senior on the Shady Side Academy football team, had a big night as SSA defeated Summit Academy, 28-20, on Oct. 4. The speedy running back rushed for 124 yards on 13 carries and scored on runs of 48, 4 and 4 yards. He also plays strong safety....
Fox Chapel cross country gets up to speed as postseason approaches
With the WPIAL cross country championships coming up on Oct. 24, Fox Chapel coach Tom Moul feels his team is ready to make a good showing. “The boys won the section with an 8-0 record,” he said. “That was one of our goals this season. As far as the WPIALs,...
The Herald Spotlight Athlete: Shane Funk, Fox Chapel
Shane Funk, a junior on the Fox Chapel cross country team, is in his third season with the team and has shown improvement every year. “He’s constantly been in our top four all season,” coach Tom Moul said. “He’s a hard worker and he’s really thrown himself into running and...
The Herald Spotlight Athlete: Juliana Bem, Shady Side Academy
Juliana Bem, a senior on the Shady Side Academy cross country team, is one of the veterans on a team that is off to a good start. Juliana is also on the track team. She has begun narrowing her college choices and wants to major in engineering. She has hopes...
The Herald Spotlight Athlete: Molly Skvorak, Shady Side Academy
Molly Skvorak, a senior goalkeeper on the Shady Side Academy girls soccer team, is a big reason the Indians are off to a 5-1 start. She has been on the team since her sophomore year. She also plays softball in the spring and is on the squash team in the...
The Herald Spotlight Athlete: Shady Side Academy’s Josh Castro
Josh Castro, a junior on the Shady Side Academy football team, helped the Indians to a 2-0 start. In a 27-0 win over Valley, the 6-foot-2, 195-pound QB threw three TD passes and ran for another score. He has been playing football since he was 6 and hopes to continue...
With revamped roster, SSA ready to run
Despite losing four of his top seven runners to graduation, cross country coach Paul Ejzak is hopeful Shady Side Academy will have a solid season. Last year, the team finished with an 8-3 record and claimed fifth place in the WPIAL championships. “The leadership of our co-captains, Alex Reuter and...
SSA cross country team mixes youth, experience
After her team went 7-2 and placed seventh at the WPIAL championships last season, Shady Side Academy cross country coach Sue Whitney has a lot of holes to plug. “We were hit hard by graduation with six seniors leaving the team,” she said. “We will miss their leadership and experience...
Shady Side Academy field hockey counting on freshmen to help defend WPIAL title
Last year, the Shady Side field hockey team posted a 14-1-1 record with the lone loss coming in the first round of the PIAA playoffs. Prior to that loss, the Indians cruised to section and WPIAL titles. The team lost three seniors to graduation. “They were very important seniors and...
Shady Side Academy girls soccer enters season with confidence
Shady Side Academy girls soccer reached the PIAA and WPIAL Class A semifinals last season. Coach Mary Lynch must replace four senior starters from a team that compiled a 14-5 record. She feels confident about this year’s group. “Our seniors have done a great job so far of stepping into...
Fox Chapel runner Sisson eyes big senior season
Fox Chapel senior cross country runner Grace Sisson has experienced much success in her previous three years. The highlight was the Foxes capturing the PIAA team championship two years ago. “I’ll always remember that,” she said. “It was an amazing feeling.” Running has been a part of her life for...
Shady Side Academy boys golf sets sights on WPIAL, PIAA titles
The Shady Side Academy boys golf team moved up to WPIAL Class AAA last season and continued to succeed. The Indians won Section 8 with a 12-0 record. They finished 14-0 and qualified for the WPIAL team finals for the second consecutive year, where they finished third behind Fox Chapel...
Area tennis players shine at Fox Chapel Junior Open
After a one-year hiatus because of last summer’s flooding, the 22nd annual Fox Chapel Junior Open returned home. Last year, the tournament was forced to move to Mt. Lebanon. Fox Chapel rising sophomore Carissa Shepard claimed the Girls 16 singles title and teamed with Fox Chapel freshman Catherine Petrovich to...
After roster turnover, Shady Side Academy to rely on speed
The Shady Side Academy football team won its first 10 games before falling to South Side Beaver in the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs a year ago. Third-year coach Chuck DiNardo will have to replace several key members of that team, including quarterback Skyy Moore and explosive receivers Dino Tomlin and...
The Herald Spotlight Athlete: Brooke Krally, Fox Chapel
Brooke Krally, a senior on the Fox Chapel cross country team, is entering her fourth year on the team. She was a member of the team that won the PIAA title two years ago. She hopes to keep running in college, and she is considering Duquesne, Pitt, W&J and a...
Fox Chapel cross country teams must fill several spots opened by graduations
Fox Chapel cross country coach Tom Moul will have a lot of running shoes to fill on the girls and boys squads this season. “On the girls side, we lost three of our top five runners in Annika Urban, Sareena Seeger and Anna Folkerts,” he said. “Annika and Sareena were...
Herald spotlight athlete: Shady Side Academy’s Adam Lauer
Adam Lauer, a junior on the Shady Side Academy golf team, is hoping to help lead the Indians to their third straight section title. They have also made it to the WPIAL finals two years in a row. Lauer led the team in low stroke average as a freshman and...
