STATE LEGISLATORS MEET WITH NORTHERN AREA PRINCIPALS ’ ASSOCIATION
BOYS ’ TENNIS TEAM HAS PERFECT ENDING TO REGULAR SEASON
STUDENTS SIGN TO PLAY SPORTS AT COLLEGIATE LEVEL
A reporter from the Fox Chapel Area High School Fox Tales newspaper interviewed the state legislators .
STATE LEGISLATORS MEET WITH NORTHERN AREA PRINCIPALS ’ ASSOCIATION
On April 8 , Fox Chapel Area High School hosted a meeting of the Northern Area Principals ’ Association with area lawmakers . Topics included the state budget , state testing , truancy , and the Every Student Succeeds Act . The group also discussed how legislators and educators can work together in the future on current and upcoming educational regulations . The directors of the Northern Area Principals ’ Association are Fox Chapel Area High School principals Daniel Lentz , Ph . D ., and Rebecca Cunningham , Ed . D .
The state legislators in attendance were representatives Dom Costa ( D ), Frank Dermody ( D ), and Hal English ( R ) and Senator Randy Vulakovich ( R ).
ox Chapel Area FOX CHAPEL AREA SCHOOL NEWS
BOYS ’ TENNIS TEAM HAS PERFECT ENDING TO REGULAR SEASON
The Fox Chapel Area High School Boys ’ Varsity Tennis Team had a storybook ending to their season when they beat Peters Township High School , 3-2 , and finished the year undefeated . Under the mentorship of first-year coach Alex Slezak , the team was 6-0 in WPIAL Class AAA Section 3 , and 13-0 overall . The last time the boys ’ tennis team won the section title was in 2009 and the team has not had an overall undefeated season in more than 10 years .
Among the season ’ s highlights were freshman Jay Kashyap ’ s undefeated record in doubles play and senior Sidd Rajupet and freshman Robby Shymansky both qualifying for the PIAA boys ’ tennis singles championship , which will be held at the end of May in Hershey .
STUDENTS SIGN TO PLAY SPORTS AT COLLEGIATE LEVEL
Fox Chapel Area High School student athletes recently signed and committed to Division I , II , and III colleges and universities . The students are : Mike Bove – Track – Duquesne University , Elayna Burdelski – Soccer – Chatham University , Zach Burkhart – Baseball – Virginia Wesleyan College , Lacey Cohen – Tennis – Slippery Rock University , Taylor Cohen – Soccer – St . Louis University , Maggie Coulson – Soccer – Johns Hopkins University , Emily Kiehn – Crew – Temple University , Levi McCrady – Lacrosse
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– Brown University , Patrick Monteverde – Baseball – Virginia Wesleyan College , Samantha Olbrich – Softball – Wheeling Jesuit University , Jake Pilarski – Baseball – Virginia Wesleyan College , Jack Reese – Volleyball – University of Hawaii , Maia Russo – Soccer – Mercyhurst University , Veronica Sacco – Rowing – Mercyhurst University , Alexis Schwartz – Soccer – Indiana University of Pennsylvania , Cassie Shephard – Cheerleading – Duquesne University , Laurel Shymansky – Tennis – Duquesne University , Kayla Slovenec
The team members also include seniors Lucas Fennell and Thomas Fennell , juniors Neil Bencherif and Jared Cohen , sophomores Karsten Lagerquist and Kurran Singh , and freshman Jared Nord .
Students from the Class of 2016 who signed to play sports in college .
– Basketball – St . Vincent College , Tommy Smith – Football – Allegheny College , Ana Spangenberg – Volleyball – Lehigh University , Nikki Stumpf – Lacrosse – Liberty University , Nicole Susi – Field Hockey – Seton Hill University , Brendon Urso – Basketball – Allegheny College , and Michael Zappala – Basketball – Washington and Jefferson College .
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