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).
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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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