Ryan Riordan's feature on the Fox Chapel boys' basketball team:

"Down by one with 2.3 seconds left in a Jan. 18 game against McKeesport, Fox Chapel junior Matt D'Amico went to the free-throw line with a chance to give his team a key Class AAAA Section 2 win.

Just 10 days earlier, D'Amico had another chance to lift the Foxes to a win, but his 3-pointer at the buzzer against Gateway did not go down and the Gators held on for a 40-38 win.

"I'll take that any time," said Fox Chapel coach Zach Skrinjar of D'Amico's final shot. "I knew that if we had more chances like that, he'd hit them."

Which D'Amico did, as he stepped to the line against the Tigers and drilled both free throws to give the Foxes their second win against Mc-Keesport this season.""

(Photo: Matt D'Amico has scored more than 23 points per game while leading Fox Chapel to the WPIAL playoffs. Bill Wade/Post-Gazette.)

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Fox Chapel graduate JB Kolod is making a splash on the University of Virginia diving record books.

Only a sophomore, Kolod has already broken the men’s school record on the 1-meter boards (369.30) and the school and pool record at the University of Virginia’s Aquatic and Fitness Center board on the 3-meter boards (420.65).

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Name: Sia Beasley
School: Fox Chapel
Grade: 11
Sport: Swimming
Events: Freestyle backstroke

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If you’re a Fox Chapel boys’ basketball fan, you might not have any fingernails left.

Few, if any, WPIAL teams have played as many nailbiting games as Fox Chapel. The Foxes (15-4, 10-2) have played 19 games this season, and 12 of them have been decided by seven points or less. The Foxes are 8-4 in those games.

The nerve-wracking contests have become frequent in recent weeks. Of Fox Chapel’s last nine games, seven have been decided by seven points or less. Of those, there have been games decided by one, two and three points.

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