National High School Fencing Blog

[Old Fencer]

Proprintwear has started a National High School Fencing Blog for the posting of competitive results. Please visit this site and contact us with suggestions. This site could prove to be a valuable tool for high school fencers and college coaches alike.

http://highschoolfencing.blogspot.com/

[Old Fencer]

We are now posting a "Where to Fence" and "Fencing Camp" section on our High School Fencing Blog. Please contact us at proprintwear@optonline.net for more information.

[Old Fencer]

We are in the process of updating and expanding our facilities and have shifted our production facility to the following address. We have begun the process of venturing into Lacrosse, Soccer and Volleyball as well. Look for our new product line coming April 2009.

Proprintwear
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[Old Fencer]

There is strength in numbers and power in knowledge.

[Old Fencer]

The Connecticut State Individual Championships at the Hopkins School were a huge success with nearly 200 fencers participating. Coach Hank Powell, Paul Luciano (Bout Committee) and Jim Harris (Chief Referee) put together a fine tournament. It seemed as if everyone enjoyed the day. Next week we are onto East Lyme High School for the Connecticut State Team Championships.

2009 CT INDIVIDUAL MEN'S FOIL
1…Steinschneider, Matthe…Greens Farms
2…Thomas, Dayton…NFA
3…Roh, Samuel…Guilford
4…Grathwohl, Will…Fairfield
5…Pepin, Zack…Lyme-Old Lyme
6…Gebhard, Cameron…East Lyme
7…Kil, Wonjae…North Haven
8…O'Flaherty, Kevin…Griswold
9T…Seaman, Jake…North Branford
9T…Jones, Gil…Guilford
11…Lansberg, Simon…Hamden Hall
12…Wettstein, Natan…The Master's
13…Young, Kurt…NFA
14…Paul, Oliver…Weston
15…Lee, Adam…North Haven
16…Roh, Michael…Guilford
17T…Mayne, Alex…Lyme-Old Lyme
17T…Mazurkiewicz, Ronald…St. Bernard
19…Plante, Mark…St. Bernard
20…Weselcouch, James…Hale-Ray
21…Jacobson, Max…Hopkins
22…Ahn, Joe…Cheshire
23…Dobbins, Evan…Hamden Hall
24…Perry, Joshua…East Lyme
25…Roberts, Steve…North Haven
26…DeLand, Stuart…Loomis Chaffee
27…O'Flaherty, Chris…Griswold High
28T…Schlegl, Thomas…Hall High
28T…Brown, Joshua…East Lyme
30…Yates, Wyeth…Farmington
31…Goldman, Dylan…Weston
32…Nishball, Mack…Fairfield
33…Mazzoli, John…Greenwich
34…Beasley, Nick…NFA
35…Gauthier, Nick…Hamden Hall
36…Blinderman, Daniel…Watkinson
37…Cutler, Dylan…Hopkins
38…Cope, Scott…Glastonbury
39…Rubino, David…Greenwich
40…Cooke, Peter…Greenwich
41…McDonald, Mike…North Branford
42T…Hu, Frank…Central
42T…Jennings, Elliot…Cheshire
44…Johnson, Cooper…Bacon
45…Tewksbury, Josh…Waterford
46…Martin, Jared…Ledyard
47…Fitzmaurice, Paul…Hale-Ray
48…Shelton, Andrew…Hamden
49…Farnum, Jason…Waterford
50…Kovel, Joshua…Simsbury
51…McNamara, Connor…Loomis Chaffee
52…Bastian, Chase…Daniel Hand
53…Walker, Austin…Ledyard
54…Lagassie, Joe…Lyme-Old Lyme
55…Hallama, Jon…Fairfield
56…Horspool, Alex…St. Bernard
57…St. Fleur, Reuben…Central
58…Kuo, Chao-Chun…Cheshire
59…Savino, Nick…Griswold
60…Valenica, John…Central
61…Ying, Michael…Hopkins
62…Brown, Billy…Hale-Ray
63T…Duggan, Bryn…Simsbury
63T…Stonefield, Will…Loomis Chaffee
65…Jones, Tim…Ledyard
66…Manceri, Cole…North Branford
67…Morris, Tom…Daniel Hand
68…Sylvestri, Jon…Waterford
69…Hennessey, Michael…Simsbury

2009 CT INDIVIDUAL WOMEN'S FOIL
1…Lu, Margaret…Greenwich
2…Miller, Lauren…Greenwich
3…Duda, Sarah…Nonnewaug
4…Rossetti, Natalie…Guilford
5…Benjamin, Ellen…Fairfield
6…Bruhl, Sarah…Fairfield
7…Pelker, Lizzie…Daniel
8…McCauley, Spencer…Guilford
9T…Nygren, Laura…Guilford
9T…Agers, Veronica…Waterford
11…Bruhl, Emily…Fairfield
12…Mason, Colleen…Waterford
13…Clevenger, Caitlin…Hopkins
14…Bigiarelli, Laura…Lyme-Old Lyme
15…Provatas, Tina…NFA
16…Cseh, Emily…Hale-Ray
17…Yen, Rachel…North Haven
18…Walsh, Stephanie…Griswold
19…Lagasse, Jackie…Bacon
20…Gribbin, Chelsea…NFA
21…Gebhard, Caitlin…East Lyme
22…Gagnon, Janelle…Bacon
23T…Berarducci, Amy…North Haven
23T…Ding, Elena…North Branford
25…Lee, Jung-Eun…Hopkins
26…Nye, Kathrin…North Haven
27…Reid, Jill…NFA
28…Stocker, Deanna…Fitch
29…Miao, Christine…East Lyme
30…Straessle, Melanie… Greenwich
31…Longley, Liz…North Branford
32…Gibson, Jennifer…Griswold
33…Corso, Rachel…North Branford
34…Brown, Anna…Hale-Ray
35…Muller, Hannah…Waterford
36…Campbell-Cohn, Emma…Hopkins
37…Octigan, Simone…Hale-Ray
38…Woodruff, Sarah…Ledyard High
39…Etienne, Eleanor…Fitch
40…Gilbert, Elyse…Griswold
41…Palmer, Sarah…Daniel Hand
42…Milan, Alexandra…St. Bernard
43…Lucus, Kelsey…East Lyme
44…McBroome, Kerry…St. Bernard
45T…Roberts, Ashley…Ledyard
45T…Miller, Rachel…Fitch
47T…Weismiller, Shanleye…Lyme-Old Lyme
47T…Stylianou, Alexia…Daniel Hand
49…Lamb, Edesse…St. Bernard
50…Harries, Stephanie…Lyme-Old Lyme

2009 CT INDIVIDUAL WOMEN’S EPEE
1…Napolitano, Maria…Simsbury
2…Kraus, Emily…Guilford
3…Trumbull, Hillary…Hopkins
4…Martin, Amy…EO Smith
5…Taylor, Emma…Hopkins
6…Roberts, Katie…North Haven
7…Smith, Maggie…Lyme-Old Lyme
8…Kowalczyk, Emily…St. Bernard
9…Sharma, Arielle…North Haven
10…Geist, Meghan…Lyme-Old Lyme
11…Savrann, Beth…Guilford
12…Barlow, Janine…Fairfield
13…Bujalski, Anna…North Haven
14…Phillips, Chelsea…St. Bernard
15…Maresca, Allie…Fairfield
16…Vardy, Fiona…Guilford
17…Flanagan, Caroline…Hopkins
18…Wiegel, Dominique…NFA
19…Trudeau, Corinne…NFA
20…Provatas, Eleni…NFA
21…Wasson, Yoshi…Central
22…Pilny, Susanna…St. Bernard
23…Firgelewski, Alison…Lyme-Old Lyme
24…Ho, Lori…Central
25…Brooks, Courtney…North Branford
26…Whited, Tiffany…North Branford
27…Simmons, Sudie…Central
28…Santella, Maggie…Fairfield
29…Stannard, Sara…North Branford

2009 CT INDIVIDUAL MEN’S EPEE
1…Dannhauser, Billy…Fairfield
2…Kiah, Mitch…East Lyme
3…McCauley, Maxwell…Guilford
4…Strand, Chris…NFA
5T…Staffa, Joseph…North Branford
5T…Wang, Seaver…Hopkins
7…Scales, Michael…Guilford High
8…Dzuiba, Nate…North Branford High
9…Riggs, Jason…North Haven High
10…Croll, Jeremy…North Haven High
11T…McTigue, Owen…Fairfield High
11T…Pung, Leland…Hopkins
13…Closius, Ethan…East Lyme
14…Juncadella, Thomas…Guilford
15…Taverner, Danny…Central
16…Ghafoor, Stuart…Cheshire
17…Folz, Joseph…North Branford
18…Kim, Jason…North Haven
19…Iannarone, Nicholas…Masuk
20…Sawin, Will…Fairfield
21… Provatas, George…NFA
22T…Reilly, Sean…Central
22T…Frisch, Kevin…East Lyme
24T…Linderman, Calvin…Lyme-Old Lyme
24T…Chien, Jon…Hopkins
26…Park, Dan…NFA
27…Cochran, Sean…St. Bernard
28…Lacey, Tom…St. Bernard
29…Ordille, Ryan…St. Bernard
30…Hyatt, Jake…RHAM
31…Iannarone, Joshua…Masuk
32…Vickers, Cameron…EO Smith
33…Saunders, Donald…Lyme-Old Lyme
34…Nelson, Nate…Masuk
35…Valencia, Carlos…Central

The Connecticut State High School Fencing Team will be held on Saturday, March 7, 2009, 9 am at the East Lyme High School, 30 Chesterfield Road, East Lyme, CT 06333.

Send use your High School Fencing Results to http://highschoolfencing.blogspot.com/

[oiuyt]

Next question is what can we do to induce more than about a dozen of those 183 fencers to become members of US Fencing?

What would provide a compelling reason for their families to pay $60/year?

Increased information about currently-existing competitive opportunities? Additional competitive opportunities that are different from those that currently exist? Some form of outreach to reduce barriers to getting the fencers into US Fencing competitions? Additional benefits that aren't directly competition-based?

-B

[milstdfarm]

I tried to post a question on the blog site but it requires an account which I do not have. So I'll post it here:

Is there any high school fencing in Southern Illinois?

We have 6 high school fencers in Millstadt (near St. Louis). We have been entering open competitions and we have been competing against University teams. We have not found any other high school teams.

We are not associated with a public school. We are a coed Scout group. All our fencers are high school students and it would be great to find other high school groups to compete against.

[Old Fencer]

I believe you can create a gmail account and post your comments there. We require accountability for posted comments and wish to demonstrate just how many people fence or are interested in fencing.

[Old Fencer]

Catholic Memorial High School (Crusader)
601 East College Avenue
Waukesha, WI 53186
(262) 542-7101
Boys & Girls Fencing

Catholic Memorial High School Crusaders have joined our fencing blog. We extend a warm welcome to Coach Michael Sampon, Asst Coach Dan Torchia and all the Crusaders.

https://www.edline.net/pages/Catholi...letics/Fencing

Baylor School
171 Baylor School Road
Chattanooga, TN 37405
(423) 267-8505

Baylor Fencing has joined our fencing blog. We extend another warm welcome to Coach Kristin Vines and all her fencers.

http://www.baylorschool.org/

David Brainerd Christian School
7553 Lguo Gap Road
Chattanooga, TN 37421

David Brainerd Christian School has joined our fencing blog. We extend another warm welcome to Coach John McBride and all his fencers.

Come join us and help promote fencing like never before!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.dbcs.org/www/docs/259/

[Old Fencer]

We have been researching and digging away locating as many High School fencing programs as possible. Please forward any such programs to our attention by State and School Name.

Thank You.

[trevor'smom]

I have been looking for a place to ask this question and this looks as promising as any other.

I know there is a program called Academic All-American for students (high school and college I believe) with GPA's at or above 3.5. In the men's gymnastics arena, it is fairly easy to find the forms, deadlines, etc. I don't see any equivalent information anywhere on local or national fencing sites and it would seem like a good thing to recognize in our fencers. Am I just not seeing it, or does this recognition not exist for the fencing community? It would look good on transcripts and give the athletes something to strive for.

[oiuyt]

Originally Posted by trevor'smom

I have been looking for a place to ask this question and this looks as promising as any other.

I know there is a program called Academic All-American for students (high school and college I believe) with GPA's at or above 3.5. In the men's gymnastics arena, it is fairly easy to find the forms, deadlines, etc. I don't see any equivalent information anywhere on local or national fencing sites and it would seem like a good thing to recognize in our fencers. Am I just not seeing it, or does this recognition not exist for the fencing community? It would look good on transcripts and give the athletes something to strive for.

A quick search and I found the men's gymnastics program you mention. It's run by USA Gymnastics. US Fencing does not have an equivalent program, but that doesn't mean we can't get one established.

Since you seem familiar with I'll ask you a quick question:

It doesn't appear to require any minimum of gymnastic ability or achievement to earn, but rather is completely an academic award. Despite the requirement for letters of recommendation, etc. I don't see anything that indicates a selection method or criteria, beyond the GPA requirements.

Am I missing something, or is that actually the way it works in gymnastics?

-B

[trevor'smom]

There is no gymnastics level needed, but it is just for high schoolers. The student's are generally in upper levels of competition (JO's), but not all are. The awards are presented at the state and regional level end of the season competitions (the qualifiers to go to nationals). There is a program at States with bios of all the seniors and it includes how many years they have been Academic All American's. as well as where they are going to college and their most memorable moments, etc.

[trevor'smom]

the best way to reach anyone for any reason is a personal invite. Send a free copy of the fencing magazine with a few of the coupons and a personalized letter listing the benefits with an "act now and get three years at the current price" ad. Follow up with a phone call from a local youth. The only way I get youth to join in our park and rec group is to personally talk to the parent and have my son speak to the kid.
Lori