Freshman Centennial Fencers Stepping Up

The CHS fencers competed last week in a nine-school meet at Milton High School.  Coach Gettler is extremely pleased with the progress of the teams 9^th graders, who make up more than half of our roster.  Freshmen Nick Bray (14^th out of 77 men) and Maggie Fritz (15^th out 42 women) earned points and qualified for the Individual Championships by placing in the top 16.  Other 9^th graders with multiple victories include Simone Katz, Duncan Hemauer, Daniel Sandfelder, Joseph Dorfman, and Dean Bowler.  Their quick progress indicates that Centennial will be a force to be reckoned with for years to come.

 

The Men’s team was led by junior Simon Miller, who placed 9^th (his best finish ever) after narrowly losing 15-14 to get in to the top 8.  Close behind was  captain Kenneth Blackwell at 12^th, Bray at 14^th,  captain Peter Wolff 23^rd , and freshman Duncan Hemauer 31^st.

 In the Women’s event, Fritz won 4 preliminary bouts and finished 14^th.  Sophomore newcomer Karla Chavez won 3 bouts and finished 25^th, followed by Simone Katz at 29^th.

 Centennial will host the next tournament November 1^st.  This will be a great opportunity to see fencing action first-hand and cheer on the Knights!