Sophomore Fencers Step Up at South Forsyth Tournament

 

The CHS fencers competed Saturday in a nine-school tournament at South Forsyth High School.   In women’s competition,  sophomores Casey Archambault (9^th out of 57 women) and Karla Chavez(12^th) earned points by placing in the top 16.   Chavez has now qualified for the Individual Championships.   Senior captains Holly Nichols (17^th) and Debbie Lowder (37^th) put in great efforts in their final regular season tournament.   Freshmen Maggie Fritts and Olivia and Simone Katz continued to build on their strong first year campaigns.

Joshua “Paco” Yao was dominant in the prelimary pools for men, earning a 4^th seed in the field of 71 by going 5-0 in his group.    Following the direct elimination bouts, Kenneth Blackwell (7^th) and Nick Bray (16^th) represented the point scorers for the men.  Close behind were  Yao (17^th),  Simon Miller (21) , Peter Wolff (22),

Daniel Sandfelder (24), and Duncan Hemauer (29) .

Next up for Centennial Fencing is the Individual Championships on February 21^st at Alpharetta High School.