Golden Group: WMC Fencers Dominate District Tournament

The colder the weather gets, the stronger West Morris Central’s fencing athletes become.

It was a dominating day for members of the boys and girls squads at the District I tournament at Hackettstown High School recently, with the school bringing home four gold medals and a bronze.

The boys foil squad, which has trampled the competition all season, added to its Morris County Championship by taking gold in the districts. Terry Peters went undefeated throughout the tournament, grabbing gold in individual Men’s Foil Championship.

Teammate Andrew Mange took fourth in the individual tournament and, along with Peters, qualified for the New Jersey State Individual Championship Tournament. Daly Mauldin also qualified.

As a team, with the Sabre and Epee squads, the boys qualified for the state team tournament by taking third place.

On the girls side the foil squad won third place in the tournament. Brooke Solsky emerged victorious out of a five-person fence-off to win the individual gold in foil. She, along with Lana Prieur and Devon Howell, qualified for the state competition in foil.

Also grabbing gold was Katharine Santsevich in Epee, adding to her Morris County Championship.

The girls team, as a whole, qualified for the state competition as well.

Pictured: First photo, from left: Terry Peters, Jason Manzella (coach),Daly Mauldin, Andrew Mange, Christian Garcia (alternate): Men’s Foid District 1 Champions. Second photo, from left: Brooke Solsky, Terry Peters, Katherine Santsevich: Individual Gold Medal Winners. Third photo, from left: Terry Peters fencing Andrew Mange in the Individuals Round. Photos courtesy Kevin Mange.

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