West Morris Central Shows Their Strength In Foil Again At County Fencing Tournament

RANDOLPH, NJ— The annual Morris County Fencing Championships were held this weekend at Randolph High School, and West Morris Central had a strong showing. Over 200 boy and girl fencers representing nine high schools in the county competed.

The boys foil squad from West Morris Central came away in first place. Their win was an improvement over last year's second place finish. A relatively young squad, comprised of two sophomores and one junior, with another sophomore as the alternative this year, they won with a 19-5 win-loss record among them.

Christian Garcia, a junior having produced an 8-0 record for the B-strip, and Nate Mange, a sophomore, going 6-2 for the A-strip both qualified for the individual competition in the afternoon.

Mange emerged from the competition with an individual first place going 4-1, and Garcia took third place with a 3-2 record in the individual competition. Mange has had a strong fencing season so far, medaling in or winning the last three tournaments.

Christopher Infinito took home third place for boys epee, and Anna Klaassen earned third place for girls epee on Saturday.

WMCHS has been a perennial strength in boys foil, having won the squad county championship three of the last four championship tournaments.

Images via WMCHS Fencing