Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Freshman and sophomores fencers take home medals in Montclair tournament.
Thirty-three freshman and sophomore members of the Millburn Fencing team competed in the Montclair Invitational at Montclair High School on Sunday, Feb. 10. The Millers competed with fencers from other high schools including Montclair, Governor Livingston, St. Peters Prep, West Windsor PB-North, West Windsor PB-South, Chatham, Livingston, Moorestown, Gill St. Bernards, Oak Knoll, West Essex, Newark Academy and St. Augustine Prep. The Millers took home seven medals from the event. Winning gold medals were sophomore Alex Brod in men's foil and freshman Alex Ren in men's foil. Jacqueline Zhu took home the silver medal in women's sophomore epee. Bronze medals were won by sophomore Jan Piotrowiak in mens' foil, Drew Vreeland in sophomore men's …
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Boys improve to 8-1, Girls at 3-6
Millburns fencing season is in full swing and the boys team has started off strong. Beginning in mid-December, Millburn traveled to Governor Livingston and posted their first win at 17-10. The epee squad, led by starters Ricky Eschenbach, Albert Reiss and Keegan Caulfield, along with subs Josh Novick, Carrick Irwin and Alex Holmes led the team with an 8-1 record. The team then traveled to Jersey City to meet up with St Peters Prep at Cobra Fencing Center. After a first round with Millburn leading 5-4, St Peters Prep returned the favor by winning the second round 5-4. St Peters Prep continued to fence strong and upset Millburn to win the third round 6-3 and the meet 15-12, handing Millburn their only loss of the season so far. The …
Friday, February 17, 2012
Five Millburn Fencers bring home some gold, silver, bronze from Freshman/Sophomore tournament.
The Millburn fencing team won five medals in the Montclair Freshman-Sophomore Invitational last weekend at Montclair High School. In all, 34 Millburn freshmen and sophomores were among the 250-plus participants. The Millers competed with fencers from other high schools including Montclair, Governor Livingston, West Essex, St Augustine Prep, Chatham, Moorestown Friends, West Windsor-PB North, West Windsor-PB South, Oak Knolls and Newark Academy. Winning gold medals were sophomores Dana Leichter in women’s saber and Andrew Afable in men’s foil. Freshman Alex Brod took home silver in men’s foil. Bronze medals were won by freshman Drew Vreeland in men’s saber and sophomore Ben Goldman also in men’s saber. Several Millburn upper-classmen, …
