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Friday, January 23, 2009
2009 Georgia High School Fencing
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February 21, 2009 - Northview High School North Gwinnett vs. Northview vs. Centennial vs. Mill Creek Congratulations to the North Gwinnett Fencing Team for their outstanding performance on Saturday against Northview and Centennial High Schools. The men's team finished far ahead of their competitors, taking 3 of the top 4 medals. Congratulations to Tyler Adams who finished in first place for the 5th consecutive tournament! Zach Cooper and Jason Choi tied for 3rd place. Drew Ritzman came in 6th, Steely Hawkins was 9th and Evan Prehm and Kyle Spoerke finished at 12 and 13. For the women, Devon Drew tied for 3rd place and Jennifer Turner took 6th place. Lora Persyn and Angela Hood also scored points, inishing at 14th and 15th. North goes into the champioship tournament next month with the the #1 seed for both men and women individual fencers - Tyler Adams and Devon Drew - and 2nd place overall for the combined team. Congratulations to all fencers!
January 10, 2009 - North Gwinnett High School North Gwinnett vs. Lassiter vs. Pope vs. Mill Creek The meet on Saturday was an outstanding event, from the success of our fencers to the smooth flow of the tournament to the attractive and delicious concession stand! Both the men’s team and women’s team finished first against Mill Creek, Pope and Lassiter High Schools!
On the men's side, Tyler Adams was the winner in his 4th consecutive tournament and is the men's points leader for the league! Kyle Spoerkefinished 3rd, Jason Choi took 5th place and Zac Cooper placed 8th. Drew Ritzman earned points toward the men's win with a 14th place finish. Pratik, Evan, Steely and Dennis also fenced well against their competitors.
All the North women at the tournament scored pointstoward theirfirst place finish! Devon Drew also finished first for the 4th time this season and leads the league in points for the women. Jennifer Turner brought home a medal for 3rd place and Kayla Howey and Nicole Gustafson placed 7th and 8th. Allison in 11th place and Lora in 15th rounded out a terrific effort from our athletes.
November 15, 2008 - Roswell High SchoolNorth Gwinnett vs. Roswell vs. Lassiter vs. Flowery Branch Congratulations to North Gwinnett Fencers on their fantastic results at the tournament on Saturday! Tyler Adams and Devon Drew each won their event for the 3rd tournament in a row! North also took both second place spots with Kyle Spoerke on the men’s side and Allison Eddy for the women. All of the women were truly outstanding, with 6 of the 8 final spots going to one of the smallest team at the event (us)! Our men had to compete against each other early on, but 5 of our guys still scored points for the team. Congratulations to Evan Brehm for finishing 19th of 49 men in his first high school tournament!
49 men participating 1 ADAMS, Tyler 2 SPOERKE, Kyle 12 CHOI, Jason 13 COOPER, Zach 15 RITZMAN, Drew 19T BREHM, Evan 21 DESHPANDE, Pratik 28 HAWKINS, Steely 47 TAYLOR, Dennis
October 18, 2008 - North Gwinnett High School North Gwinnett vs. Pope vs. Chattahoochee vs. Flowery Branch vs. Mill Creek vs. Brookwood Congratulations to North Gwinnett Fencers on an outstanding tournament this past weekend. You all fenced so well and parents and students both were helpful in making the tournament run so smoothly. On the men’s side, all our fencers advanced to the DE’s. In his first GHSFL tournament, Dennis Taylor advanced to the DE’s but had to face the number 1 seed right off the bat. Tyler Adams showed them all who was really number one, though, and finished in 1st place for the 2nd consecutive tournament. Congratulations also to Kyle Spoerke who took home a 3rd place medal. Jason Choi (7th), Pratik Deshpande (12th), Drew Ritzman (13th) and Zac Cooper (16th) also scored points for the team, and Steely Hawkins just missed at 21st. For the women, Devon Drew also repeated as champion, while Angela Hood placed 3rd in her first GHSFL tournament! Allison Eddy was 6th and Kayla Howey 7th . Nicole Gustafson also had a great tournament, finishing 8th. (Unfortunately, Nicole faced more challenges than she should have in one tournament, having to fence one pool bout twice due to director error and experiencing a failed body cord midway through a DE match.) Lora Persyn and Jennifer Turner also did great in their first tournament, finishing 14th and 17th.
September 20, 2008 - Alpharetta Community Center North Gwinnett vs. Alpharetta vs. Chattahoochee vs. Milton Returning and experienced fencers only at this tournament. Participating for North Gwinnett were Men: 1. Kyle Spoerke 2. Tyler Adams 3. Jason Choi 4. Zach Cooper 5. Pratik Deshpande 6. Steely Hawkins 7. Drew Ritzman Women: 1. Devon Drew 2. Nicole Gustafson 3. Kayla Howey 4. Jennifer Turner All those who participated from our team advanced to the DEs, and all scored points for the team! Congratulations to Tyler Adams and Devon Drew who took home 1st place medals!
Final 2007-2008 Tournament Results: The Championship Tournament was held Saturday April 29th, 2008 at Roswell High School North Gwinnett's fencing team finished 2nd out of 9 teams for the season. This is a huge accomplishment for North's team considering we have one of the smaller teams with only 14 fencers. We came in just behind one of the larger teams that has over 30 fencers. For the past two years, North's team has placed 5th out of 7 teams. This was a big move up in overall team placement due to the whole team working hard all season long.
North's Men's team is the State Championship Men's Team for the second year in a row. They placed first with only 10 men fencers by 54 points ahead of teams much larger. Houston placed 3rd and Sean placed 6th out of 87 men. This was Sean's highest finish and first medal for the season. Steely placed 3rd for a Novice man in the tournament winning his second Novice medal for the season.
In the women's event, Allison placed 2nd and Devon placed 5th out of 68 women in the championship. This has been an awesome first season of fencing for freshman Allison Eddy. This was the 3rd time this season that Allison has placed in the top 8 in a tournament. She won a Novice medal every time possible. This was the second time this season that Allison won both a top 8 medal and 1st place Novice medal.
This was the 4th time this season that Devon won a top 8 medal. Kayla won 7th place Women's Novice in the championship tournament. This was the second time this season Kayla has won a Novice medal. All 3 of North's women fencers present at the championship won a medal. Fantastic job ladies!!!
For the year, Houston finished in 2nd place for the man with the most overall points for the season. Kyle and Kevin tied for 11th overall, Sean Manley was 14th, Zach Cooper was tied for 21st, and Drew Ritzman was 25th out of 98 men fencers in the league for the year.
In the women’s division, Devon finished in 6th place overall out of 88 women this year. Allison finished 1st for all Novice women fencers and 8th overall.
For the year out of 6 tournaments and 5 Novice results: The women have won 7 top 8 medals which were one 2nd place, three 3rd place, one 5th place, one 6th place, and one 8th place medals. The Novice women have won a total of 9 Novice women medals which were four 1st place, one 3rd place, one 4th place, one 6th place, and one 7th place medals.
The men have won 13 top 8 medals which were one 1st place, four 2nd place, two 3rd place, one 5th place, three 6th place, and two 7th place medals. The Novice men have won a total of 4 Novice men medals which were one 1st place Novice, two 2nd place Novice, and one 3rd place Novice medals.
As a team, they won a total of 33 medals out of 6 tournaments for the season which included 20 top 8 medals and 13 Novice medals.
Our team has a great deal to be proud of for the season. Not only were all 14 fencers tough competitors and good sportsmen, but they had the results to prove it.
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February 21, 2009 - Northview High School North Gwinnett vs. Northview vs. Centennial vs. Mill Creek Congratulations to the North Gwinnett Fencing Team for their outstanding performance on Saturday against Northview and Centennial High Schools. The men's team finished far ahead of their competitors, taking 3 of the top 4 medals. Congratulations to Tyler Adams who finished in first place for the 5th consecutive tournament! Zach Cooper and Jason Choi tied for 3rd place. Drew Ritzman came in 6th, Steely Hawkins was 9th and Evan Prehm and Kyle Spoerke finished at 12 and 13. For the women, Devon Drew tied for 3rd place and Jennifer Turner took 6th place. Lora Persyn and Angela Hood also scored points, inishing at 14th and 15th. North goes into the champioship tournament next month with the the #1 seed for both men and women individual fencers - Tyler Adams and Devon Drew - and 2nd place overall for the combined team. Congratulations to all fencers!
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On the men's side, Tyler Adams was the winner in his 4th consecutive tournament and is the men's points leader for the league! Kyle Spoerkefinished 3rd, Jason Choi took 5th place and Zac Cooper placed 8th. Drew Ritzman earned points toward the men's win with a 14th place finish. Pratik, Evan, Steely and Dennis also fenced well against their competitors.
All the North women at the tournament scored pointstoward theirfirst place finish! Devon Drew also finished first for the 4th time this season and leads the league in points for the women. Jennifer Turner brought home a medal for 3rd place and Kayla Howey and Nicole Gustafson placed 7th and 8th. Allison in 11th place and Lora in 15th rounded out a terrific effort from our athletes.
November 15, 2008 - Roswell High SchoolNorth Gwinnett vs. Roswell vs. Lassiter vs. Flowery Branch Congratulations to North Gwinnett Fencers on their fantastic results at the tournament on Saturday! Tyler Adams and Devon Drew each won their event for the 3rd tournament in a row! North also took both second place spots with Kyle Spoerke on the men’s side and Allison Eddy for the women. All of the women were truly outstanding, with 6 of the 8 final spots going to one of the smallest team at the event (us)! Our men had to compete against each other early on, but 5 of our guys still scored points for the team. Congratulations to Evan Brehm for finishing 19th of 49 men in his first high school tournament!
34 women participating
1 DREW, Devon
2 EDDY, Allison
3T HOWEY, Kayla
6 TURNER, Jennifer
7 GUSTAFSON, Nicole
8 PERSYN, Lora
12 HOOD, Angela
49 men participating
1 ADAMS, Tyler
2 SPOERKE, Kyle
12 CHOI, Jason
13 COOPER, Zach
15 RITZMAN, Drew
19T BREHM, Evan
21 DESHPANDE, Pratik
28 HAWKINS, Steely
47 TAYLOR, Dennis
October 18, 2008 - North Gwinnett High School North Gwinnett vs. Pope vs. Chattahoochee vs. Flowery Branch vs. Mill Creek vs. Brookwood Congratulations to North Gwinnett Fencers on an outstanding tournament this past weekend. You all fenced so well and parents and students both were helpful in making the tournament run so smoothly. On the men’s side, all our fencers advanced to the DE’s. In his first GHSFL tournament, Dennis Taylor advanced to the DE’s but had to face the number 1 seed right off the bat. Tyler Adams showed them all who was really number one, though, and finished in 1st place for the 2nd consecutive tournament. Congratulations also to Kyle Spoerke who took home a 3rd place medal. Jason Choi (7th), Pratik Deshpande (12th), Drew Ritzman (13th) and Zac Cooper (16th) also scored points for the team, and Steely Hawkins just missed at 21st. For the women, Devon Drew also repeated as champion, while Angela Hood placed 3rd in her first GHSFL tournament! Allison Eddy was 6th and Kayla Howey 7th . Nicole Gustafson also had a great tournament, finishing 8th. (Unfortunately, Nicole faced more challenges than she should have in one tournament, having to fence one pool bout twice due to director error and experiencing a failed body cord midway through a DE match.) Lora Persyn and Jennifer Turner also did great in their first tournament, finishing 14th and 17th.
September 20, 2008 - Alpharetta Community Center North Gwinnett vs. Alpharetta vs. Chattahoochee vs. Milton Returning and experienced fencers only at this tournament. Participating for North Gwinnett were Men: 1. Kyle Spoerke 2. Tyler Adams 3. Jason Choi 4. Zach Cooper 5. Pratik Deshpande 6. Steely Hawkins 7. Drew Ritzman Women: 1. Devon Drew 2. Nicole Gustafson 3. Kayla Howey 4. Jennifer Turner All those who participated from our team advanced to the DEs, and all scored points for the team! Congratulations to Tyler Adams and Devon Drew who took home 1st place medals!
Final 2007-2008 Tournament Results: The Championship Tournament was held Saturday April 29th, 2008 at Roswell High School North Gwinnett's fencing team finished 2nd out of 9 teams for the season. This is a huge accomplishment for North's team considering we have one of the smaller teams with only 14 fencers. We came in just behind one of the larger teams that has over 30 fencers. For the past two years, North's team has placed 5th out of 7 teams. This was a big move up in overall team placement due to the whole team working hard all season long.
North's Men's team is the State Championship Men's Team for the second year in a row. They placed first with only 10 men fencers by 54 points ahead of teams much larger. Houston placed 3rd and Sean placed 6th out of 87 men. This was Sean's highest finish and first medal for the season. Steely placed 3rd for a Novice man in the tournament winning his second Novice medal for the season.
In the women's event, Allison placed 2nd and Devon placed 5th out of 68 women in the championship. This has been an awesome first season of fencing for freshman Allison Eddy. This was the 3rd time this season that Allison has placed in the top 8 in a tournament. She won a Novice medal every time possible. This was the second time this season that Allison won both a top 8 medal and 1st place Novice medal.
This was the 4th time this season that Devon won a top 8 medal. Kayla won 7th place Women's Novice in the championship tournament. This was the second time this season Kayla has won a Novice medal. All 3 of North's women fencers present at the championship won a medal. Fantastic job ladies!!!
For the year, Houston finished in 2nd place for the man with the most overall points for the season. Kyle and Kevin tied for 11th overall, Sean Manley was 14th, Zach Cooper was tied for 21st, and Drew Ritzman was 25th out of 98 men fencers in the league for the year.
In the women’s division, Devon finished in 6th place overall out of 88 women this year. Allison finished 1st for all Novice women fencers and 8th overall.
For the year out of 6 tournaments and 5 Novice results: The women have won 7 top 8 medals which were one 2nd place, three 3rd place, one 5th place, one 6th place, and one 8th place medals. The Novice women have won a total of 9 Novice women medals which were four 1st place, one 3rd place, one 4th place, one 6th place, and one 7th place medals.
The men have won 13 top 8 medals which were one 1st place, four 2nd place, two 3rd place, one 5th place, three 6th place, and two 7th place medals. The Novice men have won a total of 4 Novice men medals which were one 1st place Novice, two 2nd place Novice, and one 3rd place Novice medals.
As a team, they won a total of 33 medals out of 6 tournaments for the season which included 20 top 8 medals and 13 Novice medals.
Our team has a great deal to be proud of for the season. Not only were all 14 fencers tough competitors and good sportsmen, but they had the results to prove it.