Fencing In The Garden State

2000 NJSIAA Fencing Tournament

Ramapo wins boys title; Columbia four-peats as girls champions

Ramapo claimed its 21st NJSIAA boys fencing team title while Columbia won all three weapons to four-peat as the girls champions at Voorhees High School in Glen Gardner. Ramapo (70-29), which went 12-0 during the regular season, edged runnerup Millburn (67-32) as the sabre team went 28-5 with Howard Huang on the "A" strip leading the way with a 10-1 record.

Boys Individual Results	Girls Individual Results
Epee: 1. Nathan Bragg (Pingry) 6-2; 2. Bill Verigan (Ramapo) 6-2; 3. Tyler Overk (North Hunterdon) 6-2; 4. Matt Edzenga (Ramapo) 5-3; 5. Donovan Holtz (Montclair) 4-4; 6. Wojteck Wieronski (Watchung Hills) 4-4; 7. Robert Creytzberg (Henry Hudson) 3-5; 8. Mike Mauro (Morristown); 1-7; 9. Brian Fullilove (Columbvia) 1-7	Epee: 1. Solmaz Firoz (Millburn) 7-1; 2. Aneemarie LeDonne (Columbia) 5-3; Precious Okungnowa (Montclair Kimberley) 5-3; 4. Dana Russak (Hackettstown) 5-3; 5. Jeanne Brown (Pompton Lake) 5-3; 6. Alexa Rose (Westfield) 4-7; 7. Lauren Roth (Morris Knolls) 3-5; 8. Claria Yum (Ramapo) 1-7; 9. Barbara Cho (Ramapo) 1-7
Foil: 1. Jess Schibillia (Voorhees) 7-1; 2. Ralph Mannino (North Hunterdon) 5-3; 3. Phil Sherrill (Millburn) 4-4; 4T.Eric Bowden (North Hunterdon) 4-4; 4T. Vince Sakos (Voorhees) 4-4; 6, Bryan Bishe (Montclair Kimberley) 4-4; 7. Niluka Abeyawardene (Millburn) 4-4; 8. Steven Liou (West Essex) 3-5; 9. Jeremy Lieberman (Ramapo) 1-7	Foil: 1. Jenna Remmert (Lakeland) 7-1; 2. Suki Dorfman (North Hunterdon) 7-1; 3. Victoria Helmer (Morristown) 6-2; 4. Lauren Van Gieson (Wayne Valley) 5-4; 5. Monica DeFabio (Rumson) 4-4; 6. Anna Schall (Columbia) 4-4; 7. Inwha Song (Wayne Hills) 1-7; 8. Chrsitine Kaneshige (Columbia) 9. Vanessa Eulo (Voorhees) 1-7
Sabre: 1. Jared DeMatteis (Montclair Kimberley) 6-1; 2. Peter Sung (Ramapo) 4-3; 3. Vadi Korytny (Fair Lawn) 4-3; 4. Ken Herbert (Ramapo) 3-4; 5. Howard Huang (Ramapo) 3-4; 6. Andrew Moch (Voorhees) 3-4; 7. Albert Lee (West Milford) 3-4; 8. Ethan Ho (Millburn) 0-7	Sabre: 1. Catherine Pack (Pingry) 6-1; 2. Kasia Wieronski (Watchung Hills) 6-1; 3. Veronica Padula (Mt. St. Dominic) 6-1; 4. Lauren Phillips (Pingry) 4-3; 5. Cassandra Frey (Montclair Kimberley) 2-5; 6T. Emma Barratta (Somerville) 2-3; 6T. Stephani Mariconda (Wayne Valley) 2-5; 8. Joanne Szkalarska (Millburn) 1-6

2000 NJSIAA FENCING TOURNAMENT

Millburn wins boys title; Columbia three-peats as girls champions

Columbia three-peated in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association girls fencing team championships contested at Voorhees High School in Glen Gardner on March 4, 2000. Millburn won its second boys title in three years. Columbia accumulated 58 victories to win the overall team title by 11 victories over runnerup Pompton Lakes. The Cougars from Essex County finished first in the foil competition with a team of Maggie Jordan (8-3), Jenny Redmore (8-3), Christine Kaneshige (7-4) and Nine Okoro (8-3). In the epee, the team of Angnemarie LeDonne (9-2), Wednesday Valestin (10-1) and Amanda Boksay (8-3) was runnerup to Pompton Lakes squad of Kim Bush (9-2), Jeanne Brown (9-2) and Sevilay Baycora (10-1). Millburn posted 79 wins while Montclair Kimberley finished in second place with 71 victories. The Millers won the epee competition with a team of Austin Kilgore (8-3), Ashwin Jacob (10-1) and Andrew Bazlievich (11-0). The Millers were third in the foil with a squad of Matt Caselton (8-3), Phil Sherrill (8-3) and Niluka Abeywardene (8-3) and placed second in the sabre with a lineup of Josh Younger (8-3), Mac Reback (8-3) and James Fischkoff (10-1). MKA won the foil competition with the team of Jay Tobia (9-2), Bryan Bishe (9-2) and Bryan Wilmer (92) as well as the sabre event with a lineup of Jared DeMatties (10-1), Jesse Branson (11-0) and Mike Fortunato (8-3).

BOYS TEAM STANDINGS Overall 1 Millburn 2 Montclair Kimberley 3 North Hunterdon 4 Ramapo 5 Columbia 6 Morristown 7 Voorhees 8 Hackettstown 9 Pompton Lakes 10 Indian Hills 11 Pingry 12 Somerville Epee 1 Millburn 2 Ramapo 3 Somerville 4 Morristown 5T Columbia 5T North Hunterdon 7T Montclair Kimberley 7T Hackettstown 9 Pompton Lakes 10 Pingry 11 West Essex 12 Indian Hills Foil 1 Montclair Kimberley 2 Voorhees 3 Millburn 4 North Hunterdon 5 Indian Hills 6T Hackettstown 6T Columbia 8 Fair Lawn 9 Morristown 10T Pompton Lakes 10T Ramapo Sabre 1 Montclair Kimberley 2 Millburn 3 Ramapo 4 Voorhees 5 Pingry 6 North Hunterdon 7 Columbia 8 Pompton Lakes 9 Morristown 10 Hackettstown 11 Wayne Hills 12 Indian Hills

GIRLS TEAM STANDINGS Overall 1 Columbia 2 Pompton Lakes 3 Morristown 4T Hackettstown 4T Wayne Valley 6 Voorhees 7 Oak Knoll 8 Millburn 9 North Hunterdon 10 Wayne Hills 11 Montclair Kimberley Academy 12 Morris Knolls Epee 1 Pompton Lakes 2 Columbia 3 Hackettstown 4 Voorhees 5 Morristown 6T Millburn 6T Montclair Kimberley 6T Wayne Valley 9 Oak Knoll 10 Morris Knolls 11T Indian Hills 11T West Essex Foil 1 Columbia 2 Morristown 3 North Hunterdon 4T Wayne Hills 4T Wayne Valley 6 Oak Knoll 7 Ramapo 8 Pompton Lakes 9T Millburn 9T Pingry 9T Voorhees NOTE The NJSIAA has announced that competition in the sabre event for girls will start with the 2000-2001 campaign.

1999-2000 New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association District Results

District 1

District 2

District 3

1999-2000 New Jersey Interscholastic Fencing Association All State Teams

Boys Epee

Girls Epee

First Team

First Team

Justin Gilgore	Millburn		Kim Bush	Pompton Lakes
Kurt Stein	Somerville		Sara Forsythe	Hackettstown
William Verigan	Ramapo		Annemarie LeDonne	Columbia

Second Team

Second Team

Andrew Bazilevich	Millburn		Sameen Ahmad	Wayne Valley
Nathan Bragg	Pingry		Krissy Hachtman	Voorhees
Ashwin Jacob	Millburn		Kim Schafer	Morristown
Michael Miranda	Morristown		Wednesday Valestin	Columbia

Third Team

Third Team

Jay Buchuber	Somerville		Sevilay Baycora	Pompton Lakes
Severin Wirz	Montclair-Kimberly		Jeanne Browne	Pompton Lakes
Davor Zgaligic	Ramapo		Dane Russack	Hackettstown

Boys Foil

Girls Foil

First Team

First Team

Gary Dubrovich	Fair Lawn		Suzannah Dorfman	North Hunterdon
Jesse Schibitia	Voorhees		Margaret Jordan	Columbia
Jay Tobia	Montclair-Kimberly		Catherine Peck	Pingry
			Jennifer Redmore	Columbia

Second Team

Second Team

Matthew Castallan	Millburn		Meghan Everett	Pingry
Phillip Sherrill	Millburn		Ivona Puszkarchuk	Morris Hills
Matthew Szluk	Morristown		Lauren Van Gieson	Wayne Valley
			Natalie Vaszquez	Pomtpon Lakes
			Cindy Wang	Morristown

Third Team

Third Team

Bryan Bishe	Montclair-Kimberly		Beth Kelly	Hackettstown
Eric Johnson	North Hunterdon		Romana Krycak	North Hunterdon
Ralph Manrino	North Hunterdon		Margaret Robinson	Morristown
			Inhwa Song	Wayne Hills

Boys Sabre First Team Christian Barrett Voorhees Jared DeMatteis Montclair-Kimberley Howard Huang Ramapo Second Team Daniel Dorsky Pingry James Helligan North Hunterdon Josh Younger Millburn Third Team Jesse Branson Montclair-Kimberley Adam Crompton St. Benedict's Prep Peter Sung Ramapo

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