The U.S. Success In Beijing Helps Fuel Fencing Movement

U.S. success in Beijing has helped fuel a prep fencing movement.

Hs1 Ab 109 On the Saturday before Thanksgiving, a record 360 high school fencers invaded the cafeteria and two gymnasiums at Catholic Memorial High School in Waukesha, Wis. - some from as far away as Missouri - to compete in the school's annual Midwest High School Fencing Invitational. Even though media coverage of the event landed in the local-news section of Milwaukee's Journal Sentinel, far removed from the sports pages, Catholic Memorial's fencing coach Mike Sampon couldn't be happier with the progress made both by his current 41-member squad and the sport that dates back to 12th-century Europe.

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