Ridge Boys Fencers Win Cetrulo Championship

January 21st, 2023

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MADISON, NJ – After a 3-year hiatus the prestigious Cetrulo Memorial Fencing Tournament returned to Drew University in Madison, NJ, with Ridge capturing the overall team title. The tournament hosted over 50 boys teams from all over the state. It is touted as the “world’s largest high school fencing tournament” and is undoubtedly the most significant tournament of the regular season.

The boys event was held on Saturday, January 21st, and Ridge took over right where they left off, after taking the title in 2020. The foil squad of Dayaal Singh, Lawrence Han, and Alex Ligos had a brilliant performance and led the way with a first place finish in the foil competition. All three fencers won 13 out of 14 pool bouts on the day. The epee squad of Reid Kokenge, Ben Chang, and Soham Pillalamarri finished strong in 5th place, while the saber squad of Daniel George, David Elian, and Tadas Vilemaitis battled for a 6th place finish. These combined finishes by each squad gave Ridge the first place title out of 56 teams.

The Ridge girls fencers took to the strips on Sunday, January 22nd for the Santelli Tournament, also at Drew University. The epee squad of Chloe Yang, KKushi Verma, Ashley Maschhoff, Claire Muisener, and Charlotte Liu finished the day in stellar fashion to capture 3rd place out of 50 teams.

Team Champions T. Orthmann, Coach N.Calderon, T.Vilemaitis, D.George, D.Elian, L.Han, S.Burgula, A. Ligos, D.Singh, B. Chang, Coach M. McTernan, Coach G. Pernia ,R. Kokenge, B. Wong, S. Pillalamarri

Foil squad 1^st place (L to R) Dayaal Singh, Lawrence Han, and Alex Ligos

Epee squad (L to R): Soham Pillalamarri, Sidharth Burgula, Ban Chang and Reid Kokenge

Santelli Championship

January 22, 2023.