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| Noah Scores !! |
Noah had a good day of fencing today. He competed in two events, Y10 foil and Y12 foil at the Newberry April Fools Duel.
The afternoon began with the Y12 foil event. Noah had decisive victories in all of his pool bouts and earned the number one seed in the single (direct) elimination round (DE). His first two DE bouts were very hard-fought, but Noah came away with solid wins. The Y12 gold medal bout was another story. Down 1-2 in the first encounter, Noah found a opening and finished quickly to win 5-2. The second encounter opened with Noah's opponent scoring three unanswered touches and, soon thereafter, Noah found himself behind by a score of 1-4. One more touch and his opponent would win and send the bout to a third and deciding encounter. Noah went on the attack. 2-4. 3-4. 4-4. The score was now tied. The next touch wins. Noah scores the winning touch in a thrilling, come-from-behind battle to take the bout and earn the gold medal!
Somewhere in the middle of the Y12 bouting, they snuck in the small Y10 foil event. With two fencers, it didn't last long. Noah was again victorious.
Great fun today!
Epee fencing tomorrow!!
