Grace Van Atta

Montclair High's girls fencing team will vie for third in the NJSIAA Team Championships on Feb. 26, after doing well at last weekend's squad championships.

Montclair High school sabre fencer Grace Van Atta has had a lot of success with the Mounties, and is the subject of this week's Athlete Spotlight.

Montclair High School's girls fencing team advanced in the 2019-2020 NJSIAA Girls Fencing Championships with a 15-12 win over Chatham on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020.

Montclair High School's fencing team had a great District 3 tournament, as the girls took first place, and two weapons and six fencers qualified for states.

The Montclair High School girls and boys fencing looks to add pieces to their already talented squads, and got started on Tuesday, Jan 7, against Millburn.

by Andrew Garda garda@montclairlocal.news ROCKAWAY—Sometimes even a loss can reflect massive success. That was the case Tuesday night when the Montclair High School’s girls fencing team took on their opposite number from Ridge for the NJSIAA Fencing Team Tournament finals. Althoug...

by Andrew Garda garda@montclairlocal.news Hosts are usually supposed to show deference to their guests, but while the Montclair High School fencing team did all they could to make the rest of the District 5 competitors comfortable before they stepped on the fencing strip, all bets were off when they crossed swords...

by Andrew Garda garda@montclairlocal.news There’s little fencing at the start of the Montclair High School preseason fencing practices. If that sounds a bit incongruous, head coach Ed Chang said that the coaches are trying to make sure their team remembers that they are athletes as just as much as anyone who plays any other sport at the school. “...

by Andrew Garda garda@montclairlocal.news All the Montclair fencing teams do is win these days, with the latest successes coming as they hosted the District 5 Tournament on Sunday, Jan. 28. The Mounties girls team finished second overall with the boys landing in third...

by Andrew Garda garda@montclairlocal.news The Montclair High School fencing team had a remarkable weekend at the Santelli and Cetrulo tournaments, held at Drew University on Jan. 13 and 14. The highlight for the Mounties was on Saturday in the Santelli Tournament, as the girls team finished fourth overall for the day...