A Little Background…

The Thundercats Fencing Team was formed in January 2013 by a group of fencers and their parents who attended Libertyville and Vernon Hills High Schools. Many of our founding fencers had been taking private lessons for years and were competing in high school tournaments as part of a private fencing club because their schools didn’t have a fencing team. They wanted to represent their schools so they sought permission from the school district to organize the Thundercats Fencing Team. We now offer a competitive Varsity and Junior Varsity high school fencing team.

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2016 Fencing Team Pre-Season Meeting When: Wednesday, September 21st, 2016 7PM to 8PM Place: LHS Studio Theater

Upcoming Events

Pre-Season Team Meeting
September 25 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
First Practice
October 16 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Equipment Ordering Day
October 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Red Devil Invitational
November 4

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Latest news

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8 Sep

Pelech Wins Gold and Bronze medals at the World Games in Israel

Lia Pelech, a Junior at Vernon Hills High School, and a member of the Great Lakes Fencing Academy, won gold and bronze medals at the 2017 Maccabiah World Games in ... more

7 Jul

Remembering Coach Gordon Gandy

It is with profound sadness that I relay the news that Coach Gordon Gandy died on July 5th. Gordy, as he was known to his friends, had stopped to help a women who ... more

Pelech to Represent U.S. at 2017 Maccabiah Games

We are proud to announce that Lia Pelech, a saber fencer and sophomore at Vernon Hills High School, has been selected to represent United States in fencing at the ... more

Awesome Results for JV Team

The JV team did a fantastic job yesterday bringing home gold, silver and bronze medals in four events. The Women's Foil team eared a bronzed medal. The Men's Epee ... more

5 Dec

Conference Dual Meet North Division Results

The Thundercats from Libertyville and Vernon Hills High Schools turned in another strong showing at their first Conference Dual Meet at Brookfield Academy competing ... more

CMHS Tournament Results

Congratulations to everyone who fenced at the Catholic Memorial High School tournament yesterday. Everyone did well, but we had several standouts including one Gold ... more

First Practice - Monday, October 24th

The LHS & VHHS Fencing Team will have it's first day of practice on Monday, October 24th at the Libertyville Sports Complex from 5 PM to 7 PM. Open to everyo... more

Fencing Team Pre-Season Meeting - Sept. 21, 2016

Please join us for a pre-season meeting to learn about the LHS-VHHS fencing program, meet your teammates and the the coaches, learn about our up-coming practice and ... more

7 Feb

2016 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

The LHS-VHHS fencing team won the Conference Championship in Men's Epee and Men's Saber at New Trier High School yesterday. We defeated thirteen teams from WI, IN ... more

1 Feb

Price Wins Gold Medal at Illinois State Fencing Championship

Remington Price of the Libertyville-Vernon Hills high school fencing team brought home the Gold Medal in the Men's Epee event at the Illinois State High School ... more

25 Jan

LHS-VHHS Wins Three Events at JV Championships

LHS-VHHS fencers dominated at the 2016 JV Championships this weekend winning medals in every event and bringing home three gold medals, three bronze medals and ... more

LHS-VHHS Dominates at Varsity Tournament

The LHS-VHHS fencing team turned in another strong showing by dominating in four out of six events at the North-South Divisional Dual Meet this weekend at the ... more

8 Dec

Varsity Team Dominates at North Division Dual Meet

The LHS-VHHS fencing team is off to a strong start this season. In addition to bringing home 10 medals at our first two open tournaments, our Varsity team won two ... more

23 Nov

Team Wins 5 Medals at CMHS Tournament

Thank you to everyone who made the nerve-wracking drive to Waukesha in the snow storm on Saturday. It was worth it. The team did very well overall and brought ... more

Stevenson High School Fencing Tournament Results

The LHS-VHHS Thundercats high school fencing team turned in a strong showing at their first tournament of the 2015 season at Stevenson High School this weekend. ... more

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