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February 22, 2022

Womens Saber wins Great Lakes Fencing Conference 2021-2022 Team Championship

Thundercats strong. #D128DARING Our new Great Lakes Conference Varsity Team Women’s Saber champions! Coach Seden, Natalie, Brianna, and Kimberly hoist the 1st place trophy.more

February 22, 2022

9 Top 8 Medals from Catholic Memorial High School Open

The Thundercats keep rolling! Nine Top 8 medals from CMHS open: Women’s saber 2nd Brianna G, 3rd Natalie I, 8th Madison W, Men’s Saber 5th Caleb P, Women’s foil 3rd Lana B, 5th Amy P, Men’s Epee 6th Jonah R, 7th David W, 8th Colin R. more

April 11, 2018

Are you ready for the SUMMER?!

https://thundercats128.org/event/summer-fencing-camp/  more

September 8, 2017

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 Israel this summer. Pelech captured a gold medal as one of three members of Team USA’s saber squad. Lia also earned a bronze medal in the age 15-18 junior ...more

April 26, 2017

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 20th Maccabiah Games in Israel this summer. These games are the third largest sporting event in the world with over 70 countries attending. Congratulations and ...more

July 7, 2017

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 had crashed her car, and in the process, was struck and killed by a passing motorist.  Since many of our team members (past and present) learned to fence with ...more

December 5, 2016

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 against other high schools in the North Division.  Our Varsity Men's Saber team was undefeated.  The results are below. Team W L Men's Saber 5 0 Wom...more

December 19, 2016

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 earned a silver medal. The Men's and Women's saber squads each brought home gold medals.  A great day for Libertyville and Vernon Hills fencers.  Congratu...more

November 20, 2016

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 medal, two Bronze medals and 9 fencers who finished in the top sixteen in their events. Great job everyone! Below is the link to see your results on AskFred...more

August 30, 2016

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 tournament schedule, equipment changes, etc. When: Wednesday, September 21st, 2016 Where: LHS Studio Theatermore