CBA FENCING PROGRAM FEATURED IN ASBURY PARK PRESS
January 17, 2017
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Then there’s the speed. It all happens so fast. A few lunges and parries — clang, clang, clang — and then somebody gets stabbed.
Well, not really stabbed. “Touched” is the proper term. There’s no blood.
Welcome to fencing, a growing sport among New Jersey high schools. It’s difference and exciting—traits that pulled Tad Lundborg in from ice hockey and David Cutler from golf. Now they are senior co-captains at Christian Brothers Academy, which is part of the newly formed United Fencing Conference.
The conference, which is recognized by the NJSIAA, is comprised of four schools: CBA, Princeton, Moorestown Friends and St. Augustine. Yes that covers a lot of geography, but it’s the start of something the Colts hope will grow.
“It’s a really big step forward for the sport,” said Lundborg, who hails from Red Bank. “We don’t have the presence of a football team or soccer team with these big Shore Conference games, so just having another level of competition is really big for us.”
Christian Brothers [Academy], which is in its fifth year as a varsity program, will host the conference championship Feb. 4. Coach Mary Mottola hopes the league will expand next season; West Windsor-Plainsboro North and South field teams are interested. St. John Vianney sports a club program—that’s how CBA started—and could upgrade.”