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The News of The Blake School Since 1916

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The News of The Blake School Since 1916

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Medalists at the Cupid’s Arrow 2024 tournament in Rochester.

Fencing Gives Unique Culture

Camila Pardo, News Editor February 28, 2024

Most Upper School students, faculty, and staff have only familiarized themselves with the school’s fencing team through the abundance of equipment dispersed near the gym, but how much is known about...

Jeffrey Chen ‘26 (right) fencing an opponent at Northwestern’s Ryan Fieldhouse. Chen placed 31st in Juniors and 20th in Cadets.

Fencers Experiences Growth, Challenge at Regional Tournament

Alvin Liu, Staff Writer November 2, 2023

On the weekend before MEA Week, four other Blake fencers and I, épéeists Evan Vezmar ‘24 and Oliver Shoemaker ‘24,  saberists Alvin Liu ‘25 and Jeffrey Chen ‘26, and foilist Alex Zhang ‘25,...

Buck break dances at his University of Chicago reunion. He often competes in dance battles with “different formats, but the most common is they’ll have a preliminary round where
everybody dances for 45 seconds or a minute, and sometimes that’s showcase style where they’ll just have one person come up after the other and dance in front of the judges.”

Harold Buck Breaks it Down

Anna Tao, Staff Writer March 16, 2023

Harold Buck has been a common topic among students the past year due to his increasing popularity from dancing in class. He first “caught the wave of suburban breaking in 1984.” Buck continues,...

Fencers Ryan Thrasher 23 (left) and Theo Fechtmeyer 23 (right) are in the middle of a match at practice.

Fencing Finds Numbers in Positive, Welcoming Environment

Ben Lim, Contributing writer February 7, 2020

There are three different forms of fencing: épée, foil, and sabre. The difference between the three is the sword type. Épée is the heaviest, foil is light and flexible, and sabre is for thrusting and...

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