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to the official site of the Pittsburgh Scholastic Fencing Conference, a high school fencing league in Western
Pennsylvania consisting of clubs from Bethel Park, North Hills and Upper St. Clair High Schools. This site is intended
to provide fencers, coaches and fans of the PSFC with easy access to all the latest PSFC news as well as up-to-date schedules, results
and statistics.
The PSFC was formed in 2002 when Allderdice, Bethel Park, North
Hills and Upper St. Clair decided to withdraw from the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Fencing Association and
form their own separate high school fencing league. (Allderdice left the PSFC following the 2007 season.)
The mission statement
of the Pittsburgh Scholastic Fencing Conference is to help the youth of the Pittsburgh area develop as student-athletes by
fostering the ideals of teamwork, school spirit and fair play through the promotion of interscholastic competition in the
sport of fencing.
Competition for
foil is conducted in two separate fencing conferences, one for boys and one for girls. (Epee competition
is conducted in one conference featuring co-ed teams.) All teams face one another in head-to-head competition three
times during the regular season, and the team with the best record at the end of the season wins the conference championship.
All matches are conducted on weekday evenings in the spring. (See the schedule for more details.) They consist
of nine "round-robin" bouts between teams of three fencers and one alternate. The first team to win five bouts
wins the match.
EXPANSION TEAMS WANTED: IF YOUR SCHOOL WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE PSFC, HAVE
A COACH OR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR CONTACT US NO LATER THAN JANUARY 1 FOR YOUR SCHOOL TO BE CONSIDERED FOR EXPANSION FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON.
Thanks for taking a look at the site. Be sure to get in touch with your thoughts
and suggestions. We'll be updating frequently during the season, so please check back often.
IN FERRO VERITAS!
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In the News
EPEE ROUND 3: A PERFECT FINISH FOR BETHEL PARK-
THE BETHEL PARK EPEE TEAM FINISHED UNBEATEN FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE SEASONS WITH VICTORIES OVER NORTH HILLS AND UPPER
ST. CLAIR ON MAY 23. THE HAWKS' 6-0 RECORD IN EPEE PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON A PERFECT 12-0 SEASON IN PSFC FOIL
AND EPEE COMPETITION. FOR MORE ON THE FINAL ROUND OF EPEE COMPETITION, VISIT THE PSFC EPEE PAGE.
FOIL ROUND 3: BLACK HAWKS FINISH UNBEATEN- THE
BETHEL PARK FOIL TEAM SWEPT NORTH HILLS AND UPPER ST. CLAIR IN THE FINAL ROUND OF 2008 FOIL COMPETITION ON MAY 8 AT FT.
COUCH MIDDLE SCHOOL IN UPPER ST. CLAIR TO FINISH UNDEFEATED AT 6-0. MEANWHILE, THE UPPER ST. CLAIR GIRLS MANAGED
TO DEFEAT THE BP GIRLS 5-3, BUT LOST THE SEASON SERIES TO THE BLACK HAWKS 2-1. FOR A RECAP OF THE FOIL FINALE,
VISIT THE SCHEDULE & FOIL STANDINGS/STATS AND FOIL MATCH RESULTS PAGES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GOLD MEDAL WINNERS AT THE 2008 PSFC INVITATIONAL: DEVON VERNER (BOYS' FOIL),
SHELBY WELSH (GIRLS' FOIL) AND MICHAEL FARINA (CO-ED EPEE). FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THE RESULTS, VIST THE PSFC INVITATIONAL PAGE OF THIS SITE.
THE 2008 PSFC ALL-CONFERENCE FOIL AND EPEE TEAMS HAVE BEEN
ANNOUNCED. TO SEE WHO MADE THE TEAM, VISIT THE FOIL MATCH RESULTS AND PSFC EPEE PAGES OF THIS SITE.
PSFC Trivia Question
We'll post a different trivia question every two weeks during
the season. The answer to the previous question will be posted each time a new question appears:
Q: Which
three fencers are the only middle school fencers to have their names engraved on the PSFC Championship Trophy?
The answer to our previous question is "In Ferro Veritas," a
Latin saying that is engraved on the PSFC Championship Trophy. Loosely translated, it means "In the sword, truth."
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