Tosan Rone didn’t grow up in fencing. It’s not a sport most kids in the South Suburbs dream about, but after almost a decade in the sport, the 2018 Homewood-Flossmoor High School graduate is having international success.
When he was a sophomore in high school, a friend convinced him to come out for the club team.
“My first reaction was ‘What is fencing?’” said Rone, who now lives in South Holland.
It wasn’t until the…


