James Esser

2009

Harvard-Westlake High School Wolverines

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 2 6 - - - 8
Losses 12 14 - - - 26
Win Ratio 14.3% 30.0% - - - 23.5%
Pool Victories 2 5 - - - 7
Pool Losses 10 11 - - - 21
Pool Win Ratio 16.7% 31.2% - - - 25.0%
DE Victories - 1 - - - 1
DE Losses 2 3 - - - 5
DE Win Ratio 0.0% 25.0% - - - 16.7%

Note: Seasons start on August 1st and end on July 31st.

Scores

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Easy wins† - 1 - - - 1
Easy wins as % of wins 0.0% 16.7% - - - 12.5%
Close wins‡ - 4 - - - 4
Close wins as % of all wins 0.0% 66.7% - - - 50.0%
Close losses‡ - 2 - - - 2
Close losses as % of all losses 0.0% 14.3% - - - 7.7%
Big losses† 10 6 - - - 16
Big losses as % of all losses 83.3% 42.9% - - - 61.5%

† Easy victories or big losses are those with the score difference of 4 or more touches in a pool, 7 or more touches in direct elimination, and 5 or more in veteran and youth direct elimination.
‡ Close bouts are those with the score difference of 1 or fewer touches in a pool, 3 or fewer touches in direct elimination, or 2 or fewer touches in veteran or youth direct elimination.

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 2 3 - - - 5
Tournaments 2 3 - - - 5

Competition History

SoCal Scholastic Fencing League Individual Foil #2

Y-14 Men's Foil (U, Y14), January 21, 2024
Place 23, Seed 18, Not ranked, Rating U, Harvard Westlake Middle School
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 CHOI Theodore 22 U 19 Nobel Middle School / United Fencing Academy 1094 1062 45.8 48%
Pool L 0:5 HUANG Nathan 12 U 3 Country Springs ES / Socal Fencing Center 1418 1016 25.8 26%
Pool W 5:3 RICHTER Alexander 9 U 22 Chaminade Middle school 1006 991 43.9 49%
Pool L 0:5 LOZANO Veyron Jericho 1 E23 2 Rancho Starbuck Intermediate School / LA International Fencing Center 1956 1034 7.7 7%
Pool L 1:5 YOUNG Luke 8 U 15 Chaminade 1199 1027 32.9 39%
Pool L 1:5 YOUABIAN Liam 16 U 11 Louis Armstrong / Swordplay LA 956 994 39.5 52%
T32 L 4:15 TSUI Raedyn Ho Hin 14 U 8 Chaparral Middle School / Socal Fencing Center 1811 1336 96.3 25%

SoCal Scholastic Fencing League Individual Foil #1

Y-14 Men's Foil (U, Y14), October 1, 2023
Place 25, Seed 27, Not ranked, Rating U, Harvard Westlake
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 KOEHNLEIN Gavin 3 U 17 Chaminade 2076 1154 13.3 9%
Pool L 0:5 LOZANO Jericho 11 U 1 Rancho Starbuck Intermediate School / La International Fencing 1840 1141 19.4 14%
Pool L 0:5 FOY Grant 6 U 7 Chadwick School / Elite Fencing Club 1375 1122 41.8 34%
Pool L 2:5 FERGUSON Jesse 14 U 15 Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1207 1080 44.3 43%
Pool L 1:5 BELTRANSOLORZANO Johan 25 U 11 Kern County Charter 1946 1035 11.1 9%
Pool W 5:2 HOU Nathaniel 29 U 28 Chaminade 841 1024 37.8 60%
T32 L 3:15 RAMOS Jonah 18 U 9 Kern County Charter 3018 1346 9.5 2%

SoCal Scholastic Fencing League Individual Foil #2

Men's Middle School Foil (None), January 29, 2023
Place 43, Seed 38, Not ranked, Rating U, Harvard Westlake
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 MURPHY Leo 16 U 23 St. Cyril / Swordplay LA 1206 1717 167.8 76%
Pool L 1:5 RICHTER Alexander 29 U 32 Chaminade 1212 1550 118.8 67%
Pool L 3:5 YOUNG Luke 13 U 15 Chaminade 1248 1431 104.0 61%
Pool L 2:5 FLANAGAN Miles 2 E22 9 Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1492 1327 63.6 40%
Pool L 3:5 BAE Eugene 25 U 7 Ridgecrest / Precision Athletics Fencing Club 1649 1263 41.8 27%
Pool L 2:5 LEES Bode 32 U 13 Westside Neighborhood / Elite Fencing Club 1189 1221 67.1 52%
T64 L 2:15 KARPMAN Benny 15 U 16 Crossroads / Elite Fencing Club 1125 1687 341.0 75%

SoCal Scholastic Novice Foil, Epee and Saber

Men's Middle School Foil (U), December 4, 2022
Place 12, Seed 22, Not ranked, Rating U, Harvard Westlake
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 KAPSOS Finn 16 U 17 Harvard Westlake 2500 924 250.6 7%
Pool W 5:1 HOU Nathaniel 1 U 21 Chaminade Middle School 2921 1174 279.5 4%
Pool L 4:5 DACKO Nolan 18 U 11 Thomas Star King M.S. / Silver Lake Fencing Club
Pool W 5:4 JADIA Arnav 9 U 24 Chaminade Middle School 1374 1454 97.0 54%
Pool W 5:4 FERGUSON Jesse 8 U 1 Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2241 1551 166.6 21%
T16 L 6:15 BOYAPATI Pranav 7 U 3 Harvard Westlake 2151 1864 177.4 38%

SoCal Scholastic Fencing League Individual Foil #1

Men's Middle School Foil (U), October 2, 2022
Place 13, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating U, Harvard Westlake
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 CUE Mateo 7 U 17 Harvard Westlake 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool L 1:5 BRADY Benjamin 11 U 5 Mirman School / Swordplay LA 1015 2079 866.2 87%
Pool L 1:5 YOUNG Luke 18 U 6 Chaminade 1146 1213 291.6 53%
Pool W 5:4 HUNTINGTON Charles 22 U 22 Oakwood Middle School 871 922 177.3 52%
Pool L 4:5 ASADORIAN Nolan 15 U 19 Centaurs / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1041 1099 175.3 53%
T32 W 15:14 KNIGHT Rollan 4 U 20 Harvard Westlake 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T16 L 2:15 LOZANO Veyron Jericho 14 U 2 Macy Elementary / Orange County Fencing Center 1487 2921 1056.4 93%