The Cate Rams traveled to Laguna Blanca for an away match and fell in a competitive four-set battle. After a hard-fought first set loss (20–25), Cate responded with resilience, earning a tightly contested 27–25 victory in the second set to even the match at one set apiece. Offensively, the Rams were led by outside hitter …
Season record: 3-0 Today, your Cate School boys varsity tennis team trekked to Los Olivos for a matchup against the Dunn School. Missing from our roster, was not one, not two, but four players, including one of our captains, the recently decorated athlete of the week. Only nine players were dressed for the match, the exact …
Today, your Cate School Boys Varsity Tennis team faced a formidable non-league opponent in the form of the Santa Barbara High Dons. This was a rematch of an unfortunately timed scrimmage from last season, held on the day between two tough CIF playoff matches. At full strength for the first time this season, the singles starting …
Early Saturday morning, eight distance runners from our track team traveled to Westlake for an early-season distance meet. Junior Sophie Blank returned to competition after missing last season due to an injury. Sophie finished 2nd overall in the 800m in a new personal record, PR, of 2:28.06. In the 1600m, she placed 10th out of 113 runners …
Saturday, 21-Feb-26 Cate GVS 1 – 2 Azusa High School (Semifinals) Saves: Mimi Power (9) Goal: Precious Adjei (her 20th of the season!) A quick note before bed as I didn’t want to leave this one hanging. We lost today down in Azusa, but not for lack of effort. At this point in the playoff, …
Cate Athletics Winter Recap Cate had another tremendous winter sports season. To start, the girls’ soccer team is still making a run at a CIF-SS D7 championship. After finishing the regular season 6-5-3, they hosted a first-round matchup against Pioneer High School and won 4-0. That set up another home game in the second round …
Wednesday, 18-Feb-26 Cate GVS 5 – 1 Santa Rosa Academy (Menifee) Saves: Mimi Power (6) Assists: Claire Bianchi, Nika Iverson, Fiona Pan, Harper Bishop Goals: Harper Bishop (3rd min, 7th, 30th), Fiona Pan (14th), Precious Adjei (16th) Well, that was a delightful opening 16 minutes: Harper with the hat trick, Fiona with the Olimpico*, and …
Cate: 12+9+8+6 = 35 La Sierra: 12+8+5+12= 37 The Cate girls varsity basketball team returned to the CIF-SS playoffs for the first time since 2023, hosting La Sierra High School in a hard-fought home matchup. We played our hearts out. From the opening tip, this was a battle between two evenly matched, determined teams. La …
Saturday, 14-Feb-26 Cate GVS 3 – 0 Desert Christian Academy (Bermuda Dunes) Saves: Mimi Power (10) Assists: Violet Guilbert-Neal, Fiona Pan, Nika Iverson Goals: Harper Bishop (7th min), Violet Guilbert-Neal (11th), Precious Adjei (35th) After a team breakfast, a commute of 2 minutes to our home turf, and a routine warm up, we were ready …
Thursday, 12-Feb-26 Cate GVS 4 – 0 Pioneer High School (Whittier) Saves: Mimi Power (4) Assists: Claire Chan, Violet Guilbert-Neal, Alaia Muller, Analise Gomez (DK) Goals: Precious Adjei (3), Alaia Muller Good news: It sure feels nice to get this playoff win. Great news: We get to host on Saturday (and not travel to Palm …
Your Cate Rams traveled to San Bernardino earlier today to play in the 1st round of the CIF SS D6 Playoffs against the Colton Yellow Jackets. It was a long drive but we were able to avoid traffic and arrived with plenty of time to unwind and have a proper stretch and warm up prior to the match. …
This week brought an end to the winter season. With strong finishes to the season, girls soccer, boys soccer and girls basketball are heading to playoffs! Next week will bring a shake up to routine as students head to their spring commitments, while we cheer on our playoff bound teams. Girls Soccer: Girls soccer finished their …
The boys’ varsity basketball team closed out its season with a final Tri-Valley matchup against St. Bonaventure on Monday night, followed by a non-league home game against Providence on Tuesday. Coming off the high energy of our game against Thacher, playing three games in five days was a tall task, but the Rams rose to the …
In front of a loud, packed home crowd with students standing and bringing energy for all 32 minutes, the Cate boys varsity basketball team upset rival Thacher in a Tri-Valley League rematch, 69–62. From the opening tip, our team fed off the atmosphere, the energy from the crowd, and the leadership of our seniors. Senior Chase Meyer …
Cate: 10+8+9+4=31 Dunn: 8+8+4+2= 22 The Cate girls’ basketball team traveled to Dunn for their final Frontier League game, with second place and playoff seeding on the line. After an 11-day layoff, the Rams showed some early rust but quickly found their rhythm behind the leadership of their seniors. Senior Emerson Evans led all scorers …
Girls Water Polo Cate vs Malibu & Foothill Tech Last week, we concluded our girls’ varsity water polo season after two tough losses at Malibu High and Foothill Tech. Both games presented challenges, as we were shorthanded due to the MUN trip, and faced off against the top two teams in our league. The first …
Your Cate Rams wrapped up the regular season earlier today on a beautiful evening in front of a large home crowd on Meldman Field on Senior night hosting rivals Thacher Toads. The ALL SENIOR starting eleven featured Braedan Parker on goal. The defensive back line was anchored by seniors Charlie Dorion, Kamil Abdul-Nafeo, Alex Gallegos, and Oliver Charvel. The midfield …
Your Cate Rams wrapped up league play today when we traveled to Los Olivos to face the Dunn Earwigs. See below for today’s starting 11. Today’s match was a lopsided contest with lots of goals from your Rams so instead of my usual write up, I’ll provide a quick summary and stats instead. We came out of the …
Your Cate Rams traveled up the 101 today to face the Bishop Diego Cardinals in an important match up. A Ram victory today would secure their 3rd consecutive Tri-Valley League Title and the 4th in the last 5 seasons. The starting eleven featured senior Quincy Thorne between the sticks. The defensive back line was anchored by …
Thursday, 29-Jan-26 Cate GVS 2 – 1 Foothill Tech Saves: Mimi Power (12) Assists: Harper Bishop, Fiona Pan Goals: Precious Adjei (2nd minute, 55th) That was a real win. An earned win. A full team win. And a long 80 minutes. We had the most beautiful opening play, passing around the tall Foothill team …