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April 6, 2026
BVT Routs Villanova 18-0
Season record: 6-0 (5-0 league) Today, your Cate School Boys Varsity Tennis team hit the courts for the second leg of a back-to-back against the Villanova Wildcats. After defeating Bishop 18-0, your Rams were hoping to continue their undefeated season, and they certainly did not disappoint. Upon the Wildcat’s arrival on the Mesa, it was …
March 27, 2026
BVT Cruises to 5-0
Season record: 5-0 (4-0 league) Today, your Cate School Boys Varsity Tennis team faced the Bishop Diego Cardinals in a league match-up at home. The Rams easily took down the Cardinals, improving their season record to 5-0 and their overall sets record to a whopping 78-12, making it two years in a row now that …
March 26, 2026
Boys Lacrosse Stays Strong in OT Win
Last night against San Marcos was a game of big swings, and it proved one thing: the ‘26 Cate Rams have zero quit in them. Sandpaper and hard-hat companies have been calling me asking for endorsements from these guys. As Mark Levy said, “Adversity doesn’t build character, it reveals it.” This team just proved they …
March 26, 2026
Cate Tennis Continues Undefeated Start
Season record: 4-0 Today, your Cate School Boys Varsity Tennis team drove down to Hope Ranch to play against the Laguna Blanca School Owls. This was the Owls’ ninth game of the season, compared to our fourth, as well as being our first game back from break, so our rackets were considerably more rusty than …
March 26, 2026
Cate Track Travels to Maurice Green Invitational
On Saturday, nine Cate track athletes traveled to the Maurice Green Invitational at Oaks Christian. Despite the warm weather, our runners performed very well. Ethan Qui, Jackson Kerr, and Jordan Ryan all set personal records in the 800 meters. Mile Williams tied his personal best in the mile. Sophomore Sloan Harwell, who was competing for the first time this season, was …
March 26, 2026
Swim Battles Carp HS in Season Opener
Your Cate Swim Team kicked off the 2026 season on Friday with big wins for both the girls’ (98.5 to 64.5) and boys’ (120-49) squads over crosstown rival Carp High. Jen Won ’26 (200 free, 100 butterfly), Emi Kanda-Gleeson ’27 (200 Individual Medley, 100 backstroke), and Wil Rivera (200 Individual Medley, 500 free) led the …
March 25, 2026
Students Take Top Awards at SB County Science Fair
Five Cate students brought home top awards at the Santa Barbara County Science Fair held earlier this month at UC Santa Barbara. Kaitlyn Dai ‘27, Charlie Guo ‘29, Lixin Peng ‘27, Rose Reece ‘29, and Ryder Wei ‘27 represented Cate across a range of projects that reflected both the depth of their inquiry and the …
March 25, 2026
The Wood Coffee Cart That Community Built
By: Guille Gil-Reynoso, Advancement & Communications Manager At Cate School, coffee is more than a morning pick-me-up. For many faculty, staff, students, and families, it’s a ritual, a comfort, and a nice way to spark connection. That culture of shared caffeine is what ultimately gave rise to the Wood Coffee Cart — a popular pop-up …
March 2, 2026
Cate Falls to Laguna Blanca
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 …
March 2, 2026
Cate Cruises past Dunn and into Spring Break
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 …
March 2, 2026
Winning Start over Santa Barbara HS
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 …
March 2, 2026
Distance Track Runs Fast in Westlake
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 …
March 2, 2026
GVS Run Ends in the Semifinals
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, …
February 19, 2026
This Week in Athletics
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 …
February 19, 2026
Cate GVS Rolls On
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 …
February 16, 2026
GVBB fall 37-35 to La Sierra
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 …
February 16, 2026
GVS Advance to Quarterfinals
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 …
February 13, 2026
GVS Beats Pioneer To Advance
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 …
February 13, 2026
Round One Playoff Win
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. …
February 6, 2026
Inquiry in Action: Civic Engagement & Learning on the Mesa
Last week, Cate students moved from questions to action as they explored their civic responsibility amid nationwide ICE protests. On Tuesday, during Assembly, Director of Libraries Carolyn LaMontagne shared an important and necessary announcement about the role of misinformation in shaping public opinion. Using real-world examples from both sides of the political aisle, Carloyn challenged …