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November 5, 2024

Water Polo Secures Spot in CIF Quarterfinals

Rams Hold Tight to Defeat Thousand Oaks The Cate Rams hosted Thousand Oaks High School for a CIF playoff second-round match in boys’ water polo. The game’s final score was a 9-6 victory for Cate.and highly reflective of the back-and-forth action for four straight quarters. The score was tied or within one goal for either …


October 31, 2024

Cross Country Rams Race to Success at Santa Barbara County Championships

Girls Varsity Highlights Strong Showing in Lompoc In the first race of the day, the Frosh/Soph boys placed second in the county behind San Marcos High School. Sophomore Ati Zwieback, in his first race of the season due to injury, placed second overall, and finishing in fourth place was Bruce Li ’28. Miles Williams ’26 …


October 29, 2024

Cate Rams X-C Rise to the Top at the Prestigious Mt. SAC Invitational

The Boys and Girls Teams Both Earn Top 5 Finishes Earlier today, the Varsity teams traveled to the Mt. Sac Invitational, the largest cross-country meet in the country. The girls team finished second in the Division 5 race. Branson of Marin County won the race. In comparing all the girls’ southern section D5 results on …


October 25, 2024

Head of School’s Notebook

Fall Family Weekend is an important milestone marking the halfway point between the start of school and Winter Break. Like the start to a story, this first chapter of the year holds clues and emerging themes that foreshadow what we might expect in the months to come. From my perspective, the level of engagement, high …


October 25, 2024

This Week in Athletics

This week sees the start of the postseason for varsity volleyball while other programs have made their reservations for the playoffs! In the pool, boys water polo sealed their third straight playoff appearance with a resounding victory over Foothill Tech on Tuesday. Fletcher Prince ’28 led all scorers with a ridiculous seven-goal tally. The Rams …


October 25, 2024

Varsity Water Polo Cashes Ticket to Post-Season by Slaying the Dragons

The Rams Varsity Water Polo Team Qualifies for Their Third Straight Trip to C.I.F. Playoffs The Cate boys varsity water polo team hosted Foothill Tech for our final league match of the season. This was a crucial game as a win would put us through to the CIF playoffs. The match’s final score was a …


October 24, 2024

Rams Once Again Sit Atop the Tri-Valley League Individual Tournament

After two days of Tri-Valley League Tournament match-play, Cate has come out with the league individuals titles in both singles and doubles, punctuating their clean sweep of TVL dual-match play. Ivy Huang ’28 became the second-consecutive Cate freshman to win the singles league title, following in teammate Lisa Hasebe’s footsteps. Huang failed to drop a …


October 24, 2024

Girls Varsity Tennis Closes out the Regular Season in Royal Fashion

Cate girls’ tennis (15-1) wrapped up regular season play today with a 14-4 win over visiting San Marcos High School (10-5). The Rams have not lost to any CIF Southern Section opponent this season, with their lone defeat coming at the hands of Rancho Bernardo High School from the San Diego Section. How it happened …


October 23, 2024

Ultimate Frisbee Drops a Close Match Against SBYU, 15-7

Ram Comeback Falls Short Against The Dons The Cate Rams Ultimate Frisbee team showed grit and determination, especially in the second half, but ultimately came up short, losing by a score of 15-9 to the visiting Santa Barbara Youth Ultimate team. S.B.Y.U. is a talented, disciplined, speedy, and experienced team, and they started the game …