Cate's Austin Lokre and Abhay Singh won the Condor League doubles title on Monday by winning a round-robin tournament with teams from Dunn and Laguna Blanca.Lokre and Singh advance to play in the CIF Individual Regional Tournament on May 18.Cate's Blake Mackall had previously won the league's singles title by virtue of an undefeated league season.Laguna Blanca's Ben Furukawa claimed the other CIF singles spot by going 4-0 on the day. Teammate Benji Sorensen went 3-1.The Owls … [Read more...]
Cate Student-Athlete of the Week: Greg Cusack
Saturday, May 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Greg Cusack's four-hit, six-RBI performance was key for the Rams' baseball team while recording a dominant 19-1 Condor League victory over Ojai Valley School.Cusack was 4-for-5 at the plate and scored three runs while driving in the six runs.A senior captain, Cusack's big day helped Cate improve to 8-2 overall this season. … [Read more...]
Mackall’s sweep positions Cate to beat San Marcos
Saturday, May 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Friday's non-league tangle between San Marcos and Cate went down to games as the two schools were tied 9-9 after three rounds of play. Cate clinched the win with an 82-76 advantage in games.Cate's Blake Mackall was the difference-maker for Cate, winning three sets 7-5, 6-0, 6-0. His 7-5 win came against San Marcos' Petar Jivkov, who had just played for the Channel League singles championship the day before.Austin Lokre and Alex Erling each won a set in singles for Cate as the Rams won … [Read more...]
Cate, Carpinteria split Frontier League swim titles
Friday, May 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Cate School not only hosted the Frontier League Swimming Championships for the first time in school history, but its girls team came through with the Rams' first-ever league title on Thursday.The Rams edged Carpinteria 364-346 by winning the final 4x400 freestyle relay. The team consisted of Lydia Stevens, Caroline Montgomery, Chloe King and Sophia Soriano in that order.Carpinteria is the champion in the boys competition, topping second-place Cate and five other schools with 270 … [Read more...]
Mira Costa upsets No. 2 Rams
Thursday, May 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Cate's second-seeded girls lacrosse team dropped a second-round Northern Division CIF match on Thursday, falling to visiting Mira Costa 15-13.The game was tied 13-13 with four minutes to play and Mira Costa was able to control the outcome from there.Cate (11-2) fell behind 13-7 in the second half before stringing together six straight scores to tie the game. But Mira Costa broke the dry spell with a goal a minute later and added another in the final seconds of play.Alexis Hill led … [Read more...]
Cate swimmers impress at Frontier League finals
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Cate School hosted the Frontier League swimming finals for the first time ever this year, and several Rams posted impressive finishes.Sophia Soriana hit a CIF automatic qualifying time of 1:15.38 in the 100 yard breaststroke and earned CIF consideration with a time of 2:27.6 in the 200 yard IM.Lydia Stevens chopped four seconds of her previous best time in the 500 yard freestyle and also earned CIF consideration for her time of 5:51.5. She earned the same honor with a time of 2:11.2 … [Read more...]
Cate sweeps Besant Hill
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Cate Scool boys volleyball team swept Besant Hill to earn a convincing victory on Wednesday.The set scores were 25-19, 25-16 and 25-20.The Rams were led by a balanced attack. Bowen Baker had eight kills, while Hershel Jordan finished with seven. Walker Ross and Spencer Whiteman were not far behind their teammates with six kills and five kills, respectively.On defense, Michael Castaneda stepped up and recorded three of the team's five blocks in the game.The victory capped off … [Read more...]
Cate pulls within one game of first in Condor League
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Cate School baseball team beat Thacher 8-0 on Wednesday to pull within one game of the Dunn School, who leads the Condor League.Justin Lucchesi pitched all seven innings for the Rams, earning a complete-game shutout and his sixth win of the year. Lucchesi only allowed three hits and struck out eight batters while walking two and hitting two. He also helped his own cause by going 2-for-3 from the plate.The game was tight through five innings, but Cate broke it open in the bottom of … [Read more...]
Cate lacrosse receives first-round bye for CIF playoffs
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Cate girls lacrosse earned the second seed in the Northern Division CIF playoffs, recieving a bye in Tuesday's first round. The Rams will open their playoff run on Thursday at home against the winner of Mira Costa and Peninsula.The Rams would also be home for Saturdays semi-final round if they should win on Thursday. The championship match is scheduled for Wednesday, May 9th or Thursday, May 10th at a neutral site.Cate swept the Condor League Championship 4-0 and finished with a season … [Read more...]
Providence Hall joins Condor League
Monday, April 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Providence Hall Lions will play in the Condor League, beginning the 2012-13 school year.“We are absolutely thrilled to accept this invitation,” states Providence Hall athletic director Keith Luberto. “The Condor League schools, like Providence Hall, are academically rigorous; are similar in size; and are close by geographically. We have played the Condor teams multiple times in multiple sports and the experience has always been very positive.”For the past two years, … [Read more...]
Baird, Cusack help Cate dominate
Saturday, April 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Sophomore Ryan Baird threw a one-hitter and captain Greg Cusack knocked in seven runs in Saturday's 19-1 victory for Cate's baseball team over Ojai Valley School.The game lasted only five innings because of the 10-run rule.Cusack was 4-for-5 with 6 RBI and 3 runs scored. Zach Ell went 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI. Michael Warren added three hits and three runs scored while Carlos Fairbanks had a 2-for-3 day.Baird earned his first win on the mound. He struck out seven … [Read more...]
