Cathedral Preparatory School

This past weekend, Congressman Mike Kelly met with Air Force Junior ROTC cadets, including Caleb Dacus ’24 and Drew Brown ’24, to formally present them with their acceptance letters to the US Air Force Academy and the US Naval Academy. Cadet Dacus will attend the Air Force Academy Prep School in July, while Cadet Brown will attend the US Naval Academy in July. Both students credit their success to the academics of Cathedral Prep and the discipline of the Prep JROTC program. Congratulations, Caleb and Drew! #Prep #AFJROTC ✈⚓

AFJROTC hosted their annual Cathedral Prep JROTC Volleyball Tournament on Saturday. Teams from Cathedral Prep, Seneca, McDowell, and Northwest Collegiate Academy participated in the fun-filled and competitive event. Collegiate Team 1 won the tournament, and all teams enjoyed a morning of fun and JROTC comradery. #Prep #AFJROTC 🏐

THIS WEDNESDAY, join us in the H. David Bowes Auditorium for the Cathedral Prep Dance Department’s Spring Showcase: “New Beginnings!” Admission is free and performances begin at 7:00 p.m. Raffle tables and concessions will be available. Come support the Cathedral Prep Dance Program, which features the only National Honor Society for Dance Arts in the Erie area!! #Prep #Dance 💃

Engineers from National Fuel Gas met with students from Cathedral Prep’s Architecture & Engineering Path last week. The engineers included alumni Kyle Witchcoff ’11 and John Cass ’01, as well as Angela Mattern. Students learned about the natural gas industry and how gas is extracted and transported. Each engineer spoke about their specific fields and their roles in the company, including mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, and systems engineering. Students had a chance to handle a variety of equipment and got a chance to operate a model main line using an air compressor. The Architecture & Engineering Path would like to thank the engineers from NFG for their presentation! #Prep #Architecture #Engineering

Cathedral Prep Weekend Athletics Roundup: • Baseball swept General McLane. Jason Fultz had another big day, pitching five innings of shutout ball, striking out eight, and hitting a solo homerun in varsity’s 10-0 win in five innings over the Lancers. Nick Jackson was 2-3 with three RBI. Andrew Costello had two hits. Joe Flanagan drove in three, while Jacob Koshan had two RBI. JVs also won in five innings, 13-2. AJ Sirianni had three hits, scored three times, and drove in two. Owen Fetzner had a pair of hits and drove in three. Nik Malec had three RBI. Sam Ciukaj had a double, triple, and two RBI. Jackson Herr had a pair of hits and drove in a run. Matt Boam got the win on the mound. ⚾ • Boys tennis picked up a 4-1 win over St. Ignatius (OH). Gavin Ferretti and Colin Troutman won in straight sets in singles. It took three sets in doubles, but James Casella/Cameron Grieshaber and Drew Brown/Ty Hulick were victorious. The Ramblers also took third in the Hawken Invitational. 🎾 • Girls lacrosse fell to McDowell, 10-8. Niagara Millen and Giselle Hiner each had a pair of goals. 🥍 • Track & field competed at Joe Sanford's McDowell Invitational. For the girls, Kayla Bogdanski took second in the 400m. Reagan Johnston took fifth in the 800m, while Sarah Teed finished sixth. Kendal Johnston tied for second in the high jump, while Coco Speros took eighth. For the boys, Nick Kupniewski took sixth in the 800m. James Burkett took third in the 1,600m. 👟 • NEWS: Three Ramblers were named All-State by the Pennsylvania Sports Writers. Senior Jayden McBride and junior Addie Biel were named to the First Team. Senior Lena Walz was selected to the Second Team. 🏀

Congratulations to Cathedral Prep alumnus Bo Bauer ’18. He has signed with the Washington Commanders! Congratulations, Bo, we are proud of you! #RollRamblers #NFLBound #Opportunity #NextLevel 🏈

Cathedral Prep Athletics Roundup for Thursday, April 24: • Boys tennis finished a season sweep over Fairview, 5-0. Jonah Ng, Gavin Ferretti and Colin Troutman all won in straight sets in singles. The doubles tandems also did not drop a set behind the tandems of James Casella/Cameron Grieshaber and Ty Hulick/Drew Brown. 🎾 • Softball fell to Neshannock in a varsity-only matchup, 8-0. 🥎 • Boys volleyball fell to McDowell, 3-0. 🏐

Congratulations to McKenzie DiPlacido ’24. She has committed to play water polo in college at Mercyhurst University. #Prep #RollRamblers #StudentAthlete 🤽‍♀️

Cathedral Prep Athletics Roundup for Wednesday, April 24: • Boys lacrosse picked up a big Region win over Meadville, 7-6. Rylan Sorge had a hat trick and an assist. Charlie McBrier had a pair of goals and a pair of assists. Nate Klan scored two goals and had an assist. Andrew Timon also added an assist, while Tanner Ball made nine saves in goal. 🥍 • Boys tennis dropped a close one to University School (OH), 3-2. Jonah Ng and Gavin Ferretti won in singles. 🎾

Yesterday, MedPath students had their last “Lunch & Learn” session of the year. Students heard from Dr. Patrick DiGiacomo, MD of Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. DiGiacomo is a critical care medicine specialist working with Allegheny Health Network in their Intensive Care Unit (ICU). He spoke about his educational experience and what drew him to study trauma and intensive care. He explained what one could expect in the ICU and some of the situations he encounters on a day-to-day basis. The students also learned about and explored the many show-and-tell tools that Dr. DiGiacomo brought with him that he uses on patients. He shared the symptoms and conditions of some real-life patients he has encountered on the job and gave students the chance to diagnose them with the information given. The last luncheon of the year was a great one for MedPath students to reflect on and use to their advantage heading into the summer! #Prep #MedPath ⚕

Cathedral Prep Athletics Roundup for Tuesday, April 23: • Softball scored ten in the first, propelling the Ramblers to an 18-1 victory at General McLane in a varsity-only matchup. Madison Simmerman went 2-4 with a homerun and three RBI. Emalie Thomas also went deep and scored three runs. Paige Simmerman had three hits. Mya Kaliszewski drove in three. Cam Chimera and Morgan Madura each had a pair of hits. Madura also got the win in the circle. 🥎 • Girls lacrosse fell to Notre Dame Welland (ON), 13-4. Niagara Millen scored a pair of goals. Kara Troutman and Kamryn Resurreccion also scored. Allison Deiner made 12 saves. 🥍 • Boys volleyball dropped their match to Rocky Grove, 3-0. Rob Brown had five kills. 🏐

Recently, Cathedral Prep mass media students Mike Cosme ’24 and Ben Scheffner ’25 were invited out to Penn State Behrend to shadow the student production team and get a taste of streaming a live event. Under the guidance of Professor Tom Deau, M. Ed., the students captured the performance of Talisker-Well Aged Bag Pipes and Drum held at Bruno’s Café. During the Rhythms of Life series event, Cosme got a taste of being a camera operator while Scheffner sat in the director’s chair. We would like to thank Mr. Deau and the communication students at Penn State Behrend for a great experience and wonderful hospitality! #Prep #MassMedia 📹

Congratulations to Daniel Oblich ’24. He has committed to play football next season at Case Western Reserve University as a linebacker. He was second on the team this past season with 55 tackles and was tied for most interceptions with four. #Prep #RollRamblers #StudentAthlete 🏈

A group of juniors attended Explore Gannon Day at Gannon University today. They got to sit in on an admissions presentation, took a campus tour, and participated in interest/major specific speakers. #Prep #ExploreGannonDay ⚔

Mother’s Day is right around the corner and if you haven’t got a gift for mom yet, we have you covered! Visit our custom apparel site at https://prep.lgstore.com/ and then click the tab “Ladies” to get the perfect gift for Mother’s Day! All orders must be submitted by May 1 and will be delivered to the Cathedral Prep Spirit Store for pickup by May 10. #Prep #GearUp

Show Choir auditioned for the Disney Imagination Campus and Disney Live Entertainment group in September, going up against several hundred high school ensembles and was selected for one of the coveted spring break performance slots. Through this audition process, the choir was selected to perform! They became honorary cast members during their time at Walt Disney World two weeks ago. They had the opportunity to go rehearse on a “backstage” soundstage on a private tour bus, which is not seen by anyone except cast members at Disney. They then performed their concert on the Waterside Stage at Disney Springs. They had time to spend in all four parks: Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom. Congratulations to Show Choir and their music director, Mr. Alesso! Well deserved! #Prep #ShowChoir 🎶

Cathedral Prep Athletics Roundup for Monday, April 22: • Softball got a two-out base hit in the eighth inning from Emalie Thomas to pick up a 3-2 victory over Meadville in a varsity-only matchup. The Ramblers scored twice in the sixth inning to tie the game. Madison Simmerman pitched all eight innings, striking out nine while yielding no earned runs. Camryn Chimera and Emily Dudenhoeffer also drove in runs. 🥎 • Boys tennis took a 3-2 decision at Boardman. Gavin Ferretti won in singles. Cameron Grieshaber/James Casella and Drew Brown/Ty Hulick won in doubles. 🎾 • Baseball defeated Erie High, 5-1, in a jv-only matchup. JP Poranski went 5 2/3 innings for the win, striking out seven. He also hit a triple. AJ Sirianni went 2-3 with an RBI and two stolen bases. ⚾ • Boys lacrosse fell to Butler, 17-7. Nate Klan had three goals and an assist. Charlie McBrier and Rylan Sorge each had a pair of goals. Tanner Ball made 29 saves. 🥍

Grease is the word! IT’S SHOW WEEK! The Cathedral Prep Theatre Program closes their season with their final production of the year, "Grease: School Edition!” It will be a 7:00 p.m. showtimes on Thursday and Saturday, and 2:00 p.m. on Sunday in the H. David Bowes Auditorium. Tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for senior citizens, and $5 for students. Come out and support our students as they close out their season with this family-friendly, timeless classic! #Prep #MVP 🎭🕺🎶💃⚡

Cathedral Prep Weekend Athletics Roundup: • Baseball won a pair of varsity-only matchups. On Friday, the Ramblers defeated Meadville, 5-1. Jason Fultz continued his hot week, hitting another homerun while going six strong innings on the mound. Fultz had two hits, four RBI, and struck out 14 while giving up just one hit. Andrew Costello also had a pair of hits. On Saturday, they earned an 11-0 shutout win over Erie High at UPMC Park. Justice Laird threw four innings of two-hit ball and struck out six. He also added a pair of hits and an RBI. Andrew Costello had two hits and two RBI, while Sam Ciukaj struck out three in his one inning of relief. ⚾ • Boys tennis split their matches over the weekend. On Friday, they picked up a huge 5-0 win over Mt. Lebanon. Jonah Ng and Gavin Ferretti each won in straight sets in singles. Doubles wins went to James Casella/Cameron Grieshaber, Michael Ferraro/Ty Hulick and Drew Brown/JJ Johnson. They lost a close 3-2 battle against Upper St. Clair on Saturday. Ng and Ferretti earned straight set wins in singles. 🎾 • Track & field competed in a pair of invitationals this weekend. On Friday, the Ramblers took part in the Butler Invitational. Lauren Raimy took third in the 1600m and currently sits in the top 15 in Pennsylvania with her time. Anne-Catherine Brown and Allison Bender placed fifth and 8th, respectively, in the 3200m. Brown’s time places her in the top ten in PA, while Bender is placed in the top 25. Fina Bannister placed eighth in the 800m. On Saturday, they took part in the City of Hermitage Invitational. For the girls, Sarah Teed took third in the 3200m. Raimy and Reagan Johnston finished seventh and eighth, respectively, in the 400m. For the boys, James Burkett took eighth in the 1600m. The 4x800m relay of Declan Toohey, Nick Kupniewski, Will English, and Nick Lata took fourth. Hunter Sullivan took eighth in the 100m. Ashton Mountain took sixth in the high jump. 👟 • Boys lacrosse picked up a big Region victory over Hickory, 9-6. Nate Klan had five goals and an assist. Brady Little scored a pair, while Alex Little and Rylan Sorge also scored. Ian Brown made 13 saves in goal. 🥍 • Girls lacrosse fell to Riverside (OH), 15-4. Genevieve Izbicki scored a pair of goals. Giselle Hiner and Solei Coleman-Pierce also scored. Allison Deiner made 12 saves. 🥍

Students in the Architecture & Engineering Path engaged in a lunch and learn this week with students and professors from Duquesne University’s School of Science and Engineering. Dr. Steven Wei, associate dean, and Ms. Maddy Gormley, enrollment coordinator, were joined by Prep alumni Andrew Stark ’19, who is currently a grad student studying biomedical engineering at Duquesne, and his brother Philip Stark ’21, who is studying biomedical engineering undergrad. Students learned about the engineering programs Duquesne offers from Dr. Wei, and the Stark brothers shared a bit about their experiences in the biomedical engineering program and what college life was like. Thank you for visiting and we look forward to visiting Duquesne next year! #Prep #AEPath