Cathedral Preparatory School

On Tuesday, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion held a Women’s Leadership Forum during the activity period in honor of Women’s History Month. Raven Clark ’14VMA, Satellite Program Coordinator at the Jefferson Educational Society, moderated the forum, with panelists including Debbie Zatkiewicz Uht ’82VMA (President of PCMSI), Erin Kerner (Former Director, Client Events & Strategic Partnerships at Louis Vuitton/Entrepreneur), and Lisa Goddard McGuirk (Director of Athletics at Gannon University). They spoke on their life and workplace experiences, offered leadership advice, and discussed the current landscape for women in the workplace. #Prep #WomensHistoryMonth 📸: Lohan Mastrian '25

Cathedral Prep Athletics Roundup for Wednesday, March 29: • Girls varsity lacrosse fell to Conneaut, 7-6. Addie Stark and Sophia Glance each finished with a pair of goals. Allison Deiner had 15 saves in goal. 🥍

As we continue our journey through the Lenten season and prepare for Easter, please join one of these parishes this evening for “The Light is On for You.” These churches will be open for the sacrament of Reconciliation from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. #Lent ✝

Cathedral Prep Athletics Roundup for Tuesday, March 28: • Boys tennis earned a 5-0 season-opening win over Mercyhurst. Jonah Ng, Gavin Ferretti and Hayden Hutchinson won in straight sets in singles. James Casella/Cameron Grieshaber and Colin Troutman/Aryan Noticewala did the same in doubles. 🎾

We want to send a special thank you to Catrabone, Catrabone & Associates for being a Ruby Member of our Business Alliance Program! #Prep #BAP 📝

TOMORROW, March 28, at 7:00 p.m., the music department is presenting a Pops Concert in the Student Life Center. Some of our music students will be performing solos and duets of popular music of the past few decades. Some of the songs will be covers of Beyoncé, Adele, John Legend, Jason Mraz, as well as pieces from music theatre. Not only will the Show Choir be performing, the newly created Acapella Choir will be performing their premier performance of Cyndi Lauper’s "Time After Time." There is no charge for this unique performance set as a jazz club/coffee house. There will be concessions available for purchase throughout the concert. #Prep #MVP🎤🎶

AFJROTC cadets joined cadets from local JROTC schools at the Joint Military Ball this past weekend. Over 300 local cadets were in attendance, and we were able to wish our seniors well in their future endeavors. #Prep #AFJROTC

Cathedral Prep Weekend Athletics Roundup: • Boys lacrosse kicked off their season with a varsity-only matchup against St. Francis (NY). The Ramblers fell to the Red Raiders, 12-8. 🥍

Ms. Kabasinski’s Anatomy & Physiology classes conducted dissections this week. They wrapped up their unit on the nervous system with their dissection of cow eyeballs and sheep brains. #Prep #Anatomy 👁🧠

Cathedral Prep Softball Myrtle Beach Roundup: • Softball opened their season in successful form by winning twice in three tries in Myrtle Beach, SC last weekend. The team opened with a 3-0 setback versus North Penn. In game two, the Ramblers beat Central Bucks East, 4-1. Camryn Chimera went 2-3 with a triple, double and an RBI. Emily Dudenhoeffer was 2-4, and Jenna Wagner drove in a pair. She also pitched a gem over seven innings, striking out 14 Central Bucks East hitters, while only allowing three hits and one earned run. Prep wrapped up their stay with a 7-6 come from behind victory over Moon Area. Dudenhoeffer (4-4, 2 doubles, three runs scored, RBI), Wagner (2-4, double, RBI) and Megan Kelly (2-3, double, run scored) had big days at the plate, while Emalie Thomas drove in a pair. Wagner picked up her second win of the season throwing all seven innings, striking out 10. 🥎

Mrs. Hilliard’s Technical Writing students are creating mockups for a web page design unit. These include text, layout, and links, while considering organization, audience, and purpose for their individual topic choices. #Prep #TechnicalWriting 📝

Outreach Club is hitting the ground running, and they want you to join! They are sponsoring the second annual “Miles for Missions,” a 5K event around Frontier Park! The event takes place at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 22. All proceeds from the race will benefit USCRI Erie to assist refugees coming into the area! Registrations submitted by Thursday, March 30, are guaranteed a t-shirt. Registrations submitted after that date will be accepted, but no t-shirt will be provided. Sign-ups can be made at: https://runsignup.com/cathedralprepmilesformissions. Sign up today! 👟

Doug Massey, Workforce Development Coordinator at Erie County Community College, recently spoke to students in Entrepreneur class. Students learned about different pathways to a college degree. Students also pitched their products, apps or services for his invaluable feedback. #Prep #Entrepreneurship

Cathedral Prep Athletics Roundup for Monday, March 20: • Boys basketball fell to Exeter Township in the PIAA semifinals, 51-47. Amaree Pickens led the Ramblers with 16. In their final games in the orange and black, Jake Sambuchino and Semontae Lofton had 13 and 10, respectively. They closed out the season with a 24-4 record. 🏀 • LATE WEEKEND SCORE: Girls varsity lacrosse kicked off their season again Aquinas Academy. The Ramblers fell to the Crusaders, 11-8. Cate Noble led the scoring with five goals. Taylor Kruszewski scored a pair of goals, while Niagara Millen also scored. Allison Deiner had nine saves in goal. 🥍

Cathedral Prep Weekend Athletics Roundup: • Tied at the half, boys basketball found another gear after the intermission to down Penn Hills, 68-54, to advance to the state semifinals. Semontae Lofton had 23 points and 11 rebounds. Amaree Pickens went for 19 and was 10-10 from the line. Jake Sambuchino had 16. They are set to take on Exeter Township TONIGHT at Altoona Area High School. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. and tickets are only available at https://www.piaa.org/sports/tickets.aspx?from=hellobar. You can also tune into WPSE FM 107.1/AM 1450 or listen at https://wpse.bd.psu.edu. 🏀 • Playing the number one team in the state, girls basketball saw South Fayette hit a 23-footer at the buzzer to win 40-37 in the state quarterfinal. The Ramblers led much of the way, including by 12 in the second half, but could not close it out. Lena Walz finished with 13 to lead the way, while Addie Biel had 11. 🏀

Girls basketball looks to advance to the state semifinals as they take on state number one South Fayette today at Sharon High School. Tip-off is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Tickets are online only at https://www.piaa.org/sports/tickets.aspx?from=hellobar. You can listen to the game on WPSE FM 107.1/AM 1450 or at https://wpse.bd.psu.edu. #RollRamblers 🏀 (Photo courtesy of Erie County Sports Photos)

In preparation for reading “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” sophomores spent this week exploring the Globe Theater and Shakespeare’s London with a digital mystery game. Tasked with locating Shakespeare’s lost script, students followed a series of clues that introduced them to the different parts of the Globe Theater and locations in London. In fifth period, the winning team was Rob Socash ‘25, Brenna Landahl ‘25, Maja Wasielewski ’25 and Niagara Millen ‘25. In seventh period, Ava Hensler ‘25 and Nataly Herbstritt ‘25 were the winners. #Prep #English 🔍

Cathedral Prep Athletics Roundup for Thursday, March 16: • Congratulations to the boys swimming & diving team!! The Ramblers go back-to-back to claim their third PIAA Championship in school history! Down by three points after day one, they would win by thirty over Bishop McDevitt with a score of 194. On day two, Owen Carson took sixth in the 500 free. Mitchell Bradford took fourth in the 100 back, with Jack Raimy and Aidan Levis finished sixth and seventh, respectively. Matthew Hinman took eighth in the 100 breastroke. Ted Terrizzi took 22nd in the diving competition. The 400 free relay team of Colin Troutman, Raimy, Levis and Bradford closed the meet with a third-place finish. Special recognition for Head Coach Sonya Whitman, who guided the boys to a state championship in her first season as coach and winning her third overall, becoming the first coach to win state titles at Villa Maria Academy and Cathedral Prep! Congratulations to all! 🏊‍♂️🏆🥇 • Girls swimming & diving took third in the state with a total of 116 points. On day two, Haley Palmer concluded her brilliant career with eighth place finish in the 100 free. Her time of 52.51 set a school record. Maria Costa took sixth in the 100 back with a 57.80. Congratulations to our girls on an outstanding season! 🏊‍♀️🥉 • TODAY: Boys basketball looks to head to the state semifinals. They must get past WPIAL power Penn Hills at Sharon High School. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Tickets can only be purchased online at https://www.piaa.org/sports/tickets.aspx?from=hellobar. 🏀

Cathedral Prep Athletics Roundup for Wednesday, March 15: • Girls swimming & diving had a big first day at the PIAA Championships at Bucknell University. The medley relay of Kyan Snider-Mills, Haley Palmer, Maria Costa and Ellie Natemeier was second in the state with a time of 1:48.96. Costa took ninth in the 200 individual medley. Palmer took fourth in the 50 free. The 200 free relay of Costa, Jillian Heinrich, Palmer and Josie Dufala earned a second-place finish. Their time was 1:39.11. The Ramblers currently sit in second after day one, 32 points behind Mt. Pleasant. 🏊‍♀️ • Boys swimming & diving also had a big day at the PIAA Championships. The medley relay of Colin Troutman, Mitchell Bradford, Aidan Levis and Matt Hinman set a school record of 1:33.89 to win the gold medal. The same relay won this event for the Ramblers for the second straight year. Owen Carson took 15th in the 200 free. In the 200 individual medley, Bradford took eighth, while Jack Raimy finished 11th. Levis took fourth in the 100 butterfly. The 200 free relay of Troutman, Hinman, Raimy and Carson finished seventh in the state. Their time was 1:28.93. The boys also sit in second after day one, just three points behind Bishop McDevitt. 🏊‍♂️ • Girls basketball rolled in their second round matchup against Mars, defeating the Fightin’ Planets, 51-24. Lena Walz led all scorers with 17 points in the victory. Jayden McBride had 16, while Addie Biel added 12. The Ramblers play South Fayette, the number one ranked team in the state, on Saturday at a site to be determined. 🏀

Congratulations to Tavion Spencer ‘23. He has committed to play college basketball next season at La Roche University. Spencer has been a three-year starter for the Ramblers, helping them to a state championship in 2021, which was their first in 28 years. He projects to play point guard at the next level. #Prep #RollRamblers #StudentAthlete 🏀 (Photo courtesy of Switchback Photography)