Cathedral Preparatory School

This weekend was Homecoming and we're excited to announce the 2024 Cathedral Prep homecoming king and queen, Ava Lucarotti ‘25 and Declan Toohey ‘25, who were crowned at halftime of Friday night's football game! Congratulations Ava, Declan, and the entire homecoming court! The court included: Lilli Beuchert ‘25, Kayla Bogdanski ‘25, Kylie Bruno ‘25, Devin Easter ‘25, Roman Hamm ‘25, Olivia Hutchinson ‘25, Spencer Kanne ‘25, and Taijoun Williams ‘25. #Prep #Homecoming2024 👑

Cathedral Prep Athletics Roundup for Thursday, October 10: • Three Rambler tandems competed in the District Ten AA Doubles tournament at Westwood Racquet Club yesterday. The pairing of Eliza Kallner/Katie Kuhar picked up a victory in the first round, while the pairings of Margaret Prichard/Lilli Beuchert and Finleigh Handzel/Sophia Glance earned a bye. All three teams would win their second-round and quarterfinal matches. In the semifinals, Glance/Handzel defeated Kallner/Kuhar, while Prichard/Beuchert defeated the tandem from Wilmington to advance to the AA Championship match. In a battle of the Ramblers, Glance/Handzel would take the title 6-4, 6-4, over Prichard/Beuchert. Congratulations, Finleigh and Sophia! 🏆🎾 • Girls volleyball swept Girard. Sporting Villa throwbacks, varsity swept the Yellow Jackets, 3-0. Kamryn Resurreccion had 24 assists. Coco Speros had six digs, while Carolina Krahe had eight kills. Olivia Hutchinson finished with 16 kills. Kharhys Nickson had six kills, while Mackenzie Moore finished with five aces and 14 digs. Paige Patsy had six digs. JV picked up a 2-0 sweep. 🏐 • Boys soccer was swept by Fairview. Varsity fell to the Tigers, 2-1. Brandon Lin had the lone goal. JV dropped their matchup, 3-2. ⚽

The best part of Air Force Junior ROTC at Prep is the “curriculum in action” trips! This week, cadets joined other schools at Wabtec Corporation for their JROTC career day. The day was hosted by Wabtec’s veterans group. #Prep

Cathedral Prep Athletics Roundup for Wednesday, October 9: • Sporting their Villa throwbacks, girls cross country ran to a 15-50 win over Erie to clinch the Region title. Allison Bender placed first. Fina Bannister followed in second. Zita Scheidel took third, while Regan Johnston took fourth. Sophie Becker, Kendal Johnston, and Lilly Pinzok rounded out the top seven for the race. 👟 • Girls soccer took on Fort LeBoeuf in a doubleheader. For the second time this season, varsity shaded the Bison, 3-2, for a Region victory. Olivia Dixon pocketed a pair of goals, while Jordyn DiRaimo tallied the other. JV tied their matchup, 4-4. Ava Capozziello scored a pair, while Shayla Hagerty and DiRaimo also scored. ⚽ • Boys cross country fell to Erie High, 30-25. James Burkett placed second overall to lead the Ramblers. 👟

Members of Outreach Club were able to attend the Rotary Club of Erie’s weekly meeting today to share club updates. We are excited to continue to work with the Rotary Club of Erie to serve our community. Our Outreach Club has the unique opportunity to have connections with both the Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs! #Prep #Outreach

Cathedral Prep Athletics Roundup for Tuesday, October 8: • Girls volleyball swept Mercyhurst Prep. Varsity picked up a sweep over the Lakers, 3-0. Kamryn Resurreccion had 28 assists. Coco Speros had seven kills. Carolina Krahe finished with six kills. Olivia Hutchinson had 14 kills. Mackenzie Moore had 10 digs, while Kharhys Nickson finished with seven kills. JV also swept, 2-0. 🏐 • Boys soccer swept North East. Varsity avenged an earlier season loss to the Grape Pickers, 8-0. Max Johnson had three goals and two assists. Esteban Millet scored twice, while Michael McDonald, Andrew Spitzer, and Cam Dunbar also scored. AJ Sirianni earned the shutout. JV also picked up a shutout, 2-0. Aaron Nemeth and Nick Keichel scored for the Ramblers. Breese Stoeger had the shutout in goal. ⚽ • Boys water polo fell to North Allegheny, 16-7. 🤽‍♂️ • Girls water polo also dropped their game to North Allegheny, 13-7. 🤽‍♀️ • Varsity hockey dropped their first game of the season to Penn-Trafford, 6-4. Vinny Scalise, Ethan Cunningham, Chris Bruschi, and Mathius Sprickman all scored for the Ramblers. Ashton Duchini, Brady Sack, Nick Pugne, Henry Fritts, Tucker Kinnear, and Sprickman had assists. Ian Brown made 19 saves in net. 🏒

Mrs. Vomero’s freshmen English students recently engaged in a literary devices question trail activity. Students were arranged in pairs and went to 13 stations posted around the room. They answered multiple-choice questions that sent them to different stations. If students answered each question correctly, they traveled to each station and completed a full circuit. If they answered a question incorrectly, they eventually found themselves at a station they had already completed, indicating that they needed to backtrack. #Prep #English

Students in Mrs. Worline’s advanced pre-calculus classes had been hard at work. They recently matched equations with the correct transformations and graphs as part of an in-class activity. #Prep #Math 📈

Mrs. Hilliard’s English 1 Academic students are reading “Lord of the Flies.” Yesterday, they transformed Room 405 into a tropical island with palm trees and colorful seashells. They also created huts as part of their small group STEAM project. #Prep #English 🌴

Cathedral Prep Athletics Roundup for Monday, October 7: • Congratulations to Paige Patsy ’27. She claimed the District 10 AA Singles title 6-0, 6-3, over teammate Finleigh Handzel ’26. With her victory, she is now headed to Hershey for the state tournament. Her victory made it the seventh year in a row that a Victor/Rambler took the girls singles tournament. Congratulations, Paige! 🎾🏆 • Girls soccer swept General McLane. Varsity defeated the Lancers, 3-1, behind goals from Jordyn DiRaimo, Olivia Dixon, and Haley Stadler. Dixon and CC Cacchione had assists. JV picked up a 5-1 victory. Cecilia Bizzarro, Shelby Abogunde, Shayla Hagerty, Ava Capozziello, and Amelia Brown all scored for the Ramblers. ⚽

Cathedral Prep Weekend Athletics Roundup: • The District 10 AA Girls Singles tournament kicked off at Westwood Racquet Club. After having byes in the first round, Paige Patsy, Finleigh Handzel, and Sophia Glance would sweep their second round and quarterfinal matches. In the semifinals, Patsy defeated Glance in straight sets, while Handzel defeated Grove City’s Ella West in straight sets. The championship match between Patsy and Handzel is set for 2:00 p.m. today at Westwood. Good luck girls! 🎾 • Girls cross country team competed in the Nike XC Twilight Invitational on the famed Laverne Gibson XC course in Terre Haute, IN. In the championship race, Prep finished 15th out of 54 teams from around the US. Anne-Catherine Brown led the team with a 28th place finish out of a field of 495 runners. Her time of 18:29.34 is the fastest 5k by any girl in Villa and Prep cross country history. Also scoring for the Ramblers were Fina Bannister (66th, 19:15.79), Makayla Stutts (108th, 19:40.62), Reagan Johnston (135th,19:53.69), and Allison Bender (193rd, 20:27.88). Zita Scheidel (196th, 20:29.20) and Kendal Johnston (358th, 22:04) rounded out the top seven. 👟 • Boys cross placed 12th out of 47 teams in the 5K Open Blue 1 race in the Nike XC Twilight Invitational on the famed Laverne Gibson XC course in Terre Haute, IN. James Burkett had a seventh-place finish in 16:52.63. Also scoring for the Ramblers were Noah Lata (28th, 17:24.77), Jeremai Pruzenski (141st, 18:55.67), Nick Kupniewski (163rd, 19:09.31), and Michael Brown (202nd, 18:38.52). Sam Konzel (349th, 22:94.56) also competed for the Ramblers. 👟 • Football split their matchups against McDowell over the weekend. Varsity fell to the Trojans, 44-21. Davin Friedman threw for two scores, finding Griffin Potts and Matthew Oblich. Charbel Latouf also scored on the ground. JV rolled to a 41-13 victory. Davion Edmond scored two touchdowns. Alex Kamholz, Ju’el Heidelberg, Haleem Leggett, and Jodon King-Vincent also scored for the Ramblers. 🏈

This week is PIAA Officials Appreciation Week for fall sports officials. We appreciate your time and dedication to your craft. We can't play the games without you. #PIAAOfficials #ThankYouOfficials

Congratulations to Matthew Hinman ’25. He has committed to swim next season at Canisius University. He was the D-10 champ in the 100 breaststroke and the 200-medley relay in 2022 and 2023. He was also the D-10 champion in the 200 free relay in 2023 and 2024. Hinman also is the District record holder in the 200 medley relay and the 100 breaststroke. He was part of the state champion 200 medley relay team in both 2022 and 2023, two years in which the Ramblers were crowned as PIAA team state champs. #Prep #RollRamblers #StudentAthlete 🏊‍♂️

Cathedral Prep Athletics Roundup for Thursday, October 3: • Wearing their Villa throwbacks, varsity girls soccer shutout Fairview, 7-0, on Senior Night. Olivia Dixon had four goals to lead the way. Brooklyn DiRaimo, Haley Stadler, and Sophia Stinson also scored. Jordan Senz earned the shutout in goal. ⚽ • Girls volleyball split their doubleheader against Fairview. Varsity swept the Tigers on Senior Night, 3-0. Kamryn Resurreccion had 30 assists and nine digs. Coco Speros had seven kills and eight digs. Carolina Krahe had nine digs, while Olivia Hutchinson finished with 14 kills. Ellen Hutchinson had five kills and five digs. Mackenzie Moore had eight digs, while Kharhys Nickson had six kills. JV lost, 2-0. 🏐 • Varsity hockey defeated Greater Latrobe, 4-2. Ethan Cunningham, Rylan Sorge, Jared Montagna, and Tucker Kinnear had goals for the Ramblers. Kinnear, Cunningham, and Mathius Sprickman each had a pair of assists. Sorge also had an assist. Ian Brown made 15 saves in net. 🏒 • Girls tennis fell to Western Reserve Academy (OH), 4-1. Paige Patsy got the lone win in singles. 🎾

In just under TWO WEEKS, our students will take the stage for the first time this school year! The Cathedral Prep Theatre Program takes you to the Scottish highlands for their first production of the year, "Brigadoon!” Performances will begin on Thursday, October 17, and conclude on Sunday, October 20. Showtimes are 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2:00 p.m. on Sunday. You don’t want to miss this once in a century chance to catch this Lerner & Loewe musical. Join us and support our students as they kick off their year of performances! #Prep #MVP 🎭

Our seniors were up bright and early this morning to celebrate “Senior Sunrise” and kick off Spirit Week! The Class of 2025 met at the Hagerty Family Events Center before school to enjoy some doughnuts, play some games, and learn who is on Homecoming Court! Congratulations to seniors Lilli Beuchert, Kayla Bogdanski, Kylie Bruno, Devin Easter, Roman Hamm, Olivia Hutchinson, Spencer Kanne, Ava Lucarotti, Declan Toohey, and Taijoun Williams. Voting for king and queen will take place next week, and the winners will be announced at halftime next Friday during the Homecoming football game. #Prep #SeniorSunrise #Classof2025 🌅🍩👑

The freshmen class was on retreat yesterday. They had a day of faith and community building. The day was filled with moments of getting to know each other better and getting to know Prep better. They also had the opportunity to participate in confession, Mass, and voted on their class saint! Special thank you to Mr. Smith for starting their day off, and a special thank you to Smith Provision Co., Inc. for donating a portion of the lunch for both the freshmen and sophomore retreats. #Prep #Faith ✝

Cathedral Prep Athletics Roundup for Wednesday, October 2: • Girls tennis won the Buhl Farm Invitational. The Ramblers 49 points bested second place Warren’s 28. Finleigh Handzel won first singles. Sophia Glance took the second singles tournament, while Laura Hetrick was runner-up in the third singles tournament. Eliza Kallner took the fourth singles tournament. The Ramblers also took three of the four doubles tournaments. Lilli Beuchert/Margaret Prichard won first doubles, while Lydia Beuchert/Katie Kuhar took the second doubles tournament. Sofia Giacomelli/Paige Simmerman won the fourth doubles tournament. 🎾 • Boys golf competed in the D-10 Individual Tournament at The Country Club of Meadville. Congratulations to Connor Laird, who finished second by just one stroke after shooting even par over two days. Teammate Cooper Wierzchowski finished at +3, good for fourth place. Both players qualified for the PIAA tournament at Penn State. ⛳ • Girls golf also competed in the D-10 Individual Tournament at The Country Club of Meadville. Cecelia Morgan finished 13th with a two-round score of 185. ⛳ • Boys soccer swept Harbor Creek. Varsity won their second Region game this week, shutting out the Huskies, 3-0. Max Johnson, Brandon Lin and Cam Dunbar netted the goals, while AJ Sirianni earned the shutout. JV earned a 1-0 shutout. Drew Johnson had the lone goal for the Ramblers. Breese Stoeger got the shutout in goal. ⚽

Cathedral Prep Athletics Roundup for Tuesday, October 1: • Congratulations to the boys golf team! They captured the District 10 AA title with an eight-stroke victory over Saegertown at The Country Club of Meadville. Cooper Wierzchowski led the way with a 74. Connor Laird shot 76, while Sonny Washburn shot 78. Andrew Costello shot 83. Joseph Prichard rounded out the scores with an 87. The Ramblers will play in the PIAA team championships on October 23 at Penn State. Congratulations to Coach Keim ’80 and the team! ⛳🏆 • Hockey picked up a 5-2 over Bishop McCort in their first PIHL game of the season. Tucker Kinnear scored a pair. Mathius Sprick, Ethan Cunningham, and Nick Pugne also scored. Rylan Sorge had three assists, while Ashton Duchini also had a pair. Ian Brown made 15 saves in net for the win. 🏒 • Girls soccer took on Fort LeBoeuf in a doubleheader at Dollinger Field. Varsity took a lead in the Region with their 3-2 win over the Bison. Olivia Dixon scored a pair of goals, while Ava Capozziello had the other tally. JV ended in a tie, 2-2. Capozziello and Amelia Brown scored for the Ramblers. ⚽ • Girls volleyball split their doubleheader with Seneca. Varsity swept the Bobcats, 3-0. Kamryn Resurreccion had 33 assists, giving her 1000 for her career. Coco Speros had six kills. Carolina Krahe had eight kills and seven digs. Olivia Hutchinson had five aces, 15 kills, and five digs. Mackenzie Moore had nine digs, while Kharhys Nickson had eight kills. JV dropped their match in three sets, 2-1. 🏐 • Girls tennis defeated Fairview, 5-0, to clinch the Region title. Paige Patsy, Finleigh Handzel and Sophia Glance won in singles. The tandems of Margaret Prichard/Lilli Beuchert and Katie Kuhar/Eliza Kallner won in doubles. 🎾 • Boys water polo picked up a 17-13 victory over McDowell. Callum Snider-Mills dominated on offense, scoring 11 times. Colin Troutman had a hat trick, while Ely Cooney, Owen Carson, and Thomas Fortin also scored. Dan Kubiak stopped 12 shots. 🤽‍♂️ • Girls water polo also defeated McDowell, 6-5. The Ramblers scored in the final 40 seconds to get the victory. Rachel Patton scored twice, while other goals came from Alexis Ferrare, Megan Cardella, Savannah Wierzchowski, and Anna Socash. Bri Ryan made 10 saves. 🤽‍♀️

Cathedral Prep Athletics Roundup for Monday, September 30: • Girls tennis defeated McDowell, 4-1. Paige Patsy, Finleigh Handzel and Sophia Glance all won in singles. In doubles, Lilli Beuchert/Margaret Prichard were victorious. 🎾 • Boys soccer swept Girard. Max Johnson set up a pair of goals to Ethan Cain and Esteban Millett as varsity downed the Yellow Jackets, 2-1, in Region action. JV picked up a 4-2 victory. Millett, Aron Nemeth, Nick Keichel, and Will Agresti all scored for the Ramblers. ⚽