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Cate Pulls Away from Santa Ynez with Dominant Second Half

Santa Ynez head coach Walter Tyler took a voluntary leave of absence for the game but is expected to return to the team.

Cate Pulls Away from Santa Ynez with Dominant Second Half

Mason Oetgen and Babacar Pouye scored 20 and 19 points respectively to lead the Cate basketball team to a 68-51 non-league victory over visiting Santa Ynez on Thursday night.

The win was the seventh straight for the Rams, who have caught fire recently after acclimating their football players late following their CIF championship run.

“What I love about Cate is the bigger the game, the more we get up for it,” said Cate head coach Andy Gil. “That’s a playoff team that potentially might win the Channel League, so we came in here ready to compete.”