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Brophy Basketball – A Season in Review

On Saturday, March 4, the Brophy Basketball team lost in the 6A State Championship game on a last second three from Highland’s Hayden Winegar. The season began more than four months prior, however. Tryouts for the Varsity Basketball teams took place the week of October 31, 2022. The roster was one of the youngest in […]

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A deep dive into basketball and track AIA open playoffs

Photo Courtesy of Nero Nuez ’25 This year, the AIA, or Arizona Interscholastic Association, has implemented open playoffs for two major high school sports this year: basketball and track and field. Originally, Basketball Coach Mr. Matt Hooten wasn’t a big fan of the open division ideas. “I actually voted against the open division,” said Mr. […]

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JV athlete recovers after basketball collapse on campus

By Thomas Haak ’23 THE ROUNDUP Several weeks ago, Jason Person ’24 suffered a cardiac injury while practicing basketball with the JV team.  Mrs. Renee Oldani was one of the initial people to help tend to Person. She rushed over and started to perform CPR and chest compressions. She helped tend to Person with Coach […]

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Burrage and Chew put fist up during national anthem to fight back against systemic Racism

By Nicholas Williams ’21 THE ROUNDUP Starting guards Patrick Chew ’22 and Desi Burrage ’21 have made it a tradition with each other to put their fists up during the national anthem of every basketball game this season. This idea came from Chew, who knew he wanted to make a statement in high school sports […]

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Prep basketball circuit becomes appealing option for Arizona players.

By Nicholas Williams THE ROUNDUP In the past couple of years, Arizona has seen many more talented basketball players make the switch from their high schools to the prep basketball circuit. The prep basketball league in Arizona that was formed in recent years is called the Grind Session.  The Grind Session for men’s basketball is […]

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Flores brings rich basketball background to Brophy

By Nicholas Williams ’21 Brophy teacher Mr. Ivan Flores has quite the unique basketball history prior to his arrival at Brophy in 2018. Mr. Flores grew up in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the northern coastal valley. It has a population of approximately 208,000. He started playing basketball at the […]

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Shot clock necessary for high school basketball

Augie Walters ’21 THE ROUNDUP The high school basketball season this year may look different than ever, due to the ruling from the Arizona Interscholastic Association to continue winter sports with athletes wearing masks during competitions and extremely limited attendance. While all of these changes may be new for the Brophy basketball team, the high […]

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Both the NBA and NCAA Basketball Affected by COVID-19

By Nicholas Williams ’21 Photo courtesy of Nicholas Williams ’21 | COVID-19 has put all sports on hold for the time being Some sports more are being heavily affected by COVID-19 than others. The sport making the most buzz and seems to be getting affected the most is basketball. March Madness has been canceled, and […]

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Church Of Jaelen House Basketball Team Ignites Brophy Fans

Photo by Raymond Link’20 | The Church competing at Talking Sticks Resort Arena for the League Final Game. By Jacob Cross Mayhew ’20 Over the past three months, a new sports team has emerged on Brophy’s campus. Not the esports team, not archery nor quidditch, but several Brophy students’ YMCA recreation basketball league team, “The […]

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Former Brophy basketball star Ian Burke transfers to Portland State

Photo courtesy of Brophy Prep | Ian Burke ’18 works on his ball-handling during warmups of 2017-18 quarterfinals against Perry. By Nicholas Williams ’21 THE ROUNDUP Over the college basketball offseason, former Brophy Basketball player Ian Burke ’18 transferred to Portland State from Seattle University to continue pursuing his basketball career. On June 8th, Burke […]

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