Golf Sports

Golf emerges as pastime amongst students during COVID-19

By Xander Welty THE ROUNDUP Drew Shyman ’21 said he played lots of golf as a little kid but gave up the game as he grew older. During the spring, Shyman began to play golf everyday and developed a love for the game. The COVID-19 pandemic shut down almost all possible sports for students to […]

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Sports

NCAA and its recruiting during COVID-19

William Gruwell ’21 THE ROUNDUP As COVID-19 continues to affect everyone’s life in a different way, those aspiring to be collegiate athletes are facing an unconventional complication.  COVID-19 has completely upended the NCAA’s recruitment process, halting many student athletes aspirations. Announced by the NCAA on Sept. 16, the “dead period” has now been pushed to […]

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Sports

Garcia brings culture of leadership to sports

By Griffin Winter ’21 THE ROUNDUP Mr. Joshua Garcia ’07, current head baseball coach, was named as the new Athletic Director starting with the 2020-2021 school year.  This has not been the typical year for the new Athletic Director. COVID-19 has hampered the sports world in numerous ways.  “There are no smooth days with COVID, […]

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Football News Sports

Football enters phase 3, set to play October

THE ROUNDUPBy George Anton ’21 The moment that school shut down last March, the conversation began as to how and when athletics would be able to return. Since then, Brophy has pieced together a three-phased approach to bring athletes back to practice and competition. Phase one began with athletes practicing in groups less than 10, […]

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News Rugby Sports

Reinhart wins Man of the Year

Man of the Year By Cooper Parson’20 THE ROUNDUP Owen Reinhart ’20 is this year’s winner of The Roundup’s Man of the Year award. The award recognizes a Brophy student who embodies what it means to be a model individual inside and outside of the classroom. Each year recipients are nominated by teachers, voted on […]

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Sports

Students begin Virtual Workouts

Photo courtesy of Nate Craft’20 | Pictured above is Nate Craft’s workout room he has created due to the coronavirus pandemic closing his native gym By Kaidan Linse ’20 THE ROUNDUP With Brophy’s facilities as well as gyms across the valley closed for the foreseeable future, students and athletes alike have come up with creative […]

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Basketball Sports

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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Sports

Current NFL player Brooks Reed shares insights on how he has been affected due to COVID-19

By: Nicholas Williams ’21 Photo courtesy of @BrooksReed on Twitter Most have heard of the ways COVID-19 is affecting in-season sports, such as basketball, swimming, track, etc. It has also affected one of America’s favorite sports, football. The National Football League, in particular, has been affected in a multitude of ways during this offseason and […]

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Sports

All African American starting five signals a new cultural era

Photo courtesy of Brophy Hoops Instagram page | The basketball team is seen huddling around the starting five in between quarters. By Nicholas Williams ’21 The ROUNDUP For the first time in Brophy history, The 19-20 basketball team stepped on the court with an all African American starting five. The closest occurrence of this was […]

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Sports Tennis

Energy Builds as the Tennis Team Prepares for Fast Approaching Season

Photo by Quentin Dunnigan ’22 | 7th hour tennis practices together as the season comes to a beginning By Quentin Dunnigan ’22 THE ROUNDUP While the spring season of varsity tennis approaches, players are beginning to prepare for the upcoming tryouts and for the season as a whole. Having won state championships for three consecutive […]

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