Sports

Mesa shuts down Brophy postseason

The Mesa Jackrabbits’ defense held Brophy’s normally potent running back Max Leonesio ’10 to just 49 yards and the entire offense to a lone field goal in their Nov. 20 13-3 upset of the Broncos.

Eleventh-seed Mesa made the big offensive plays they needed in the win that ended the third-seed Bronco’s post season on a cool night at Phoenix College.

“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can move mountains. And today we moved a mountain,” said Mesa head coach Mr. Kelley Moore after the game.

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Broncos pounce Mountain Ridge Lions in 1st round shutout

It took the Broncos a while to get the engine running Nov. 13 in the first round of the 2009 playoffs, but by night’s end No. 3 Brophy drove to a 24-0 shutout over No. 14 seed Mountain Ridge.

There were a total of eight turnovers in the matchup, and 20 penalties between both teams.

“This game was not a pretty win, but not every game of high school playoff football is pretty,” coach Mr. Scooter Molander said. “We will look at the film tomorrow morning and see what adjustments we can make for next week.”

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Sports

Broncos bust Yuma Criminals in regular season finale

Junior running back Kevin Molloy ’11 led Brophy with three touchdowns and a two-point conversion as the Broncos made quick and easy work of Yuma Nov. 6.

Brophy put the Criminals away 49-12, finishing the regular season with an 8-2 record and in line to face Mountain Ridge in the first round of the playoffs Nov. 13.

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News Sports

The Roundup launches live game updates through Twitter

Want to know what’s going on with Brophy sports but can’t be at the game?

Don’t want to wait until the next day to see the score? Follow Brophy Sports on The Roundup’s new Twitter page and get the stats right away.

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Sports

Brophy swimming dominates the pool

Brophy’s swim team beat Hamilton by nearly 100 points Oct. 8, winning by a count of 138 to 42, according to VarsityExtra.com.

Brophy won each of the relay races and John Wojciechowski ’10 won his race, the 100-meter backstroke, by almost four seconds.

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Cross Country Sports

Cross Country runs the extra mile in season wrap-up

Team takes 1st place in last regular meet By Andrew Atallah ’10 THE ROUNDUP As their season wraps up, the Brophy Cross Country team looked to finish strong at regionals Oct. 28, and state in early November. The end of the season comes as a culmination to the success of the seven varsity runners: Matt […]

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Sports

Senior football standout proves determination trumps size

Walking through campus on Friday, the white numbers on Brophy football jerseys pop out amongst the sea of red t-shirts.

The jersey number and size are sometimes a clear insight into what position each player holds. However, this is not always the case and sometimes can be much different than any fan might expect.

The most evident example of this might possibly be senior Peter Kelly ’10.

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Sports

Luna garners ‘monumental’ international karate award for ability

Brophy sophomore Nico Luna ’12 competed in a Japanese international karate tournament, and in the end, he walked out with the Top Male Competitor Award and a huge smile on his face.

“For me this achievement is monumental,” Luna said. “I can’t explain in words how much of an honor it is that I was chosen by the headmasters to achieve this award.

“Only one person out of thousands of people get this award and there were so many great competitors that even though the tournament is dominated by the Japanese, this shows just how tough and strong we are.”

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Sports

Go Diego, go! Sophomore credits success to off-season work

When most people jump into a pool it’s to cool off or relax.

Not Brophy swimmers. As soon as they hit the water it’s hard work from August to November.

Diego Valenzuela ’12 has been swimming ever since he was nine years old. His mother pushed him towards the sport because she too was a swimmer.

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Sports

Golf team looks to end season strong

Two matches and one tournament is all the varsity golf team has left to prove that they are still among the top competitors in high school golf.

The team showed they still have it with a match win against Pinnacle and North Canyon Oct. 6.

“I think that things are starting to turn around for us,” said coach Mr. Jon Shores. “The team is starting to do a little bit better. We got off to a slow start, guys weren’t playing all that great, and for whatever reason five guys weren’t playing well. But the last couple of weeks the guys have really started to play a lot better.”

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