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Former UCLA pledge Castellani commits to Sun Devils for baseball

By P. Erik Meyer ’14 THE ROUNDUP Last year baseball prospect Ryan Castellani ’14 committed to UCLA for baseball. According to a ROUNDUP article from last year, Castellani said this about his future at UCLA: “I just want to be a part of it, UCLA is an awesome school, I love it in California.” Over […]

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2 former Bronco baseball players drafted

By P. Erik Meyer ’14 THE ROUNDUP Two Brophy alumni were drafted in this year’s Major League Baseball draft. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim drafted Brandon Bayardi ’09 in the 36th round. Bayardi, an outfielder, started all for years at UNLV and was a pre-season all American entering this season. He is batting .341 […]

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Senior shortstop Coppola looks toward TCU Horned Frog career

Senior wraps up 4 years of Bronco baseball By Connor Bradshaw Van Lier Ribbink ’13 THE ROUNDUP Finding motivation is a key ingredient in order for any athlete to achieve success, but it wasn’t hard for Charlie Coppola ’13 to find motivation before the 2013 season. It will be, after all, his final season wearing […]

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Experienced starting pitcher Westra takes mound for senior season

By Michael Moroney ’13 THE ROUNDUP Two-year varsity starting pitcher Michael Westra ’13 got the hang of the playoff baseball environment quicker than most during his junior season. During the Brophy baseball team’s playoff run to the state championship game last year, Westra started two games in wins for the Broncos. “We had a stacked […]

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Baseball looks for shot at redemption

Team graduates majority of starting lineup, new strategy put to the test By P. Erik Meyer ’14 THE ROUNDUP Brophy Baseball lost to Chaparral in last year’s state championship five to three after a heart wrenching seventh inning home run. Wanting to rectify that moment is following the team into the new season. “As usual […]

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Castellani commits to UCLA, prepares for PAC 12 baseball

By Christian Guerithault ’14 THE ROUNDUP  Ryan Castellani ’14 started for the varsity baseball team last year as a sophomore and has committed to University of California, Los  Angeles, where he will join an elite group of athletes. Castellani will be one of the varsity baseball team leaders as a junior this year; he is […]

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Photos: Best of baseball 2012

Roundup photo contributor Andrew Bender ’13 recently put together his best photos from the 2012 Brophy baseball season. The Broncos finished as the Arizona Division I runner up with a 23-10 record after they lost to Chaparral May 15 in the championship game.

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Baseball finishes runner-up in back and forth championship game

Chaparral  5 Brophy  3 By George A. Liddy ’14 THE ROUNDUP A walk-off homerun by Chaparral’s Dylan Cozens gave the Firebirds the Arizona Division I title with a 5-3 win over Brophy May 15. “We walked a couple in early and that ended up being the difference…I thought Dave Graybill ’12 did a great job […]

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Baseball advances to state final with comeback win

Walks, Chris Beall grand slam in 6th inning put Brophy on top Brophy 9 Mesquite 3 By George A. Liddy `14 THE ROUNDUP Brophy scored seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat Mesquite High School Saturday night at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. The Broncos had trailed the entire game entering the sixth […]

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Baseball moves to loser’s bracket with extra-inning loss to Chaparral

Chaparral 6 Brophy 5 By Erik T. Masingill ’12 THE ROUNDUP Although the Broncos were up 5-0 in the top of the fourth, Chaparral rallied in the later and extra innings scoring six unanswered runs to win 6-5 and advance to the state championship game at Glendale-Camelback Ranch Stadium. “A good team like Chaparral is […]

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