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Broncos excel in tournament play, anticipate regional contests

By Erik T. Masingill ’12
THE ROUNDUP

As of April 4, the Brophy baseball team has an overall 13-5 record after their first 18 games.

Nine of those 18 games are tournament games. The Broncos’ tournament record stands at 7-2.

The two tourney losses for the Broncos were to Tucson (11-9) in the Adam Donnefield Invitational, Feb. 25 and to Harvard-Westlake (7-5) in the Big League Dugout National Invitational, March 29.

The Broncos also defeated Regis Jesuit (Aurora, Colo.) 6-2 in the Dugout National Invitational.

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Defensive miscues cause evaporation of 4-run lead for baseball

By Justin Janssen ’11
THE ROUNDUP

The Harvard-Westlake Wolverines (North Hollywood, Calif) capitalized on three Brophy errors in a 7-5 comeback victory March 29 during pool play of the Horizon/Big League Dugout Invitational.

Trailing by four runs in the fourth inning, the Wolverines (8-2) rallied off of Brophy starting pitcher Nick Jones ’11.

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Broncos pitching leads to fifth tournament win of season

By Erik T. Masingill ’12
THE ROUNDUP

Monday, March 28 kicked off the Horizon/Big League Dugout National Invitational at Brophy where the Broncos’ baseball team faced the La Jolla Country Day Torreys from California.

The Torreys (7-1 overall) came into the tournament undefeated, but after Brophy starting pitcher Sean Maxon-Maldonado ’11 pitched six innings on 95 pitches giving up one run, La Jolla Country Day was victim to its first loss of the season 8-1.

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Broncos lead too much to overcome

By Erik T. Masingill ’12
THE ROUNDUP

The Brophy baseball team (9-4 overall) looked ready to finish the game against Salpointe Catholic (10-4-2 overall) by mercy rule after the scoreboard showed the Broncos leading 10-1 after three innings.

However, in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, the Lancers scored 11 runs on nine hits and six walks.

“Salpointe is not a team we will run over no matter how many runs we score,” said head coach Mr. Tom Succow.

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Baseball club uses playoff loss as motivation heading into new season

By Ian C. Beck ’12
THE ROUNDUP

A year ago the Brophy baseball squad made it to the 5A-1 state playoffs where they lost two consecutive games in the double-elimination tournament.

Head coach Mr. Tom Succow described it as a disappointing end to a promising season.

However, 2011 holds new hope for the Broncos as they return 11 lettermen from last year’s group including five players who started last year as sophomores.

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Baseball knocked out of playoffs

Brophy’s baseball team entered the state playoffs on a two-game losing streak and continued their struggles with two early defeats to knock them out of the tournament.

In their first game of the playoffs, the Broncos lost to the Hamilton Huskies 6-4 and dropped into the losers’ bracket where they met Cesar Chavez May 4.

Cesar Chavez beat the Broncos 12-5 in the game to move on and the Broncos, with their second loss in the double-elimination tournament, saw their season come to a close.

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Another year of competition for Brophy sports comes to a close

Brophy sports enjoyed another year of high performance this past school year, coming away with a couple of state championships and even more great success stories.

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Brophy baseball falls in first round of playoffs

After losing their final two regular season games, the No. 14 seeded Brophy Broncos lost Saturday May 1 in the first round of the state playoffs to the No. 3 seed, the Hamilton Huskies, by a score of 6-4.

Brophy had beaten the Huskies in the regular season 15-10 on Friday, April 23 for head coach Mr. Tom Succow’s 600th win as Brophy head coach, but were unable to beat the Huskies again in the first round of the playoffs.

After the April 23 win, the Broncos lost their final two games, both to Desert Vista, losing 10-0 on Tuesday, April 27 and 7-1 on Wednesday, April 28, a game in which they were no-hit.

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Broncos slide into postseason on low note with a 7-1 loss

Coming off a 10-0, mercy rule loss to the Desert Vista Thunder Tuesday April 27, the Brophy Broncos baseball team was no-hit by the Thunder, losing 7-1 in the final game of the regular season.

The Broncos walked 10 times against Desert Vista pitchers Eric Brown and Shaun Chase but were unable to get a single hit.

Their best chance at a hit came late in the game when John Rapisarda ’12 lined a pitch into centerfield, but Thunder outfielder Jaycob Brugman made a diving catch to record the out.

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Desert Vista shuts out Brophy baseball in five innings

The Brophy baseball team connected their swings with the ball for 14 hits and 15 runs in a win Friday, April 23 against the No. 1 high school team in Arizona, the Hamilton Huskies.

On Tuesday, April 27 the Broncos did not score any runs and had just five hits against the 14-15 Desert Vista Thunder. Instead, it was the Thunder with the bats scoring 10 runs on 13 hits.

Coming into the game on a three game winning streak, Desert Vista scored their 10 runs in five innings. With a 10-run lead, the game was called due to the mercy rule.

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