Photo by Alec Vick ’15 — Coach Fuller runs his team through practice a few days before their first round playoff matchup vs. Westview. By William Joseph Borders IV THE ROUNDUP Head varsity basketball coach Mr. Tony Fuller is starting his ninth year coaching for Brophy. “I think he is a great coach, knows a […]
Photo by Matthew Montes ’15 | Mason Zwillinger ’15 calls out a play against Chaparral Jan. 14. Brophy lost the game 59-47. Chaparral 59 Brophy 47 By Henry Erlandson ’16 THE ROUNDUP Brophy basketball lost to Chaparral at home Wednesday, Jan. 14th after falling behind early in the first quarter and failing to slow down […]
Photo by Cory Wyman ’16 | Frederick Erlandson ’15 reaches for the ball as the varsity Basketball team practices after school Nov. 6. Returning players have been practicing, lifting weights since the start of the school year By Chase Bayless ’15 THE ROUNDUP With the 2014-15 season on the horizon, the Brophy basketball team is […]
By Austin Norville ’15 THE ROUNDUP College basketball enters its most important and competitive part of the season, the NCAA National Tournament. In December the No. 1 team in the country, the University of Arizona Wildcats, caught a flight to Ann Arbor, Mich., for an early season game. During the flight players reflected on transitioning […]
By Michael Scheinert ’16 THE ROUNDUP Ever since the first grade, Romano Bottini ’14 has had a love for basketball. As captain of the varsity basketball team, Bottini said this season is particularly special. He is a veteran presence to the seniors and especially the two-thirds of the team that consists of juniors and sophomores. […]
By Chase Bayless ’15 THE ROUNDUP Brophy 51 Horizon 42 Thanks in large part to a fourth quarter in which the Broncos outscored their opponent by 10 points, Brophy was able to pull ahead of Horizon Wednesday, Jan. 29 for the 51-42 win. After leading 22-15 at halftime, Brophy cooled down and went into the […]
Chaparral 68 Brophy 58 By P. Erik Meyer ’14 THE ROUNDUP In a game with a number of momentum swings, the Broncos could not quite pull out a victory Wednesday, Jan. 16 against the Chaparral Firebirds. Despite having a student section of equal size and energy, the Firebirds had homecourt advantage and the last say […]
Brophy 59 Westwood 47 By J.P. Hajjar ’16 THE ROUNDUP In Brophy’s first game since the McClintock Tournament, the Broncos outlasted Westwood, Thursday, Jan. 9 in a physical game. A defensive effort led to a much needed win for the Broncos as they defeated Westwood 59-47. Forward/center Freddie Erlandson ’15 led the team with 11 […]
By Riley Morrison ’16 THE ROUNDUP Varsity basketball kicked off the season with tryouts Nov. 4 and a team retreat the following weekend. According to head coach Mr. Tony Fuller, who has been coaching at Brophy for eight years, “tryouts were very competitive.” The team has five returning players including sophomore Bo Brunkhorst ’16 “a […]
By Jack Macias ’14 THE ROUNDUP Since 2006, Brophy assistant coach Trons Grimes has aided in coaching the Broncos basketball team along with head coach Mr. Tony Fuller. Although Mr. Grimes is a relatively recent addition to the Bronco basketball program, his coaching started almost four decades ago in 1975 coaching a junior-high girls basketball […]
