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Sports finishes year of ups and downs

Photos by Roundup Staff — Various student athletes compete in Brophy sports. By Henry Erlandson ’16 and Andrew Howard ’17 THE ROUNDUP Varsity sport teams capped off a year of mixed results, featuring successes from cross country, swim and golf. Some teams fell short of their expectations while others found ways to exceed them. Cross […]

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Freshman Kolbe edges out narrow win in March Madness bracket challenge

Photo Courtesy of Max Wear ’17 – Students watch the March Madness tournament in the SAC. By Henry Erlandson ’16 THE ROUNDUP After a last second buzzer-beater by Villanova to win the National Championship game Monday, April 4, Jack Kolbe ’19 squeaked by the remaining competitors to win this year’s March Madness Bracket Challenge. The […]

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Featured Sports Wrestling

Wrestling takes 1st place at sectional meet

Photo by Cory Wyman ’16 – Hunter Talbo ’16 and Archie Garcia ’19 face off at wrestling practice. The wrestling team won 1st place at their sectional meet. By Henry Erlandson ’16 THE ROUNDUP The varsity wrestling team grabbed the first place spot in the Division 1 Wrestling Championships at Boulder Creek High School Feb. […]

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Agliano strives to build leaders among his players

Photo by Devin McManimon McNally ’17 – Mr. Chris Agliano instructs a player during Lacrosse practice Monday, March 7. Mr. Agliano coaches in the lacrosse, basketball and football programs. By Henry Erlandson ’16 THE ROUNDUP When he isn’t teaching religion classes, Mr. Chris Agliano is coaching either freshman football, JV basketball or the underclassmen lacrosse […]

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Sophomore Dunn splits time between volleyball, basketball

Photo by Andrew Brown ’18 – Connor Dunn ’18 practices his serve March 3. This is the second year that Dunn has made the transition from basketball to volleyball. By Henry Erlandson ’16 THE ROUNDUP After recently finishing up a long season playing for the JV basketball team, Conor Dunn ’18 is making a quick […]

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Opinions

Surrounded by Violence: Students debate gun control

Gun regulations provide for common sense, natural rights By Reece M. Krantz ’16 THE ROUNDUP President Barack Obama’s new executive order will usher in an era of regulations for handguns, assault rifles and more. President Obama ordered this after a series of violent events cascading from school shootings to terrorism, in San Bernardino, Calif. Gun […]

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Sports

Brophy loses to St. Mary’s in OT despite comeback effort

St Mary’s 68 Brophy 60 By Henry Erlandson ’16 THE ROUNDUP Brophy mounted a strong comeback in the final two minutes of the game Jan. 20, but it was not enough to beat rival St. Mary’s away, making their record 8-9. Brophy struggled all night to stop St. Mary’s from grabbing offensive rebounds, especially in […]

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AIA football playoff locations unfair to lower seeded teams

Site choices contradict AIA’s “neutral” location listing Commentary by Henry Erlandson ’16 & Andrew Howard ’17 THE ROUNDUP The Arizona Interscholastic Association sure has a unique interpretation of the word “neutral.” In a Division 1 semifinal playoff game this December that was supposed to be at a “neutral location,” Centennial played Mountain Pointe at Desert […]

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Basketball looks to succeed with new coach, young players

Photo by Cory Wyman ’16 – The varsity basketball team looks to make it far in the playoffs this year with young talent and a new head coach. By Henry Erlandson ’16 THE ROUNDUP The varsity basketball team expects to make it farther into the playoffs this season after losing in the first round of […]

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Sports

Brophy improves to 4-3 with victory over Central

Brophy 38 Central 34 By Henry Erlandson ’16 THE ROUNDUP The basketball team nudged past the Central Bobcats at home Dec. 4 to grab a non-conference victory in a low-scoring game despite a late comeback attempt. Central’s fourth quarter surge fell short due to seven made free throws down the stretch from guard Bo Brunkhorst […]

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