Sports Track and Field

Track and field’s distance runners look to propel team to success

Photo by Roberto Aponte ’17 — Robert Brooks ’17 (second from right) competes in the 200 meter race at the Chandler Rotary Invitational Meet on April 21, 2015. The track team is looking forward to the long distance events this upcoming season. By Jack Davis ’19 THE ROUNDUP Track and field’s 2015-16 season featured a […]

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Entertainment

Xavier Gator: Payton Rutkowski ’19

By Jack Davis ’19 THE ROUNDUP Can I please get your full name and year? My name is Payton Rutkowski and I am in 10th grade. So what’s the biggest thing that you do outside of school? I would say hanging out with my friends, or having to go to work everyday after school. Where […]

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Sports Wrestling

Junior de la Rocha brings direction, dedication to wrestling team

Photo by Bryce Owen ’17 | Gabe De La Rocha ’18 runs sprints during practice Nov. 7. De La Rocha is a captain for the wrestling team, and he is a source fo motivation for the rest of the team. By Jack Davis ’19 THE ROUNDUP Gabe de la Rocha ’18 received the most votes […]

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Sports

7th period athletics benefits students, two-sport athletes

By Jack Davis ’19 THE ROUNDUP The school schedule has provided a seventh period athletics class in order to help student athletes hone their craft and create a manageable workload. One seventh period athlete is Matthew Kempton ’17, a varsity basketball forward and varsity football player who said that his end-of-the-day class has helped him […]

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Baseball Featured Sports

Baseball to lean on senior pitching during Succow’s final season

Photo by Hunter Franklin ’19 | Baseball player Tommy Trudeau ’18 pitched against North Canyon Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. By Jack Davis ’19 THE ROUNDUP With the graduations of Chad McClanahan ’16, JJ Hessel ’16 and more, the Broncos are without a player who has hit a homerun at the varsity level as they prepare to […]

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Sports

Brophy drops home game to Basha in tight defensive battle

Basha 53 Brophy 46 By Jack Davis ’19 THE ROUNDUP Brophy only allowed a combined 14 points in the second half, but the Broncos couldn’t execute on offense as they lost to Basha Jan. 5 at home. “I thought we played a really great defensive game throughout,” said head coach Mr. Matt Hooten. “To hold […]

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Sports

Brophy loses to Mountain Pointe in opener, playoff rematch

Mountain Pointe 63 Brophy 59 By Jack Davis ’19 THE ROUNDUP Matthew Kempton ’17 and Ian Burke ’18 combined for 32 points, but Brophy couldn’t capitalize on this as they fell to Mountain Pointe Nov. 29 in Ahwatukee. Brophy’s 2016-17 season started the same way that their 2015-16 season ended, a matchup with the Mountain […]

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Sports

Saucedo hopes to end BCP career with championship, earn scholarship offer

Photo by Bryce Owen ’17 | Carlos Saucedo ’17 dribbles the ball on the sideline. The team looks forward to entering the season with strong senior leadership. By Jack Davis ’19 THE ROUNDUP There’s three seconds left in the game. Westview holds a 49-48 lead over Brophy at Talking Stick Resort Arena Dec. 22, 2015. […]

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Featured Soccer Sports

Soccer aims for personal growth after 1st-round exit

Photo by Bryce Owen ’17 | The Brophy soccer team practices during 7th period at the Brophy Sports Complex. By Jack Davis ’19 THE ROUNDUP Brophy walked off the field for the last time Feb. 3 after No. 16-seed Desert Vista beat the top-seeded Broncos 4-2 in the first round of the playoffs. Since the […]

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Entertainment Featured

‘NBA 2k17’ thrives with smooth gameplay, revamped ‘MyCareer’ mode

NBA 2K17 is a basketball simulation video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports. (Handout/TNS) “NBA 2k17”—2k Sports—for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One 9.5 out of 10 By Jack Davis ’19 THE ROUNDUP 2k Sports created possibly their best work yet in the latest edition of the […]

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