By Alex Kirshner ’18 THE ROUNDUP The Mock Trial club had one of their three teams advance to the state finals at the Sandra Day O’Connor Courthouse on April 1. The team consisted of Cooper Ryan ’17, Will Mulkern ’17, Noah Sugden ’17, Zach McCarthy ’17, Manny Alemany ’18 and Robert Baransaka ’18. All three […]
By Christian Guerithault ’14 THE ROUNDUP Brophy soccer finished their championship four-game playoff ride with a perfect 4-0 record. The soccer team had no doubts all year about what had to be done in order to come out on top. “Motivation was not an issue for us because of the nature of our results in […]
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 […]
Brophy 14 Red Mountain 13 By Chase Bayless ’15 THE ROUNDUP The Broncos survived a low scoring affair on Friday, Nov. 9 at home against Red Mountain in a game that came down to the last minute. In the matchup earlier this year between these two teams Red Mountain came away with a […]
By Roan Enright ’13 THE ROUNDUP Brophy remains the giant in Arizona high school swimming after winning their 24th title in a row Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Kino Aquatic Center in Mesa. Brophy ended up with a total of 412 points, almost doubling the second place team Mountain View who ended with 244 in […]
By Jonathan M. Gornet ’14 THE ROUNDUP Brophy golf won the state championship Oct. 29 with Tyler Kertson ’13 scoring 66 and 69. Altogether, Brophy scored 561 points in the tournament, directly ahead of Desert Vista and Hamilton. Coach Mr. John Shores took the varsity team to victory. “We finished one over par, three shots […]
One day after Brophy’s basketball bunch (21-8) chalked up a season high 96 points in the semifinals versus Mesa, they tallied just 29 points March 4 against Mesa Mountain View (27-3).
One day after never trailing, the Broncos never led.
“The best team won tonight,” said Brophy head coach Mr. Tony Fuller. “We scored 29 points tonight and that’s not going to get it done.”
As the varsity golf team progressed late into their season, they welcomed an unordinary person onto the state team: a freshman.
Tyler Kertson ’13 is one of the smallest and youngest members of the team, but that doesn’t stop him from also being one of the best players.
Kertson said he began playing when he was only two years old with plastic golf clubs in the backyard. Watching his dad play in local tournaments, Kertson’s thirst for competition grew and he began playing competitively.