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Did you know the Boncos' season opener at Central High stadium marks a return to Brophy football roots? Best memories reveal that the Broncos played home games at Central from 1968 until moving to Phoenix College in 1982 (though we could be off by a year or so). Think of how many Brophy grads played and fans watched Brophy football at Central stadium. We will be sharing the recollections of a few of them this week as the season opener approaches. One tradition recounted by all: the pregame team march along the canal from Brophy to Central stadium.
Curtis Bruggman (BCP 1982) noted that coming through the 70s, Brophy opened with a game against Central High, then its second biggest rival. Curtis watched Brophy games at Central for years, eventually playing there in 1979--1981. He recalled, "Kids from both schools knew each other because many were from the same neighborhoods or had attended grade school together -- but both schools had tremendous school spirit and wanted to beat the other bad; both campuses were covered in signs during the week of the season opener." The rivalry even spilled onto Central Avenue during the week of the big game, with then-acceptable antics such as "Brophy Avenue" signs placed over the Central Avenue signs.
The Brophy community is proud to announce that Mike Mitchell (BCP 1993) was inducted with the 2010 honorees into AZCentral.com Arizona High School Sports Hall of Fame. An accomplished running back who went on to play at Stanford, Mike holds several Brophy and AIA records. Click here: High School Hall of Fame
Thank you fans and players for the items donated to local charities during the annual Brophy varsity intrasquad soap scrimmage. Preseason scrimmage Wednesday, August 18 at 6 PM, with Westview at the Central High field, enter off 7th Street at the stop light south of Xavier. The scrimmage site was moved to accomodate Xavier's back to school night. We appreciate the community spirit among the three high school neighbors. For more about the Avondale Westview Knights: Click here: Westview Knights Home Page.
AIA member football teams are allowed to participate in one public preseason scrimmage after players have completed at least ten practice sessions. The scrimmage format is set by AIA rules, which state: "There are 60 offensive plays for each team conducted in the following manner:
• On offense, one team starts and has ten plays starting from their own 40-yard line.
• They will get ten plays in a row. If they score, the ball comes back to the 40-yard line until their ten plays are used up. An accepted foul will give the offensive team the right to replay a down. The down is over if the defensive team gains possession of the ball.
• There will be a time-out and then the other team will have ten offensive plays. This continues until each team has had 60 offensive plays. Teams may elect to run fewer than 60 offensive plays if agreed upon by both head coaches.
• Coaches exchange information on their basic offenses and defenses so that players will be able to align themselves at the start of each play.
• Coaches remain on the field with their teams as well as coaching their positions.
• There shall be four AIA officials on the field."
Unlike the regular season games, there are no kicks, punts, score keeping, time keeping, cheerleading, bands, etc. Players may wear numbered jerseys.
Summer Reading List: Already miss the action, can't wait for August, stuck inside, enjoying the long, lazy summer nights or parents trying to encourage kids to read this summer? Here is a summer reading list of football stories for your consideration (the links to Amazon are for brief summaries and reviews of each book):
The weather's fine at 6 AM! Thanks alums for pushing the varsity to the limit in the annual alumni-varsity passing scrimmage at the Brophy Sports Complex, Thursday, July 1. Former Broncos and Wyoming QB, and Brophy coach, Taber LeMarr (BCP 2003) led the veteran contingent.
Brophy Football Players Excelling in All Sports Arizona's three high school track teams invited to the Nike Track Nations shined in the cool Pacific Northwest. Brophy finished the Nike Track Nationals boys' competition in 8th place. Chandler won the girls' division, with Desert Vista girls placing 11th. Coach Kalkman, Josh Dennard, Devon Allen and several Brophy track and field teammates are in Eugene, Oregon, over the Independence Day holiday weekend at the Ducks' legendary Hayward Field for the Nike Track Nationals and Prefontaine Classic: "A new Nike-sponsored team competition for high school track and field athletes will bring 250 athletes from the top 12 boys programs and top 12 girls programs in the nation to Hayward Field on Friday, July 2, the night before the Prefontaine Classic." Full results and webcast feeds are available at: Nike Track Nationals - NikeTrackNationals.com
Brophy football is proud of all its players and coaches who contributed to Brophy sports teams at all levels throughout this school year. Go Broncos! Next up, summer passing league.
Next Up on the Broncos' Schedule: Annual alumni 7-on-7 passing game, Thursday, July 1, at 6 AM, alums take on the varsity at the Brophy Sports Complex (BSC is located at 4800 North 7th Street, immediately north of Xavier College Prep entrance, south of Camelback Road--players and fans are asked to please park at Brophy to the west off Central).
Congratulations to Marcos de Niza for its undefeated run and championship in the inauguralAIA Fiesta Bowl 7-on-7 Passing Tournament, Friday evening and Saturday, June 25 and 26. Brophy finished second in the sixteen-team field.Click here: Bordow: High school football in June no passing fancy If you missed the action of the Fiesta Bowl 7-on-7, check out AIA365.com, which offers on-demand replays of the webcast games: Click here: AIA 365 - Bringing Arizona's High School Communities to the World Thanks to AIA, Fiesta Bowl, Gene Nudo and his tournament organizing committee, participating schools, coaches and players, referees, spectators and volunteers, as well as Brophy administration and staff for making the BSC available. Click here: AIA 7-on-7 football photos
Photo Above: Defense in action during the San Diego State seven-on-seven passing tournament, Saturday, June 19. Check out the Photo Gallery page --tab at left-- for lots of action photos from past seasons, along with current spring and summer football galleries.
Brophy Football Players Excelling in All Sports
The Arizona Baseball Coaches Association announced that Joe Maggi (BCP 2011) was named to the 2010 5A-1 all state second team. Click here: AZBCA Maggi received similar honors from the Arizona Republic.
Andrew Lundahl, Michael Sandino and their state champion Brophy lacrosse team defeated Chandler, 10-8, in the state championship game before a standing room only crowd at Chaparral stadium Friday night, May 14.
Coach Kalkman, Josh Dennard, Glenn Dennard, Devon Allen and the Brophy track and field team finished as one of the top boys teams in the nation, earning an invite to the Nike Track Nationals: "A new Nike-sponsored team competition for high school track and field athletes will bring 250 athletes from the top 12 boys programs and top 12 girls programs in the nation to Hayward Field on Friday, July 2, the night before the Prefontaine Classic." Nike Track Nationals - NikeTrackNationals.com Four local teams finished in the top 25 Nike national boys' rankings, including Brophy at #13, Mountain View at #16, with Fiesta region foes Chandler at #22 and Desert Vista at #23.
Brophy football is proud of all its players and coaches who contributed to Brophy sports teams at all levels throughout this school year. Go Broncos! Next up, summer passing league.
Spring Football The spring football season culminated with the traditional spring game and player barbecue Saturday night at the Brophy Sports Complex. Special thanks to Michael's and the Brophy Dads' Club for sponsoring the event. The evening was highlighted by the special appearance of a group from the Brophy class of 1959.
Brophy Speed & Strength Camp
Attention fifth through eighth graders: The fifth annual Brophy Speed and Strength Camp is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, 4--8 PM, May 26th and 27th.
Click here to download the 2009 BCP Speed and Strength Camp brochure and registration information(the info, other than the dates, should be correct for 2010.
Brophy Football Players Excelling
Josh Dennard, Glenn Dennard and Devon Allen and the Brophy track team to the finals of the speed events in the 5A-1 state track meet, this Saturday afternoon, 3 PM, at Mesa Community College. Josh, Glenn and Devon will run the 4X400, Devon the 100 & 200, and Josh will compete in the long jump. Josh and Devon finished fourth in the 4X100 Wednesday. Look for super competition in the 5A-1 finals, which includes three Fiesta Region teams in the Nike top twenty national track team rankings. As a freshman this season, Devon improved his school record for the 100 meters to 10.84 in prelims of the Fiesta Region meet. Among the noteworthy Brophy track results earlier this season: Devon clocked a state-best 21.86 in the 200 meters, setting the Brophy and meet records, and the 4X100 relay team, with Devon and Josh, qualified for the state meet at the Queen Creek Invitational. Devon previously established the Brophy school records for the 100 (11.0 at the Arcadia, California national meet) and 200. Heading into regional and state meet competition, Brophy track has achieved a top ten boys track team national ranking by Nike. Offensive coordinator Bill Kalkman's Brophy track team finished an impressive second at the Chandler Rotary invitational meet in late March. The 93-team seeded invite field included top teams from five states.
Brophy football players AJ Steimel and Joe Maggi were named to the all tournament team at the prestigious Phoenix Horizon Big League Dugout National Invitational baseball tournament this month. Brophy baseball finished third in an elite 12-team field that included several top Arizona teams along with California and Colorado squads ranked nationally in the top 20.
Former BCP gridiron star Drew Maggi (BCP 2008) led the ASU Sundevils to the NCAA College World Series with a two-run homer in the 12th, clinching the Sundevils' Super Regional 7-5 victory over Arkansas. Maggi was the 2007 Phoenix Metro Football Player of the Year. Good luck in the CWS Series, Drew, along with Sundevils' teammates Beau Maggi (BCP 2009), Matt Newman and the Torrez brothers from Brophy.
Tribute to Our Classmate
At the opening track event for the Brophy Sports Complex, Jordan Graves proudly displays a tribute to Brophy classmate Robby Mayasich worn this spring by many Brophy athletes. The Robby Mayasich Memorial Fund has been established by the Mayasich family to honor Robby.
Grass is in, field turf is down, goal posts are up, track is laid, Brophy athletes are in action and competition is about to commence. As the Brophy Sports Campus nears completion, it's time to start thinking about football team events that will take place on the new fields. Spring football will start soon, culminating in the traditional spring scrimmages. Brophy passing league games are tentatively scheduled for the sports campus. Scrimmages will be held at the new field turf stadium later this summer, with JV and freshmen teams home games beginning in September. The new Brophy Sports Campus stadium will seat 800, so let's get everyone out to support our football events. We'll let you know about parking and dates as we get closer to the events. For more on the new Brophy Sports Campus, visit the Brophy Sports Campus website at brophysportscampus.org Click here: Brophy Sports Campus
Alumni News
Tyler Chastain and Sean O'Sullivan, All State members of the Bronco Defensive Line for the 2005 BCP state championship football team, finished their collegiate career playing Varsity Rugby for the University of Arizona. This was the best season Wildcat Rugby has ever had, making it to the National Championships for the first time since 2000, defeating Syracuse to make it to the Elite Eight, which is the first time Wildcat Rugby has won a game in the Sweet Sixteen, before being defeated by the defending National Champion and 2010 finalist, BYU.
Tyler was named most improved forward his first Varsity season, his sophomore year after playing a year of collegiate football at the University of San Diego and transferring to UA. Sean was President of Wildcat Rugby his senior year and Sean won the leadership award this year.
Earlier this season, 2007 Phoenix Metro Football Player of the Year Drew Maggi was named Pac-10 player of the week for the #1 ranked ASU Sun Devils baseball team. Maggi propelled ASU baseball to a record setting 24-0 with a home run for a 1-0 win over Pac Ten opponent Oregon. Now a sophomore, Maggi cracked the Sun Devil's starting lineup at shortstop last season as a true freshman, finishing the season with a College World Series appearance. Brother Beau Maggi is also on the Sun Devils' roster as a freshman this season. Drew (BCP 2008) was a key player on the 2007 Broncos' state championship squad. Beau (BCP 2009) shared duties at QB for the 2008 state runner up football team. Younger brother Joe (BCP 2011), also a baseball player, returns to anchor the defensive backfield for the Broncos this fall.
Brophy Football Players in Winter State Tournament Action
Congratulations to Kevin Harris, Paul Wirth (a fifth place medalist) and Kevin Molloy (a sixth place medalist), who contributed to a successful run in the state individual wrestling tournament and qualifying for the state team championships. To the hardwood, where after finishing third in the tough Fiesta region, Jon Vimmerstead continues post season basketball team action with a state basketball tournament first round game at Phoenix North High School on Thursday, February 25. Good luck to all our Brophy teams! [February 2010]
Leonesio Adds to His Honors
The Valley of the Sun Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame has named Max Leonesio '10 as one of 41 Scholar Athletes. Max was named to the First Team. Max will be honored at the 29th annual Scholar Athlete Awards Banquet, March 6, at the Scottsdale Plaza. Congratulations, Max! [February 2010]
Brophy Awarded 5A-1 Conference Sportsmanship Award
Broncos' head coach Scooter Molander received the Arizona Football Officials Association Matt O. Hanhila varsity football sportsmanship award recognizing the 2009 Brophy College Prep football team as "the outstanding team which displayed the best sportsmanship" in the 5A-1 conference for the 2009 season. AzFOA Sportsmanship Awards [February 2010]
Seniors Moving On
Three senior Brophy football players signed national letters of intent on February 3. Head Coach Scooter Molander and offensive coordinator Bill Kalkman joined faculty and staff to formally congratulate Alex Garoutte, Hank Jenkins and Max Leonesio for joining a long list of Brophy alumni who have played at the college level. Alex signed with Arizona State, Hank signed with the University of San Diego and Max signed with Princeton. Check out the Alumni section to find your favorite players from past seasons. Good luck, gentlemen! Look for more signings in the near future. [February 2010]
Galante Recognized for Cross Training Brophy Athletes
Brophy strength and conditioning coach Gary Galante's dedication to the development of our Brophy student athletes is remarkable. As part of the Jesuit tradition, Brophy athletes are encouraged to participate in training for multiple sports and activities. Recognizing Galante's impact, head football coach Scooter Molander explains: “Coach Galante’s work ethic and expertise in Dynamic Strength Training is unsurpassed in the State of Arizona. Brophy Sports are very fortunate to have such a resource. Gary continues to learn the cutting edge of strength training that, most importantly, transfers to the court, field, or track.” Best known as among the top defensive coordinators in high school football, Galant's contributions extend well beyond football. In a recent Richard Obert column in the Arizona Republic's AZCentral online following back-to-back wins over top-ranked Mesa and rival St. Mary's, Brophy varsity basketball head coach Tony Fuller "credits Brophy football defensive coordinator Gary Galante for the work he's done with the players' strength and conditioning." [March 2009]
Gary Galante's training regimen reaches West Point. Coach Galante has been consulting with Cadet Joseph Valenzuela, BCP 2009, to help keep him fit and ready to serve. Joseph shared a team building workout from the Academy, called Buddy Murph. Lt. Michael Murphy, a fellow serviceman, was a Navy Seal killed during action in Afghanistan in 2005. Joseph challenges anyone to beat his best time of 32:26. The Buddy Murph: 1 mile run, 100 pull ups, 200 pushups, 300 squats and 1 mile run. Cadet Valenzuela promises he will be visiting soon. [March 2009]
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