Brophy articles from around the internet for your four-day weekend

• Brophy tops Hamilton for 5A-I boys soccer championship. By Jose E. Garcia/The Arizona Republic
• Soccer fights their way to state championship. By Ian Beck '12 and Michael Moroney '13 (THE ROUNDUP)
  
• JV Basketball coach Hooten ignites fire within players. By Jackson Santy '13/THE ROUNDUP
  
• Concussions becoming all too common trend in student-athletes. By Eric Villanueva '11/THE ROUNDUP
• Track hopes to speed straight to the top with mix of young, veteran athletes. By Julian Ocampa/THE ROUNDUP
  
• Soccer tournament changes coming? By Mark Keller/East Valley Tribune
• Bravo brings Bronco spirit in all that he does. By Ian Beck '12/THE ROUNDUP

My editor won't let me comment on "The Roundup" articles, so I'll talk about them here.

1. I've noticed that when coaches lose to Brophy, they become bitter. Yuma Kofa coach Jamie Nicewander said, "There's no shame in losing to a private school." Hamilton's coach Nicholas Markette said, "I think everyone would say we play as a group. They (Brophy) have a bunch of superstars. We'll take playing as a group. That's us."

2. It's an amazing feat to be on a championship team, and for a couple of the players, to be on two of them is phenominal. Brophy survived a slew of close calls; their last three wins were by a goal, but the Broncos perservered.

3. I've had Mr. Hooten as a US History teacher in my junior year. He's who I would look to to lead a basketball team. When Mr. Hooten talks, people listen; before Brophy he worked with the teach for america.

4. Concussions are oft-occuring and recently there has been movement by the NFL and the AIA to prevent players from receiving multiple concussions (by having them sit out for longer periods of time.) As long as football is played, players will still get them.

5. Led by Tommy Williams '11, Will Firth '11, Devon Allen '13, and Harry Danilevics '10, Brophy finished fourth at the state meet, which was third in the region. Allen set multiple team sprinting records as a freshman. Williams won the state meet last season in the mile with Firth close behind.

6. I like playing home soccer playoff games; the argument that the casual fan will go to a playoff game is not valid because the only fans there were of the two schools. In the first two rounds at Reach 11, 0$ was charged so the AIA is making 0$ from those games. True, there might be better officials, but even at the state game people from both fanbases were yelling at the men officiating the game.

7. Flavio Bravo '12 has been the mascot for awhile and he brings the energy when he gets in the Brophy suit. He is well-liked and respected amongst his peers.