May 11, 2012
Congratulations to the following players for being selected to the 2012 All Star team:
(L-R) Coach Beau Pich (North All Star Coach), Charlie Hushek, Brock Ghelfi, Nic Latham, Robby Leonard, Landon Gagner, Spencer Smith, Ryan Geller, Ben Cummings, Mack Regan, Zach Zemer and Brad Nordstrom.
May 6, 2012
Congratulations to the 2012 State Champions!!!
May 2, 2012
Come out on Saturday, May 5 to cheer on your Brophy Broncos Varsity 1 Lacrosse team as they seek to cap their undefeated league season with a state championship! Brophy vs. Chaparral at 8:00 PM at the ASU Soccer Fields. $5 admission. Wear BLACK.
The ASU soccer fields are located off Rural Road between Rio Salado and University at 655 S. Athletes Place, Tempe.
April 29, 2012
Come out to BSC and cheer on the Brophy 1 team on Tuesday, May 1, in the state semi-final game at 7:00 PM. We need a couple of people to help in the snack bar for our last game at home. Please sign up if you can help. Click Here to Sign Up. Come early and park at Brophy and walk to BSC.
April 22, 2012
Congratulations on a terrific season!
B 1 completed the regular season undefeated in Arizona for the second year in a row with a record of 14-0 (overall 19-2). They have a bye in the first round of the "A" division State Championship playoffs. Their first game will be on Thursday at 7:00 PM at BSC against the winner of the Horizon/Tucson Tanque Verde game.
B 2 completed the regular season with a record of 10-4 (overall 11-4) which earned them the #12 seed in the "A" division State Championship playoffs. (The next 12 teams in the league play in the "B" division playoffs. 3 teams do not make any playoffs.) B 2 will play #5 Chandler Wolves on Tuesday, April 24 at 7:30 PM at Benedict Sport Park located at 500 W. Guadalupe Road in Tempe. (Northwest corner of Guadalupe and Kyrene). WHEN B 2 defeats Chandler in the single elimination playoffs, they will play #4 Salpointe Catholic on Thursday at Salpointe in Tucson. The team will be bused to Tucson and back to Phoenix for this game.
JV 1 completed their season undefeated with a record of 10-0 (157 goals scored vs. 44 goals allowed)!
JV 2 finished their season very strong with a record of 7-3. Great Job!
Another email will be sent with an invitation to our end-of-year BBQ on May 6. There is no additional cost for players or family members but we ask that everyone RSVP.
Click Here for an article about Brophy Lacrosse ranked #10 in the western US by Inside Lacrosse this week.
Click Here for an article in Westside Lax about the SI vs. Brophy game on April, 14.
Click Here for an article in Nor Cal Lacrosse about the SI vs. Brophy game on April 14.
Click Here for an article by Aiyana Havir for the ASU student newspaper about the Brophy vs. Alta game on April 5.
GO BRONCOS!!!
April 15, 2012
With the end of Easter Break, there are only 4 weeks of school left for seniors and 6 weeks for everyone else! This is the last week of lacrosse for JV 1 and JV 2. After the regular season, B 1 and B 2 will play in either the single elimination "A" bracket State Championship playoffs or the single elimination "B" bracket Playoff Championship.
We wrapped up a very exciting week of lacrosse. B 1 played 3 games in the Jerry Langkammerer Lacrosse Invitational at St. Ignatius Prep in San Francisco. We beat Bellermine Prep and highly-rated Monte Vista, but fell 6-8 to St. Ignatius Prep, the #1 ranked team in the western US. Our team played with much heart and effort. B 2 went 3-0, beating Horizon II, Boulder Creek, and Desert Mountain in an exciting overtime win. JV 2 went 2-1 against Estrella, Desert Mountain and Boulder Creek.
This is what we have this week:
Monday, April 16
JV 1 vs. East Valley Heat JV at BSC at 6:00 PM
B 2 vs. Norte Dame at BSC at 7:00 PM - grass field. Please bring your chairs if you want to sit.
B 1 vs. East Valley Heat at BSC at 8:00 PM-senior night prior to the game.
Thursday, April 19
JV 2 @ Glendale Vipers at Thunderbird Paseo Park at 6:00 PM . Please bring your chairs if you want to sit.
B 2 @ Glendale Vipers at Thunderbird Paseo Park at 8:00 PM. Please bring your chairs if you want to sit.
Friday, April 20
JV 1 @ Desert Vista at Will Nolan Park at 4:30 PM. Small bleachers but bring chairs if you want to sit. Pizza Party and uniform turn in after the game.
B 1 @ Desert Vista at Pecos Park at 8:00 PM. Please note the change of location. Bring chairs if you want to sit.
Saturday, April 21
JV 2 vs. Oro Valley at BSC at 12:00 PM. Pizza Party and uniform turn in after the game.
B 2 vs. Oro Valley at BSC at 2:00 PM.
Don't forget to mark your calendar for the All Club End of the Year BBQ on May 6. All family members are invited at no extra charge.
GO BRONCOS!!!
April 8, 2012
Happy Easter! Hope everyone had the chance to enjoy time with your families this Easter.
Thank you to Kim Churchill, Polly Rapp and Maryann Iannitti for putting together our beautiful program. It's very informative and will be a terrific keepsake of our 2012 season. Thank you to Tracy and Scott Smith for printing the program.
Here's what we have this week:
Monday:
B 1 Practice at Loyola Field at 8:00 AM-Main Brophy gates will be locked. Enter through the gates east of the gym by the throwing wall.
B 2 Practice at Loyola Field at 10:00 AM
JV 1 Off
JV 2 vs. Estrella at BSC at 7:00 PM.
Tuesday:
B 1 Practice at Loyola Field at 8:00 AM
B 2 vs. DM at BSC at 8:00 PM
JV 1 Practice at BSC at 3:15 PM
JV 2 vs. DM at BSC at 6:00 PM
Wednesday:
B 1 Practice at Loyola Field at 8:00 AM
B 2 vs. BC at BSC at 8:00 PM
JV 1 Practice at BSC at 3:15 PM.
JV 2 vs. BC at BSC at 6:00 PM
Thursday:
B 1 in San Francisco (Bellermine at 12:30 PM)
B 2 Practice at Loyola Field at 8:00 AM
JV 1 Off
JV 2 Off
Friday:
B 1 in San Francisco (Monte Vista at 12:00 PM)
B 2 @ Horizon at 6:00 PM at Reach 11
JV 1 Off
JV 2 Off
Saturday:
B 1 in San Francisco (St. Ignatius Prep at 11:30 AM)
B 2 Practice at BSC at 8:00 AM
JV 1 Off
JV 2 Off
GO BRONCOS!!!
April 1, 2012
Happy April's Fool Day! Here's what we have going on this week:
1. Monday, April 2, 2012:
B 1 @ Horizon at Reach 11 at 7:00 PM
2. Wednesday, April 4, 2012:
JV 2 vs. Glendale Vipers at BSC at 6:00 PM
B 2 vs. Glendale Vipers at BSC at 8:00 PM
3. Thursday, April 5, 2012:
B 1 vs. Alta the Utah state champions at BSC at 3:30 PM
B 2 No practice
4. Good Friday, April 6, 2012:
No practices
5. Saturday, April, 7, 2012:
JV 1 vs. Horizon at BSC at 10:00 AM
B 1 vs. Horizon at BSC at 12:00 PM
6. Monday, April 9, 2012: Please note that this was just added to the schedule.
B 2 vs. Estrella at 7:00 PM at BSC
Brophy Varsity 2's Nick Grannis was featured in an article in Inside Lacrosse for his stringing. Great job Nick!
GO BRONCOS!!!
March 25, 2012
First, huge congratulations to Nic Latham, senior midfielder, whose commitment to play lacrosse at Denison University in Ohio has just been confirmed. Denison is currently ranked #9 by Inside Lacrosse in NCAA Division III. Congratulations Nic!
Congratulations as well to Brophy 1 for its victory over Texas defending state champion Coppell last night, and for its win over Salpointe earlier in the day. All three Brophy teams in action yesterday won, with Brophy 2 bringing home a win against Northern Arizona, and JV 1 winning over Salpointe.
We have added a couple of events to the calendar. This is what we have coming up:
1. B 1 vs. Regis (CO) on Tuesday, March 27 at 6:30 PM at BSC. This will be another important interstate game, pitting Brophy against the defending Colorado state champ.
2. B 1 vs. West Linn (OR) on Thursday, March 29 at 6:30 PM at BSC.
3. Stick Switch game:
Friday, March 30, 2012 at BCS at 5:00 PM.
All varsity players who are juniors, seniors or a sibling of a varsity Xavier player will battle in the Second Annual Brophy vs. Xavier Stick Switch game to benefit the Robby Mayasich Memorial Scholarship Fund. $8 entry fee. If you are participating in the game, please bring a pot luck item to share after the game.
Click here to sign up.
4. Brophy 2 vs. Dawson (CO) on Saturday, March 31 at 6:00 PM at BSC.
5. Please note a change of time for the B 2 @ Horizon II (at Reach 11) from 7:00 PM to 6:00 PM on April 13.
We need volunteers!
Our tailgate with Regis is next
Tuesday, March 27 after the 6:30 PM game. We need food, drinks and tables and chairs. We need the entire club to help! Please sign up ASAP so we can plan accordingly.
Click here to sign up.
Also, if you have not signed up to work in the snack bar yet, we need your help to fill in the last several spots.
Click here to sign up.
Finally, please reserve Sunday, May 6 for the All Teams End of the Season BBQ from 5-7 PM. Yes, we realize that it is Mother's Day but there is not another date that works. Our apologies if the BBQ interferes with any family plans. We will have prizes and possibly something for a lucky mom that is not lacrosse equipment.
GO BRONCOS!!!
March 18, 2012
We have one of our busiest weeks coming up, but first HUGE congratulations to Landon Gagner, junior attackman, who on Friday verbally committed to play Division 1 lacrosse at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Great job Landon! The 2012 Brophy 1 team has the largest number of committed college players in the history of Brophy Lacrosse. We expect even more players from this talented group to commit to college programs in the coming months.
Monday, March 19: (Bring your rain gear!)
JV 2 vs. Horizon JV at 6:00 PM at BSC
JV 1@ Chaparral at 6:00 PM at Firebird Stadium
B 1 @ Chaparral at 8:00 PM at Firebird Stadium
Tuesday, March 20:
JV 1 vs. Chandler at 6:00 PM at BSC
B 1 vs. Chandler at 8:00 PM at BSC
Thursday, March 22:
JV 1 @ Desert Mountain at 6:00 PM at Copper Ridge Middle School (Bring your own chairs.)
B 1 @ Desert Mountain at 8:00 PM at Copper Ridge Middle School (Bring your own chairs.)
JV 2 @ Saguaro at 6:00 PM at Saguaro Stadium
B 2 @ Saguaro at 8:00 PM at Saguaro Stadium
Saturday, March 24:
B 2 @ Northern Arizona at 12:00 PM at Flagstaff High School
B 1 vs. Salpointe at 12:00 PM at BSC
JV 1 vs. Salpointe at 2:00 PM at BSC
B1 vs. Coppell at 7:00 PM at BSC--Coppell is the reining Texas state champion
Looking ahead to the following week, most teams will have off time from games. Regis Jesuit, the Colorado state champion, will be in town on Tuesday, March 27 to play B 1. We would like to welcome them to Brophy and Phoenix with an all club pot luck dinner at the Sports Complex after the game. A separate email will go out with a link to sign up for pot luck items. We hope everyone can join us, and don’t forget that these boys eat a ton!
GO BRONCOS!!!
March 11, 2012
Congratulations to the Brophy Hockey team for winning the State Championship tonight. Members of the hockey team who are also lacrosse players are Spencer Smith (B 1) , Brendan Rapp (B 2) and Charlie LaBarr (JV 1). Way to go!
This is what we have going on this week.
Monday, March 12, 2012
JV 2 vs. Pinnacle 6:00 BSC (new location)
Varsity 2 @ Pinnacle at Reach 11 8:00 (new location)
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Varsity 1 @ Corona del Sol 7:00 (new time)
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
JV 2 @ Norte Dame 5:00
Varsity 2 @ Norte Dame 7:00 PM
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Varsity 1 vs. Saguaro 7:00 PM
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Varsity 1 @ Tucson Tanque Verde 12:00 (new time)
JV 1 @ Tucson Tanque Verde 2:00 (new time)
GO BRONCOS!!!
March 5, 2012
First, thank you to all the families that hosted Lawrenceville players this weekend. Lawrenceville is very grateful for our hospitality and it helps them to reduce the cost of traveling out west for their spring training. It's terrific that our players can connect with their fellow "lax bros".
Coming up in the next week:
1. Tuesday, March 6
JV 2 vs. Pinnacle at 6:00 at BSC on the grass field-bring your folding chairs. Please set up on the east side of the field.
Varsity 1 vs. Lawrenceville at 6:30 PM at BSC on the turf.
Varsity 2 vs. Pinnacle at 8:00 PM. If the Varsity 1 game is over by 8:00 PM, it will be on the turf, otherwise it will be on the grass.
2. Thursday, March, 8: Please pay attention to directions from your coach regarding practice on this day. You may be in the weight room or Loyola Field right after school.
3. Friday, March 9:
JV 2 vs. Gilbert at 6:00 PM at BSC
Varsity 2 vs. Gilbert at 8:00 PM at BSC
4. Saturday, March 10
JV 1 away vs. Catalina Foothill at 12:00 PM at Orange Grove Middle School in Tucson. Please car pool.
Varsity 1 away vs. Catalina Foothill at 2:00 PM at Orange Grove Middle School in Tucson. Please car pool.
5. Monday, March 12: No school
JV 1 No practice
JV 2 away vs. Pinnacle at Pinnacle High School at 6:00 PM
Varsity 2 away vs. Pinnacle at Pinnacle High school at 8:00 PM
Varsity 1 practice at 8:00 AM at Loyola Field
GO BRONCOS!!!
February 28, 2012
Thank you so much for your support with our two events this week, starting with the Club's Kick Off Social and concluding with the Mayasich Cup. Because of your generous donations to the Robby Mayasich Memorial Scholarship Fund--along with others, including the Chaparral coaches, who donated $200, and the referees' association, which donated $250--we were able to give Brophy $2,150 toward the scholarship. See Dan Mayasich's comments below:
Lisa and all,
Wow…that’s so nice. MUCH appreciated! I know I speak for Landis, Danny and Frances too when I say how much all of this means to us. We try our best to go about our life day to day and keep Robby sort of tucked away in this special place, where we think of him and remember him, but in a way that allows us to function at the same time. That delicate balance always gets thrown off a bit as we approach the end February and leading up to March 2nd. The fact that this special event comes about just as so much sadness begins to set in for us, lifts us up in a way that truly helps carry us through the rest of the week. THANK YOU for that! And I’m certain that Robby smiles down on all of you with such gratitude for keeping his memory and sprit so alive at the school and in the sport he loved so much.
As for tonight, yes, we’ll be there with some family/friends and will be happy to join Father Reese for the pre-game plans.
Much love,
Dan
Coming up in the next week:
1. Monday, Feb. 27: Congratulations to both JV 1 and Brophy 1 for their first victory of the season over Chaparral.
2. Thursday, March 1: Brophy 1 (8:00 PM) and JV 1 (6:00 PM) vs. Desert Vista at BSC. Please park at Brophy and walk to the Sports Campus. No parking at Xavier.
3. Friday, March 2: Brophy 2 (6:00 PM) away at Desert Vista location--Pecos Park
4. Friday, March 2: We welcome Lawrenceville to town. Host families, you should have received an email from Nick Firestone with detailed instructions. If you did not receive the email, please contact him.
5. Tuesday, March 6:
Brophy 1 vs. Lawrenceville at BSC at 6:30 PM Turf Field
JV 2 vs. Pinnacle at BSC at 6:00 PM - Grass Field
Brophy 2 vs. Pinnacle at BSC at 8:00 PM - Turf Field
Please note that the calendar now lists the name of the school or park of the away games. Please look at the field location tab on our website for directions to these fields.
GO BRONCOS!!!
February, 19, 2012
Congratulations to Brophy Lacrosse on a very successful first ever lacrosse tournament at the Brophy Sports Complex! It was a beautiful day with a high level of lacrosse played by all the teams. Special thanks to Brad Grannis and Kim Churchill for making sure all the details were covered. Brophy was the only undefeated team in the 7-team tournament, going 3-0 against very good competition from British Columbia and Nevada. Day two of the tournament is tomorrow with an 8-team JV tournament.
The Brophy Lacrosse calendar is now set. Please refer to it for all game and practice times. An email will be sent if any entries are changed in the future. The calendar has been updated so don’t rely on a previous viewing. Details such as times and locations can be found by clicking on the day on the calendar.
Coming up in the next week:
1. Monday, Feb. 20: Day 2 of the 1st Annual Brophy Broncos’ Presidents’ Weekend Tournament.
2. Friday, Feb. 24: Coaches vs. Brophy 1 at 7:00 PM at BSC.
3. Sunday, Feb. 26: The club’s annual season Kick-Off Social for coaches, players and their families: 4-6 PM, food and refreshments, a lacrosse 101 session for those parents who are new to the game, great raffle items, and an opportunity to meet other families on your son’s team. Suggested donation of $25 per adult. This will be the club’s only fundraiser. An email invitation will be sent later this week. Thank you to the Ghelfi and Hushek families for underwriting this event.
4. Monday, Feb. 27: The start of the regular season with the 3rd Annual Mayasich Cup at BSC. Brophy 1 vs. Chaparral at 8:00 PM and Brophy JV 1 vs. Chaparral at 6:00 PM. This Cup was established in 2010 to honor the memory of Brophy Lacrosse senior Robby Mayasich who tragically died in an accident at the start of the 2010 lacrosse season. His passing touched many people including the Chaparral players that Robby learned the game with. Donations for the Robby Mayasich Memorial Scholarship Fund at Brophy will be accepted at the game. Each donation will be acknowledged with a Robby bracelet. There will also be a limited number of Robby socks available for a $20 donation.
February 16, 2012
Attached is a link to an article from ESPN previewing the best high school teams in the west for the upcoming season, including Brophy. In addition to top local teams Chapparal, Saguaro, and Desert Vista, we are slated to play a host of highly-rated west coast teams, such as California’s St. Ignatius Prep, the WCAL champions; Colorado state champion Regis Jesuit; Utah’s Alta; top Oregon team West Linn; and the top two teams in Nevada, Henderson and last year’s state champion Palos Verde. We’ll also play last year’s Texas state champions, Coppell, east coast powerhouse Lawrenceville, and British Columbia’s Claremont.
All the action begins this weekend with our first President’s Day tournament, where we’ll face Palos Verde, Henderson, and Clarement.
Here’s to an exciting season!
GO BRONCOS!!!
2012 Boys' West Region Preview
January 23, 2012-Message from Head Coach Pich
As tryouts for the 2012 Brophy Lacrosse program approach, here are a couple of reminders, as well as a couple of changes to our tryout routine.
1) Jersey – All returning players are required to wear their reversible from last year. We will have spreadsheets for tryouts and numbers will be crucial in your evaluation so please make sure you have your jersey from last year. For all new players, we will have a reversible you can borrow if you do not have one. All players must check-in at the registration table as you enter Loyola Field on the first day of Varsity and JV tryouts. Check in will begin at 2:45 PM. Registration will close at 3:15 PM.
Merchandise - If you did not pick up you Team Gear or socks, if you ordered extras, they will be available for pick up at the registration table.
2) Water – Please make sure you have your own water. We will have a water fountain close by, but our water breaks will be timed so players are encouraged to bring their own water.
3) Running Shoes - Players are required to have running shoes with them for the duration of the tryouts. On any given day, we expect players to be ready for our one-mile, two-mile, and three-mile timed runs.
4) Sticks – Please make sure your stick is working properly. It is not a good sign if players are still adjusting their sticks during the first couple days of tryouts. Be ready to go!
5) Attitude – We are looking forward to working with players who have a great attitude, who are coachable, who want to learn and improve. With the high demand for roster spots in our program, we can afford to be selective when it comes to attitude.
With just under 150 players registered to try-out for our lacrosse program, we will be changing our tryout format and our criteria for grading players. We have created a formula based on attitude, hustle, strength index, timed runs, stick-skills, and physicality. These results will allow us to rank players and aid in our team selection. Please know we are not basing our decisions solely on these results, but they will aid us in our overall evaluations.
With regards to our tryout, and so everyone is aware, there will be minimal instruction, as we are simply evaluating our players and seeing what they know thus far. If a player makes a mistake it is not the end of the world, and in fact it’s more important for us to see what a player does after he makes a mistake. Does he put his head down or does he work hard to get that mistake back and does he not make that mistake again?
A couple of tips:
Be ready to go.
Do not speak when a coach is speaking.
Hustle throughout the entire tryout.
Leave it all on the field.
We will see Varsity players on Wednesday and JV players on Monday. Good luck to everyone. It's going to be a great season!!!
Coach Beau Pich
Varsity Tryouts:
Wednesday, January 25-Wednesday, February 1
JV Tryouts:
Monday, January 30-Thursday, February 2
December 12, 2011
Congratulations to Coach Beau Pich for being named as an assistant coach for the Under Armour West-Underclass All Star Team! This team is composed of the best players from California, Arizona, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and other western states. They will play in a tournament this summer at Towson University against other Under Armour Underclassmen teams. The Under Armour North - South game is broadcasted on ESPN.
See the link below for information about tryouts and the team:
http://www.westsidelax.com/boys-west-underclass-all-star-tryout-date-set-january-6th
