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Companion blog to The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Diocese of Phoenix.
September 14, 2011

Fall sports update

Posted by : ambria

Some highlights from local Catholic schools: Football — In Brad Shear’s 13th season as Brophy’s freshmen football coach, his record now stands at 100-9-1. That includes a 21-game win streak. He’ll be recognized at tonight’s game. Don’t forget, local games will be carried on TV or livestreamed online. Check the schedule. Cross country — Notre [...]


August 22, 2011

Fall athletes: Ones to watch

Posted by : ambria

Catholic school athletes make up half of the two-page spread in the current AZTeen Magazine’s “Ones to watch” article (p.30-31). All three are seniors. They are: Lauren Betlach, volleyball, Seton Catholic Preparatory High School in Chandler. On varsity since freshman year and part of three state championships. Placed in Junior Olympics. Haley Lawless, volleyball, Seton [...]


May 16, 2011

First, third among men. Third among women

Posted by : ambria

In a nutshell, that was the results of this weekend’s track and field state championships. Brophy College Preparatory finished first and Xavier College Preparatory third in Division I competition. Notre Dame finished third among men in Division II competition. Other items of note include two Broncos earning 67 of Brophy’s 77 points (four-point boys team [...]


May 16, 2011

Just drive — Catholic school videos on texting, driving

Posted by : ambria

Check out Xavier’s student-made video created this spring to promote the dangers of texting and cell phone use behind the wheel. The video is now in a national contest through the Act Out Loud traffic safety campaign. The competition is part of National Youth Traffic Safety Month. You can vote today through May 22 with [...]


May 12, 2011

Track and field finals

Posted by : ambria

AIA’s track and field competition finishes Saturday at Mesa Community College. Several Catholic school athletes and teams ranked in the top three of their particular sport. That included @Xavier (Division I) top four spots in the 3200-meter run first in 4×800-meter relay, 1600-meter run and 800-meter run second in 1600-meter run @Brophy (Division I) second: [...]