Mountain View Shocks Top-Seeded Brophy to Reach the 6A Championship
Arizona — 2024 Playoffs
Brophy entered the 2024 6A playoffs as the top overall seed, carrying a roster loaded with talent — 26 players would go on to earn all-region honors that season, a reflection of just how deep the Broncos' roster was. None of it mattered in the semifinals, where Mountain View pulled off the upset to end Brophy's season and advance to the 6A championship game.
The loss was a stunning result for a Brophy program that had positioned itself as one of the favorites in the 6A bracket for most of the season, ultimately finishing 11-2 despite the roster's depth and the individual accolades collected along the way. Mountain View, by contrast, rode the momentum of the upset all the way to the championship game, where it would eventually fall to a Cinderella Centennial team that had entered the playoffs as the No. 14 seed.
The Brophy-Mountain View semifinal was a reminder that regular-season rankings and individual honors don't guarantee anything once the postseason begins — a lesson that played out across the entire 6A bracket in 2024, a year defined by upsets from top to bottom.
For Mountain View, the win over Brophy was the biggest of its season, even if the run ultimately came up just short of a state title in the championship game against Centennial.