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recruiting
ass ranked
From staff and wire reports
According to Soccer Buzz magazine, the
ias A&M soccer recruiting class of eight
ncoming freshmen ranks seventh national-
Ilmong Division I-A schools and tops in
■ Central Region.
J"Recruiting is the lifeblood of a pro-
jgram " A&M soccer coach G. Guerrieri said.
"Itkcvps talent coming in, butthe talent that
flyon have attracts talent.
B 1 think if you look at what it was that at-
ed the No. 7 class in the country, it was the
tact that we play a high level of soccer."
■According to the web magazine, the Ag
gies reached the top with the late signing of
Amber Childers, who finished high school a
year early to play collegiate soccer like her
teammate Nicky Thrasher.
■Childers combines with National Pool
player Michelle Royal and standouts Angela
Barker, Cameron Chorn, Anne Tamporello,
Laiirie Lovoi, Jodie Mitchell and Jaimie Mar-
"den to form a stellar rookie class.
■ "We've had the newcomer of the year the
last two years in this conference (Big 12),"
Guerrieri said. "1 don't know if that trend will
-,4 continue, but 1 know I am very comfortable
with the kids we have coming in.
|T/ B"! know I've got a smile on my face all
day long and so do the rest of the coaches be
cause we know it's going to be a year that
can really be fun and rewarding."
■ A&M and Nebraska, whose class was
irftnked 10th nationally and second in the re
gion, were the only two Big 12 Conference
schools listed among the top-25 classes.
Cowboys’ LaFleur looks
for bigger role in 1998
■ WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) — Tight
end David LaFleur was the forgotten man in
0 (the Dallas Cowboys offense last year.
He is just hoping
that in new coach
Chan Gailey's wide
open offense, there
will be some plays de
signed for him.
"I'm very opti
mistic about this sea
son," LaFleur said, a
first round draft pick
two years ago out of
Louisiana State Uni-
I f
I
Airman
versity. "Last year was
s tW earnin g experience for me. Now, I'll be in
an offense a lot like the one we had in college.
InJBhink they'll get the ball to me particularly
I ■linebackers pick me up man-to-man."
■ Gailey, the former Pittsburgh offensive
jcoordinator known for his inventiveness,
; said he is counting heavily on the 6-foot-6,
j'JQ'Pound LaFleur to contribute this year.
|0 J “David's development is very important to
, us this season," Gailey said. "We look for him
to make a big jump in production from lastyear
^ ^ oes / ^ will really help our offense."
■will LaFleur mostly blocked for the Cowboys
lastyear and did that well. In one game, he
. ad five pancake blocks.
rB LaFleur showed his promise against
Wncinnati in a late-season game when he
C^ght his first NFL touchdown passes on
j|osses of 13 and 12 yards from Troy Aikman.
^ “I think I showed in that game what I'm
ppable of doing," LaFleur said. "It's a mat-
' of working on the same page with Troy
Bid having him get confidence in me."
Aikman says that will be no problem.
I think David is going to work well in
fiis new scheme," Aikman said. "He is tall
ipd makes a great target. I think we'll be go-
Pg to him much more this season."
Red Raider Reckoning
Texas Tech could face NCAA additions to self-imposed sanctions after official decision is made
Montford
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas Tech
allowed a receiver to play after
learning of
an NCAA
memoran
dum sug
gesting he
was im
properly
readmitted
to the uni
versity in
1995, ac
cording to
newly re
leased documents examined by
the Houston Chronicle.
Texas Tech knew about an
NCAA memo written by a se
nior official in the membership
services department weeks be
fore the Red Raiders played
their Dec. 29, 1996, Alamo Bowl
game, the newspaper reported
last week.
However, the Lubbock school
allowed junior Malcolm McKen
zie to play, and McKenzie con
tinued playing last season, catch
ing 42 passes for 462 yards and
two touchdowns.
His eligibility is among several
possible rules violations under re
view by the NCAA Division I
Committee on Infractions, which
heard the Texas Tech case last
April in Cleveland. School officials
expect a decision to be announced
by month's end.
The school already has imposed
three years' probation on its athlet
ic program, including substantial
scholarship cuts in six sports.
The NCAA committee could
add to Tech's punishment.
Texas Tech Chancellor John T.
Montford said school officials did
n't believe they were bound to re
act to the memo because it was not
an official rules interpretation and
because the university thought it
was doing nothing wrong.
"I can tell you there may have
been wrong decisions made at the
time, but I believe they were good-
faith decisions based on evidence
and advice of counsel," Montford
said. "I don't think there was any
flagrant disregard of a memo or
anything like that."
The memo was part of a case
summary prepared by the
NCAA enforcement staff prior to
the hearing.
It was released June 23 to re
porters who have been requesting
it under the Texas Open Records
Act for the previous two months.
The McKenzie situation was
one of several allegations sub
mitted by the NCAA to Texas
Tech in an official letter of inquiry
last October.
The letter accused the school of
widespread mistakes in 18 areas.
Rampant errors in academic
certification and financial aid dis
tribution uncovered by an inter
nal audit accounted for two of
the 18 matters covered in the
NCAA letter.
Texas Tech agreed with many of
the allegations in a response made
public April 14, but disputed the
charges related to McKenzie.
McKenzie, suspended for aca
demic reasons in the spring of
1995, was readmitted because he
■
The Battalion file photo
The Texas Tech University football team already faces a self-imposed three-year probation period for NCAA
violations. The NCAA will decide whether further sanctions are needed for the Malcolm McKenzie situation.
made an A in American History
during a San Antonio College
summer school course. McKen
zie only earned a B, but a San An
tonio College professor agreed to
raise the grade if he did extra
credit work during the fall.
McKenzie needed the A for
readmission to Tech.
When McKenzie didn't com
plete the assignment, Thomas M.
Settles, the San Antonio College
professor, sent a letter to the Texas
Tech registrar's office in December
1995 complaining he'd been
"conned" by McKenzie and Tech
coaches who promised to help the
player do the extra-credit project.
The NCAA contends McKen
zie received special treatment
for his athletic status and that
Texas Tech failed to act when
confronted with evidence of
possible infractions.
San Fransisco’s Bronson grieves
for Jasper murder victim Byrd
Astros topple Giants in 12 th
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — The
shocking racial killing in Jasper, Texas,
that rocked the state and the nation hit
San Francisco 49ers reserve safety
Zack Bronson on a personal level.
"I was bom and raised in Jasper,
Texas, and in my 24 years, I never
heard anything like this. All we can
do is pray nothing like this ever hap
pens again," Bronson said softly,
speaking after the team's sweltering
training camp workout Sunday.
Bronson knew the slain man,
James Byrd Jr., as a family friend.
Byrd, a 49-year-old African-American
man, was murdered June 7 when he
was tied behind a pickup truck and
dragged several miles to his death.
Three young white men were arrest
ed in the racially charged killing.
"I grieve for his family," Bron
son said. "May his soul rest in
peace. I feel racism can be in any
city you go to. Unfortunately it
happened in my hometown.
"All I can say is Jasper is really
not like that. It's a wonderful place
to live. If I had a choice where to
raise a kid, that would be my No.
1 choice. The main thing is for all
of us to come together and learn
from this and live in peace."
Bronson, a three-time NCAA
Division II All-American at Mc-
Neese State, made the 49ers roster
as an undrafted free agent last sea
son and appeared in every game.
He recalls meeting Byrd at family
gatherings during his college years
and last saw him in May when
Byrd sang at the home of friends.
"He could really sing," Bronson
said, whose father was especially
close to Byrd. "He sounded a little
bit like A1 Green."
Bronson also returned to
Jasper, a town of about 8,000 peo
ple, about two weeks ago and he
said the sadness in the communi
ty remains palpable.
"Everything was kind of flat
around there," he said. "Every
body is in grief. But the case is in
the best hands right now. It's in the
hands of the law."
Sociologist Harry Edwards, a
49ers consultant and one of the
few people in the organization in
whom Bronson confided about
the incident, said he's encouraged
by Bronson's words.
"Zack has wrestled with this,"
Edwards said. "He's deeply affected
and angered by it."
HOUSTON (AP) — When Derek Bell fell be
hind 0-2 in the count to Robb Nen with the bases
loaded in the 12th inning Sunday, he knew exact
ly what to look for.
"I knew Nen wasn't going to throw one in the dirt
with the winning run on third," Bell said. "I figured
he'd try to get me to chase one. He gave me a fast
ball away, but it was up a little bit and I got the bat
on it and punched it through."
Bell singled home Bill Spiers with one out,
sending the Giants to their fourth consecutive loss
and eighth defeat in their last nine games. The Gi
ants' 1-8 mark is their worst for a nine-game road
trip since 1992.
Spiers doubled with one out in the 12th off Nen
(6-2) and Craig Biggio was intentionally walked be
fore Ricky Gutierrez walked. Bell, hitless in his four
at-bats, lined a single up the middle.
"That was a tough pitch to hit against one of the
toughest relievers in the game," Houston manager
Larry Dierker said. "It's a little surprising. You don't
often do that off someone like Nen."
Nen declined comment after the game.
Doug Henry (5-2) pitched the 12th for his first
win against his former team. He pitched in 75 games
for the Giants last season.
"Early in the year it meant more to me but now
they're just another team," Henry said. "I'm over any
anxiety of wanting to beat my former teammates."
The Giants held Houston scoreless for 10 consec
utive innings after the first, but San Francisco hitters
were 0-for-ll with runners in scoring position.
"We had opportunities in almost almost every in
ning," San Francisco manager Dusty Baker said.
"We just couldn't get that two-out hit. That's the way
this road trip has gone. Hopefully now that it's over
that will be the end of it.
"When breaks go against you it's like a snowball
rolling downhill. I think we're at the bottom of that
hill now. Hopefully now we can go back home and
start our way back up."
Moises Alou went 3-for-5 with a three-run homer
for the Astros. Barry Bonds homered and Rey
Sanchez had three hits for the Giants.
Trailing 3-0, San Francisco scored three runs in
the fourth.
Bill Mueller led off with a single and Bonds fol
lowed with his 20th homer, a shot off Pete Schourek.
One out later, Charlie Hayes hit his sixth homer.
Alou hit a three-run homer in the first inning off
Giants starter Mark Gardner after Bell and Jeff Bag-
well drew two-out walks. Alou's homer, his 23rd,
matched his career-high set last year with Florida.
After Alou's homer, Gardner retired 18 of 22 be
tween the first and eighth innings, and allowed only
three hits — all singles — during that span. He al
lowed three runs and four hits in seven innings.
Schourek allowed three runs and five hits in
five innings
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