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9 - FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2017
GAINESVILLE DAILY REGISTER
Sports
Top-ranked Muenster to battle No. 4 Clarksville
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or domestic assault. Anyone well-
versed in my work as a coach
knows that I strove to promote
excellence, but never at the sacri-
fice of safety for anyone,” Briles
Leading the charge
for Clarksville are two
senior forwards with
some serious size.
Senior Clashon Gaffney,
The Pepper Hamilton firm deter-
mined Briles’ program acted as if it
was “above the rules” and that
unnamed members of Briles’ staff
had improper contact with victims
or witnesses and may have inter-
fered with investigations.
Baylor officials say that investiga-
tion found at least 17 women who
reported being sexually assaulted
by 19 football players, but one law-
suit claiming Baylor fostered a “cul-
ture of sexual violence” puts the
number at more than 50 acts of rape
over a four-year period.
To date, only two of Briles’ former
players have been tried and convict-
ed of sexual assault, and another is
currently charged in a 2016 assault.
Baylor officials last month
revealed selected text messages
By The Numbers
No. 1 Muenster
> 29-6 record overall
> 10-0 in District 11-2A (Region II)
> 62 points per game
> Three double-digit scorers
• Blake Hoepfner 13.7 PPG
• John Weger 13.7 PPG
• Logan Cook 12.5 PPG
No. 4 Clarksville
> 29-6 record overall
> 14-0 in District 15-2A (Region II)
> 58.2 PPG
> Two double-digit scorers
• Clashon Gaffney 19.5 PPG
• Quintin Wallace 14 PPG
HEAD OF THE CLASS
There were four All-Pros whose contracts
were up after the 2015 season. Von Miller, Eric
Berry and Doug Martin returned to their teams.
Josh Norman had the franchise tag dropped by
Carolina and scored big with a five-year, $75
million deal in Washington.
Four top guys who won’t be going anywhere:
Le’Veon Bell, RB, Pittsburgh — The Steelers
tagged their all-world back and he won’t be
leaving Steel City.
Eric Berry, S, Kansas City — He threatened
to sit out 2017 rather than be tagged again and
he won, getting a long-term deal as the league’s
highest-paid safety.
Kirk Cousins, QB, Washington — When a
good but not great quarterback such as Cousins
is making more than Super Bowl winners, it
shows how valued (and overvalued) the posi-
tion can be.
Jason Pierre-Paul , DE, New York Giants
— The Giants are convinced he’s found ways to
be consistently dangerous despite his hand
issues from 2015 fireworks accident.
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sports@gainesvilleregister.com
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campus or off.”
Briles insisted that when alerted
to an assault incident, his response
was that victims should go to the
police so t could be prosecuted.
Baylor officials did not immedi-
ately respond to requests for com-
ment.
Baylor faces several federal law-
suits from women who say Baylor
mishandled, ignored or suppressed
their claims of assault for years,
including several cases involving
football players. Briles is named as
a defendant in at least one of those.
The school also faces a federal civil
rights investigation.
Baylor filed Briles in May 2016
and demoted former President Ken
Starr, who later resigned, after an
outside law firm determined the
school had mishandled cases for
years.
Briles says he didn't cover
up sexual assaults at Baylor
Free agency 2017:
A look at the crop
NEW YORK (AP) — Free agency is not the
lifeblood of NFL teams. The draft remains the
most significant means by which to build and
fortify a franchise.
Yet, as the salary cap increases exponentially
each year under the 10-year labor agreement
reached in 2011, the lure of veterans on the open
market can be powerful. Not only do clubs who
manage their financial structure wisely have
increased funds to spend, they can get quick
improvement that doesn’t normally come from
rookies.
With the 2017 crop lacking big-time difference
makers, that extra $12 million each team has to
spend might get spread around a bit more.
Then again, overspending has become second
nature in free agency for far too many teams.
semifinal game featuring the
Electra Tigers and the Gateway
Gators. The winner of the two
games will face each other in the
regional finals at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Sports Editor
The Muenster Hornets have
controlled all three of their play- listed at 6-foot-8-inches,
off games to this point, as a top-
ranked program should.
Muenster (29-6) rolled over Bells
70-33 in the Bi District round,
crushed Olney 55-25 in the area
round and took down the pesky
No. 14 Petrolia Pirates 26-15.
When Muenster takes the
is averaging 19.5 points
and nearly eight boards
a game, while 6-foot-6-
inch senior Quintin
Wallace is averaging 14
points and five
rebounds.
Tasked with patrol-
ling the paint for
Muenster is Logan
Cook. Cook, a St.
Edward’s commit, leads
all Muenster rebound-
ers with 14.4 rebounds
per game to go along
with 12.5 points and 4.7
assists per game.
Muenster spreads its
scoring out a bit more
evenly than Clarksville,
as three Hornets are
averaging over ten
points per game,
opposed to two players
from Clarksville.
Currently, senior Blake
Hoepfner and junior John
court today in the first semifinal Weger lead the Hornets,
of the Class 2A Region II averaging 13.7 points-per-
Tournament at McKinney North game apiece.
High School, they will be facing
a challenge in the form of the
No. 4 ranked Clarksville Tigers.
Similar to Muenster,
Clarksville (29-6) has dominated
its playoff opponents through
three rounds of action, outscor-
ing teams by an average of 60-30. directly followed by the second
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Muenster senior Blake Hoepfner, 10, goes
up for a shot during a playoff game against
Petrolia Tuesday. Hoepfner, together with
junior John Weger, currently leads Muenster
Both programs have flexed in scoring with 13.7 points per game.
their muscles against 2A
opponents: like Muenster,
Clarksville is undefeated in 2A
action.
Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. at
McKinney North High School,
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Breaking
months of public silence, former
Baylor coach Art Briles said
Thursday he did not cover up sexu-
al violence by his players or try to
obstruct any investigations tied to
the assault scandal at the nation’s
largest Baptist university.
Briles released a one-page letter,
saying he could no longer “remain
silent” and defending himself
against allegations that he ignored
incidents of assault and ran a foot-
ball program that considered itself
above the rules. The letter came a
day after the Texas Rangers, the
state’s elite criminal investigations
unit, said it had opened a prelimi-
nary probe into how Baylor handled between Briles, assistant coaches
assault reports over several years. and staff members that appear to
“I did not cover-up any sexual vio- show them trying to shield players
lence. I had no contact with anyone from police and university disci-
that claimed to be a victim of sexual pline.
In one instance, when shown a
list of names of players a woman
said attacked her, Briles allegedly
responded: “Those are some bad
dudes. Why was she around those
wrote . “I did not obstruct justice on guys?”
Briles called for “full disclosure”
of what the Pepper Hamilton inves-
tigation found. A group of wealthy
and powerful Baylor alumni called
Bears for Leadership Reform, which
includes many Briles supporters,
has also called on Baylor’s Board of
Regents to publicly release the
Pepper Hamilton investigation in
full.
“(R)umor, innuendo and out of
context messages, emails and com-
ments have no place in a true fact-
finding mission,” Briles wrote
Thursday. “The key to growth for
the school begins with full transpar-
ence, not selective messaging.”
McLennan County District
Attorney Abel Reyna told The
Dallas Morning News his office
“months ago” requested interviews
and documents collected in the
Pepper Hamilton investigation.
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