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3C FLORIDA TODAY, Sunday, August 2, 1998 BRIEFS Chargers eliminate Cocoa finishes season at 1 1 -1 1 Dodgers blank Manatees 6-0 iiivjitia.il i. Nrw Anna Maria Delia Costa FLORIDA TODAY COCOA Calling the Jackson Chargers an offensive soccer power is an understatement. Against the Chargers, using the cliche "it takes only one goal to win a game," is just plain silly. The undefeated team out of Mississippi scored seven goals in its first-round playoff game against the Miami Tango on Friday night alone, and added eight more on Saturday night to its two-day goal total of 15, to defeat the Expos 8-2 in the USISL Southeastern Division championship at the Cocoa Expo. While Jackson (18-0) advances to host at the least one re-gional playoff game next weekend, the Expos season is finished at 11-11.

"They're definitely the best team in the league," Cocoa Expo coach Homer Bozorg said. Four players from the Chargers are in the top ten in the USISL standings in scoring. Dominic Schell, Paul Oyuga, Jeremy Shortt and Boniventure Maruti have 78 goals between them this season. The squad averages 6.1 goals a game. Maruti, who came to the U.S.

from Kenya a year ago, added to his 28 goals in 17 games with a goal in each of Saturday's halves. After he scored his first during the 17th minute to give his team a 2-0 lead, he did what he calls the "Caterpillar" dance. "I learned it in Kenya," the 21-year-old said. "When all of the guys come around you, you do the dance. All the guys back home did it." The forward already has wrapped up the league's scoring title.

"First, I have a great team that has a lot of chemistry," Maruti said. "Those guys made it simple for me to adapt to this soccer." Cocoa's D.J. Carvajal, who is 17, did his best to keep Maruti at bay. The last time the two teams met, Maruti had five goals; on Saturday Carvajal held him to two. But Carvajal's good friend, Oyuga also from Kenya scored four goals in the game to make up for it.

After scoring the team's third goal midway through the first half, Oyuga scored the team's fourth, sixth and seventh goals in the second half. "We played hard, and this team has weathered the storm," Oyuga said. "Now the extra pressure is on because every team we play is playing us hard be- cause we're winning." The only player out of the scoring foursome for Jackson that didn't score was Shortt. Schell got into the action in the first 10 minutes of the game, scoring the first goal of the game, and Sheldon Bennett finished out the scoring for the Chargers in the final minutes of the game. And that wasn't even the full extent of what could have been the damage in the first half.

Two goals, one by Oyuga and one by Maruti, were negated by offside penaties. Jackson had 11 shots on goal the first half, and Expos goalie Anttli Laitinen had five saves. The Expos had only five shots on goal the first half, and were kept on their heels for a good part of the second. Cocoa's Eddie Enders scored a goal early in the second half, and Fitzgerald Haig scored another on a penalty kick given for a Jackson hand ball to bring Cocoa within two goals before Oyuga opened the gap. "We had a good season; as a matter of fact, after some of the boys left we still had a stronger team in terms of the chemistry," Bozorg said.

"(Friday) night we beat a powerful team, and (Saturday night) our boys were very tired. Jackson was too good of a team. I don't think we could've beat them if we weren't tired. "But they've given us some ideas for improvement for next season." N4 .1 I mourn? Josef Corso, FLORIDA TODAY RYO TAKAHASHI, right, of the Cocoa Expos battles paul Oyuga of the Jackson (Miss.) Chargers during Saturday's playoff game. Jackson won 8-2.

FLORIDA TODAY VERO BEACH Jon Heinrichs was 2 for 4 driving two runs as the Brevard County Manatees defeated the Vero Beach Dodgers 6-0 in a Florida State League baseball game. The Manatees play the Dunedin Blue Jays on Monday at Space Coast Stadium beginning at 7:05 p.m. in the first game of an eight-game homestand. FSL standings, 9C. Palm Bay Stars tumble NICEVILLE Despite two hits from both Katie Dearing and Brandi Haddock, Palm Bay lost to Tampa Bay 10-2 in the Little League All-Star State 9- and 10-year-old softball tournament.

Palm Bay will play today at 5:30 p.m. in a losers' bracket match. Cross pins down victory OCALA Jamie Cross of Cocoa Beach took first place in 105-pound novice division, Greco-. Roman style competition at the Marion County wrestling championships on Saturday. Cross pinned Ben Fiacco of North Carolina in 1 minute, five seconds.

In the freestyle competition, Cross finished second, losing to Fiacco in 3 minutes, 5 seconds. Eau Gallie earns tennis win LAKELAND The Eau Gallie Yacht Club defeated the Lakeland Smooth Strokers 3-2 in the USTA Team Tennis State Championship to I win the gold medal in the Coed 16 Major divi-; sion. The team consists of Kyle Moyles, Christine 1 Lilley, Brian Creel, John Lambert, Elizabeth Sorensen and Kari Hiers. Also, the Suntree boys' 18 Majors defeated Tamoca 3-2, Flagler 3-2 and Merritt Island 5-0 to win the gold medal in the USTA State Championship. The team consists of Greg Joyal, Michael Gooch, Jimmy Morgan, Kyle Morgan and Al-frado Alvarez.

Both teams will participate in the USTA I Team Tennis Tournement Oct. 3 and 4 in Jack- sonville. Also, the Swiss Inn, the Raiders of Rockle-l dege defeated Team Fort Lauderdale 4-1 to ad- vance to the finals in the 18-under Coed Majors division. The team will play today at 10:30 a.m. against Team Fort Lauderdale in the final.

In other action, the Swiss Inn Cruisers of Rockledge finished third in the Coed under 14 division. Red Raiders roll ORLANDO Miles Little hit a solo home I run, and Roberto Santana was 2 for 3 with an RBI as the Central Florida Red Raiders de- feated the Pennsylvania Pirates 7-0 in the open-I ing game of the AAU National Baseball Championship held at Disney's Wide World of Sports. Joe Johnson and Bradley Griffis pitched a -combined two-hitter, and Sonny Papczysnki I earned the save. The Red Raiders play today at "1:30 p.m. MLS All-Stars hit Orlando today Softball showdown himih pn.wa ma me- Colombian midfielder Carlos Valder-rama, MVP of the past two games, is expected to start for the world team despite being slapped with a league-record $10,000 fine last week for refusing to practice for the Miami Fusion in a dispute with new coach Ivo Wortmann.

Most of the 22 starters were picked from the Eastern Conference. One notable Western Conference player who was left off the U.S. when reserves were announced was San Jose's Eric Wynalda, the all-time leading scorer for the U.S. national team. The U.S.

starters include Hejduk, Kansas City's Pfeki, Metrostars Tony Meola, Tab Ramos and Alexi Lalas, captain Thomas Dooley and Brian McBride (Columbus), Cobi Jones (Los Angeles), John Harkes and Eddie Pope (D.C. United) and Marcelo Balboa (Colorado). Poland's Peter Nowak (Chicago), voted a starter for the World All-Stars, will miss the game because of a sprained left knee. However, the lineup is still formidable with Valderrama, Campos, Mauricio Cienfuegos (Los Angeles), Adrian Paz (Colorado), Geoff Aunger and Marco Etcheverry (D.C. United) and Raul Diaz Arce (New Orlando caught the attention of MLS officials when the city was the site of games during World Cup '94.

The league held spring training here this year and Sunday's game will be part of a doubleheader featuring an opening match between the U.S. women's national team and Canada. Although Florida has not been a particularly strong market for the MLS attendance-wise, with Tampa Bay and Miami ranking near the bottom of league averages, a crowd of more than 40,000 is expected. And while officials won't say that the weekend could provide a gauge of how Central Florida might support a team, they clearly are measuring the reception for the first major MLS event outside a league city. "We will probably try and put other games in the market to test it over the course of time," MLS commissioner Doug Logan said.

"But it's not No. 1 on our (expansion) list for 2000 or 2002." The format for the game has changed, but many of the players remain the same. Half the 22 starters selected by fans six for the U.S. squad and five for the world also appeared in the first two All-Star games. TV: 2:30 p.m., ABC FLORIDA TODAY Wires ORLANDO Forget East vs.

West. Major League Soccer is giving its U.S. stars a chance to settle a score against the world. And while a victory today in the MLS All-Star game will not necessarily atone for a poor World Cup showing this summer, it would do wonders for some bruised egos. Nine members of the U.S.

team that went 0-3 in France are among 11 starters for the MLS USA All-Stars, who will face the league's top world players at the Florida Citrus Bowl. "We want to show all those guys that we're right there with them," Tampa Bay Mutiny midfielder Frankie Hejduk said. "We've got a team here, the starting 11, that has played together before. We're going to come at them with everything we've got. Let's just hope they're ready for it." After matching the best between the Eastern and Western conferences in East Rutherford, N.J., the past two years, league officials opted for a U.S.

vs. world format in a new setting. Theresa DeCapua, FLORIDA TODAY SHANE LEECH of the Brevard County Fire Rescue throws a ball back into the infield during Saturday's softball game against the Brevard County Sheriff's Department. The game, played at Kiwanis Park on Merritt island, was part of the National Night Out Rally. Coverage, 1C.

Proof positive: It really is better in the Bahamas STU SHADBOLT V. A oAlLINb 1 races on the schedule but no venue or type of craft was sped- fied. Contact the organization's new commodore Karen Knockel at 727-1809 for information. Sept 7: The Eau Gallie Yacht Club will host its annual Labor Day Regatta, always a highlight for local racing sailors: The skippers' meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. with the race to follow on the Indian River west of Dragon Point.

Those skippers ret quiring a slip at the EGYC should, contact the Dock Master at 773-4040. Sept 12: The Space Coast Model Sailing Club will host the Marblehead Monthly Regatta on the lake at Wickham Park. Call 255-1898. Stu Shadbolt covers sailing for Florida Today. lar, bi-weekly, reverse-handicap race begins at 6 p.m.

and is open to all local sailors. Call 259-3571 for information. Aug. 22-23: The Cocoa Beach Yacht Club at Port Canaveral will hold its annual Ocean Regatta. Always a well-attended event, this year the racers might have to give way to the Disney Magic as they leave and enter the port.

That's a case where the vessel under sail does not have the right of way over the vessel under power. CBYC commodore is Mike Chappell, at 941-9945. Aug 30: The Kennedy Point Yacht Club in Titusville will host the first race of its fall series on the ICW north of the KSC Causeway. The KPYC number is 383-0280. Aug.

30: The Women's Sailing Association has some dinghy this kind of adventure, our advice is to plan a time to cross (perhaps one not quite so hot as it was in June) and go. It is better in the Bahamas. The Space Coast Partnership for the Olympic Trials is moving forward with plans for the Olympic windsurfing pre-trials to be held on the Banana River at Patrick Air Force Base from Nov. 11-15. The top windsurfers in the country will come to Brevard for this event.

The organization is looking for support from the community to prove, once again, that the protected waters along the Space Coast are ideal for small boat sailors everywhere. The Olympic windsurfing trials will take place here in late 1999. Dave Noble of Indian Harbour Beach has spent a major part of the last three decades pursuing his love of small boat sailing. Now, this Thiokol Corporation engineer is the proud father of two sons, ages 7 and 10, and he wants them to learn the priceless lessons he learned from sailing. This includes not only the joy of sailing, but the development of self confidence and the satisfaction of meeting new challenges.

To. that end, Noble has organized a youth sailing program at the Melbourne Yacht Club. He ideal conditions this area offers," Noble said. "How can I judge the success of this program?" Noble asked. "On the last day of class, the group sailed from Melbourne Harbor across the Indian River to Melbourne Beach Pier for lunch and a swim.

"On the way home, I looked behind me and saw 14 dinghies sailing together, under complete control by kids who were laughing, splashing and having fun in boats they had never sailed before taking our course. That scene seemed to make all our efforts worthwhile." Upcoming events: Ang. 15-16: The East Coast Sailing Association will host a "dinner cruise" to the Crows' Nest Restaurant in Palm Bay and to the island west of ICW Marker 21. For information, contact Nils Parro at 453-1835. Aug.

15, 22, 29: The Indian River Yacht Club continues its Wednesday night "Dog Days of Summer" races south of the Hubert Humphrey Bridge in Cocoa, starting at 6:30 p.m. Scott Wotherspoon, skippering a J-24, Max-Q, appears to be the sailor to beat. Call John Llibre at 453-1357 for details. Aug. 21: The second in the Friday Night Rum Race series is scheduled by the MYC.

This popu My wife and I recently returned from a three-week cruise of the Abacos aboard our 30-foot sloop, the Yankee Rebel (in case some of you might have wondered what happened to the sailing column). On our first voyage to the Bahamas, we discovered what many Space Coast cruisers already know; that a long night's sail from Florida's east coast can take you to some of the most pristine cruising grounds in the world. In the Bahamas, the water is clear, warm and shallow. The snor-keling is incredible and abounds with brilliantly colored tropical fish, pastel coral and and fascinating life beneath the surface. The "out island" villages are picturesque and undeveloped, and the native Abocoans are both friendly and accommodating.

We joined a small flotilla of I friends who have made many friends in the Abacos. Jerry and Rachel Ross of Melbourne and Mike and Dee Wilson of Satellite Beach formed our three-boat flotilla. At Green Turtle Cay, we joined other local sailors; Chris and Sue Reynolds of Indian Harbour Beach, along with Lenny and Sheryl Becket and David and Marcl Hutson of Satellite Beach. The camaraderie among other sailors is what makes cruising so "enjoyable. For those who are considering 9 and his team of parents and willing volunteers already graduated 17 young sailors this summer.

His main assistant is Sari Wakefield, a senior at Satellite Beach High School, who learned how to sail at the MYC several years ago and now teaches sailing at the Eau Gallie Yacht Club. On Aug. 20, a new beginning sailing class will be offered to area youth between the ages of 9 and 17. Noble said that this program, made possible through the support of the MYC, is the only community sailing program that he is aware of that is offered to junior sailors at no cost. The MYC provides the boats (Optimist prams and Sunfish), the training site and the published materials.

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