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4D FLORIDA TODAY, Monday, July 30, 2001 Soccer Local Briefs trios sink Fla Expos Cocoa squad falls 3-1 in Eastern playoff final i v. 'VI i 3 By Ed Pierce For FLORIDA TODAY COCOA Hector Navarette scored one goal and assisted on two other goals as the Westchester (N.Y.) Flames defeated the Cocoa Expos 3-1 Sunday night in the United Soccer Leagues' Premier Development League Eastern Conference final. With the win, Westchester advanced to Friday's PDL Final Four in Des Moines, Iowa. Navarette, a native of Uruguay, converted a short left-foot shot past Expos goalie Martin Peat in the 39th minute to make it 1-0. "We were just clearing it and it hit off one of our guys and bounced right at Navarette," Cooca defender Rob Plunkett said.

"It was just a mistake on our part." it 1 Fort Pierce brothers win Soccer Two minutes later, Cocoa midfielder Robin Chan took a pass from Kevan Watkins and broke free to slide the ball past Flames goalie Mike Chan Mellis to tie the game at 1. Westchester (15-3-4) dominated the second half. Midfielder Juan Gomez received a long pass from Navarette and placed a shot into the left side of the net in the 49th minute to give Westchester a 2-1 advantage on Cocoa (15-6-1). Fishing of Fort Pierce. The Blackwells also were fishing for Southern Kingfish Association points in the SKA-sanctioned tournament.

The win guarantees them at least a fourth-place finish in the Division 10 standings and a spot in the SKA national finals at Fort Pierce on Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. They also won a $12,500 first place in an SKA tournament at Daytona Beach in May with a 51.05-pound kingfish. In June 1999 they won the $15,000 first prize in the Fort Pierce Open with a 42-pound king, a year after their winning 47.3-pounder was disqualified in the same tournament because they unknowingly used an illegal-sized gaff in pulling the fish aboard.

On Saturday, Langel landed a 26.50-pounder that had placed the Blue Runner team in 17th place. Under the tournament rules, only the heaviest single fish from each fishing party in the two days was entered in the general division. Hancock's catch on Saturday was caught near the mouth of Port Canaveral aboard the charter boat Obsession with Capt. Joe Pen-ovich of Merritt Island, the boat owner. David Fulford of Amelia Island took third place, worth $2,000, with a 38.40-pounder on Sunday.

Fulford, one of the 45 SKA boat College Jairo Castillo, right, of Colombia, tries to head the ball against Si-gifredo Mercado of Mexico during the Copa America championship. Copa America crown belongs to Colombia Five minutes later, Flames leading scorer Radoslav Bojovic chipped in a short pass from Navarette for his 17th goal. United in semifinals COCOA The Central Brevard Soccer United beat Colie-gio Medodista 4-0 in the under-15 boys' division to advance to today's semifinals of the Nations Cup International Soccer Tournament. Satellite Beach, an under-14 boys' soccer team, lost to the Plantation Eagles 5-0, but advanced to the semifinals. Brevard United lost 10-0 to Escuela Municiple Tibas.

In the under-19 boys' division, Melbourne International fell to Widsor Cabato Voyage 1-0, and the Cocoa Expos lost to the South Georgia Force 3-1. owners among the 122-boat field, said he took his fish on the Canaveral buoy line on a dead rib-bonfish on a flat line. He was aboard the Easy Money, a 25-foot Fountain. Fred Hoyt of Hilton Head, S.C., slipped from second place to fourth ($1,000) with his 36.10-pounder, and Doreen Fey of Merritt Island was pushed to fifth place ($900) with her 35.95-pound catch. Others in the top 10 were: Scott Berkowitz, Melbourne, 35.85 Aubrey Smitelli, Merritt Island, 35.75 Chelsea Anchetti, Cocoa Beach, 34.90 Greg Samuel, DeLand, 34.75 and Butch McCoy, Merritt Island, 34.36 Debbie Reiland of Jensen Beach collected $1,000 for her first place in the women's division with a 32.35-pounder, followed by Faith Linton of Satellite Beach with 31.45 and Lindsey Kervian of Merritt Island with 28.95 A highlight of the tournament was a teenage fishing team from Merritt Island that placed two winners on the leader board.

Known as the Trickster Fishing Team, and fishing from an 18-foot john boat, the smallest boat in the tournament, Ryan Russell, 15, claimed the $600 second place prize in the 23-feet-and-under boat division with a 32.65-pound kingfish, and Sean Gleason, 14, won the $500 junior prize with a 30.70-pounder. football This year, 11 Sunshine State colleges either will be playing or forming a team. The newest is Florida International in Miami, led by head coach Don Strock, a former Miami Dolphins quarterback. Other teams in their infancy are two in Jacksonville (Ed Waters College and Jacksonville University), along with Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton, where former Miami Hurricanes coach Howard Schnellenberger is leading the Eau Gallie cruises 4-1 FLORIDA TODAY CROSS BAYOU Elizabeth Doerr pitched a complete game, striking out six, as Eau Gallie beat Cape Coral 4-1 to reach Tuesday's Little League state softball final for 9- and 10-year-old players. Kelsey Maffucci played solidly at second base, Lexie Carroll had two RBI and Raina Benedith had one.

Softball: In Colman, Florida CrushEaston Sports finished 6-0 to win the NSA World Senior Softball Championship. In the final, the Crush beat R.B. Thomas (Va.) 25-15. Max Reed, Danny Maus and Jim Car-fao each went 6 for 6. Ed Rose hit a grand slam and drove in eight runs as the Crush also beat R.B.

Thomas 26-22. Classic The third member of the team, which has been fishing together for three years, is Kyle Larson, 14. All will be freshmen at Merritt Island High. In the 23-feet-and-under boat division, Eric Lott of Merritt Island claimed the $1,000 first place prize with a 34.80-pounder. Mark Whitmire of Orlando was third with 32.25 More than 80 kingfish were weighed in, 58 of them Saturday.

Rusty's officials donated the fish to Resurrection Ranch and the Daily Bread for their food service programs for the needy and homeless. Rusty's Canaveral Kingfish Classic (at Port Canaveral) (Sunday's results) General Division 1. Mark Blackwell, Fort Pierce, 38.95 2. Brent Hancock, Cocoa Beach, 38.85 3. David Fulford, Amelia Island, 38.40 4.

Fred Hovt, Hilton Head, S.C., 36.10 5. Doreen Fev, Merritt Island, 35.95 6. Scott Berkowitz, Melbourne, 35.85 7. Aubrey Smitelli, Merritt Island, 35.75 8. Chelsea Anchetti, Cocoa Beach, 34.90 9.

Greg Samuel, DeLand, 34.75 10. Butch McCoy, Merritt Island, 34.36 11. Marc Odell, Orlando, 33.60 12. Leo Nelson, Longwood, 32.60 13. Tim Kellagher, Fort Pierce, 32.05 14.

Brad Butler, Jacksonville, 31.75 15. Dean Scott, Brandon, 31.70 590); 16. Larry Everly, Apopka, 30.60 (580); 17. Jeff Wood, Cape Canaveral, 29.10 18. Corl Riggs, Merritt Island, 26.60 19.

Brian Bender, Fort Pierce, 28.10 20. Jim Midelis, Fort Pierce, 28.10 23-Foot-and-Under Boat Division 1. Eric Lott, Merritt Island, 34.80 2. Ryan Russell, Merritt Island, 32.65 Mark Whitmire, Orlando, 32.25 Women's Division 1. Debbie Reiland, Jensen Beach, 32.35 2.

Faith Linton, Satellite Beach, 31.45 Lindsey Kervian, Merritt Island, 28.95 Juniors Division 1. Sean Gleason, Merritt Island, 30.70 (55O0). team. "Football is pretty important down here in Florida," said Florida Gators coach Steve Spurrier, speaking Sunday at the Florida CoachesMedia gathering at the Citrus Bowl Stadium. "High school football in our state is very good.

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727-2523. GOLF COURSE By Bill Sargent FLORIDA TODAY PORT CANAVERAL A 150-mile round-trip to their home waters offshore Fort Pierce paid a $10,000 dividend for two Fort Pierce brothers and their Blue Runner Fishing Team in Sunday's final round of the Rusty's Canaveral Kingfish Classic. Mark and Chris Blackwell know the Fort Pierce waters so well that there was no doubt in their minds where they would fish. At about 2 p.m., with their fishing time running out along Fort Pierce's North Beach, Mark Black-well landed a 38.95-pound kingfish that claimed the tournament's grand prize. Blackwell's catch pushed Saturday's leader, Brent Hancock of Cocoa Beach, into second place with a 38.85-pounder.

Hancock and his Obsession Fishing Team collected $5,000. "We were getting pretty concerned because of the time," Chris Blackwell explained. "We had lost a big fish that probably was bigger than (the winner), and we thought that was our shot. But, then we got the second shot." After landing the winner, which hit a 1 Vi-pound live blue runner, they made the 1 Va-hour run back to Port Canaveral and easily made the 4:30 p.m. check-in deadline.

Others on board their 27-foot Contender, the Blue Runner, were Chris' wife, Becky Blackwell; Freddie Davis and Brandon Langel, all Additional By Bill Vilona Gannett News Service ORLANDO Jim Leavitt would love to turn back the clock and be playing high school football now in Florida. It might have kept him from traveling halfway across the country to play in college. The number of programs has more than doubled since Leavitt, the University of South Florida head coach, was a star quarterback FLORIDA TODAY Wires BOGOTA, Colombia Colombia was perfect in Copa America, beating Mexico 1-0 on Sunday to complete a six-game sweep and win Latin America's oldest soccer tournament for the first time. Defender Ivan Ramiro Cordoba leaped over the Mexican defense to head in a corner kick in the 65th minute to give Colombia the title it sought since the tournament was first held in 1916. "No country had to fight like we did," Colombian President Andres Pastrana said as he congratulated the players.

"It's an important step to help achieve peace." "Soccer has magic," coach Francisco Maturana added. "We were forgetting how to smile and we had no joy. Now we do." Colombia reached the final only once before, losing to Peru in 1975. This time it reached perfection, finishing with six wins and not allowing a single goal. When the final whistle blew, the 46,000 fans in El Campin stadium erupted in cheers and cries of "Colombia! Colombia!" The joy was mixed with gratitude for the team's brilliant campaign that helped distract Colombians from the chronic violence that nearly forced the tournament to be canceled.

Colombia won despite losing star Victor Aristizabal in the 30th minute. Aristizabal, who scored goals in all of Colombia's previous games, left after colliding with goalkeeper Oscar Perez. AP Roundup In the third-place game, Honduras beat Uruguay 54 on penalty kicks after tying 2-2 Junior Izaguirre scored the deciding goal. Breakers prevail BOSTON Dagny Mellgren scored two goals to lead the Boston Breakers to a 2-1 victory against the Washington Freedom. CyberRays 2, Courage 1: In Chapel Hill, N.C., Kim Clark got her first WUSA goal and assist in a span of eight minutes in the second half as Bay Area beat Carolina.

Spirit 3, Beat 1: In San Diego, Shannon MacMillan scored two goals as San Diego dealt Atlanta its second consecutive loss. Also MLS: In Kansas City, Mark Santel scored in the 21st minute and Gary Glasgow added a goal in the 65th as the Kansas City Wizards beat the New England Revolution 2-0. Kansas City, 4-1-1 in its last six games, improved to 9-9-2. Nordic Cup: In Dokka, Norway, Jill Oakes scored in the 76th minute as the United States' under-21 women's team tied Germany 1-1 to advance to the Nordic Cup final. The United States will play Sweden in the championship game Tuesday.

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