St. Lucie News Tribune from Fort Pierce, Florida • 19

MONDAY DECEMBER 7 1998 INSIDE NFL 2-3 Fishing MMtMIHIHmtMH 5 Golf Tsnnis mNIINNN NHL 8 71 Li i MMII i wim mjt i -w TRIBUN in MMHH WHIM IIJM1 ywmpm 1 1 1 "i i vs mp tfH'i 3 MMa Hi My Dog Fishing takes kingfish crown 1998 SKA National Championship Back at the dock Ewing and the rest of That's My Dog Fishing team Forrest Ihylor 8-year-old Adam Taylor William Ihylor Sr and Richard Macrae waited and watched for the Loose Lucy III which had weighed in the largest fish Saturday a 483-pounder But the Loose Lucy III never caught a kingfish Sunday and even show at the weigh-in prompting a dunking in the waters of the City Marina for the new National Championship team "Fort Pierce has been good and the fishing has been said a jubilant Ewing who was fishing in his first National Championship after qualifying 13th in the open division out of Ocean Isle Beach NC "We were about eight miles north of Sebastian both days" said Ewing "We decided to buy $500 worth of goggle-eyes entire tournament on Sunday "We found some shad on the beach and were literally fishing a few hundred yards off the said Mistretta who caught three fish over 50 pounds during two days of pre-fishing "We lost a fish! we fought for 40 minutes when it bit through the wire right at the gaff and we had a huge fish skyrocket on a bait and only get the Mistretta estimated the fish that cut the wire leader at 55 pounds and the fish that skyrocketed even larger never been so flabbergasted as I was by the fish that skyrocketed on our said Mistretta "It was enormous maybe 70-: Third Place was captured by Brant McMullin and A1 Wester on the Carolina TUm to KINGF1SHC5 from the bait boat this morning and fish ate a live goggle-eye on the surface" Ewing said second-place fish swam under a nearby boat and tangled in all their lines This Clean Catch with Capt Steve Pello was credited with cutting all his lines to allow My Dog to land their fish "This is a team said Forrest Ihylor "Someone has to get gas someone has to get bait someone has to drive the boat We're all National Second place went to Capt Dave Mis-tretta and John West on the Jaws Tdo which fished the entire event along the beach about seven miles north of Fort Pierce Jaws Tbo which finished third in the National Championship three years ago weighed in a 412-pound kingfish each day but had a chance at winning the Mike Holliday iwum staff writes If you catch them they will come Most of the 165 boats competing in the Southern Kingfish National Championship this weekend caught fish and sure enough a crowd was there to cheer on the winners Roughly 4000 people showed up to watch the competition weigh in their catch Sunday at the Fort Pierce City Marina but no one in the crowd was as nervous as Don Ewing and the rest of My Dog fishing team team weighed in a 448-pound kingfish Saturday and followed it up with a 412-pound fish Sunday to take over the lead just a few minutes into the 2 pm weigh-in "We caught fish right off the bat" said Ewing "We thought it was only 38 pounds so we going to leave but we had engine problems One engine crank up so when we got it running we decided to go with what we had" to play Vols for title Gators to play Syracuse in the Orange Bowl Canes to MicronPC Defense rules the day as Miami rolls to 27-17 victory the associated press OAKLAND Calif Sometimes there are advantages to being a relatively little guy in a big sport Zach Thomas an undersized linebacker at 5-foot-ll strolled about six inches with an interception for a touchdown as the Miami Dolphins defeated the Oakland Raiders 27-17 Sunday to stay tied with the New York Jets atop the AFC East Donald Hollas who threw six interceptions was scrambling in the end zone when he lofted a pass right to Thomas a few inches from the goal line "He see me I guess because so Thomas said "I guess that helps Miami linebacker Robert Jones also returned an interception for a score and Miami turned four first-half turnovers into 24 points Thomas and Jones each had another interception in the second half and the Dolphins had a team record-tying six overall raising their NFL-leading total to 26 this season The Dolphins (94) who play the Jets this coming Sunday in Miami had just nine first downs in the game as compared to 20 for Oakland and hardly seemed to need Dan Marino "Our defense was able to force them to make crucial mistakes carried us for several said Marino who had a 19-yard scoring pass to Oronde Gadsden tied for first and now we get to play for the Olindo Mare kicked Field goals of 47 and 25 yards for the Dolphins who were missing three injured offensive line starters but still did not allow a sack of Marino for the second straight week "To know that your offense is banged up we needed the defense to step said Jones part of a defense that ranked second in the league coming into the weekend what we talked about all Hollas had a 7-yard scoring pass to Urn Brown and Greg Davis kicked a 40-yard field goal for the Raiders (7-6) who have lost four of five including two straight at home and Tum to D0LPH1NSC8 Richard Rosenblatt ap football wmtek After months of bickering over No 1 one wild woolly and wacky weekend turned college cry into No On Sunday the final Bowl Championship Series standings provided the answer and the cheers can be heard loud and clear in Tempe Ariz where Florida State will play No 1 Tennessee in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan 4 with the national title on the line "It looks like a situation where Tennessee came in through the front door and we kind of feel like we came in through the back Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said "But now going to face off in the middle of the room and it's going to be a heck of a Until Saturday when all the talk centered on decimal points computer chips and which of three unbeatens Tennessee Kansas State or UCLA would be left out of a title game everything was cleared up on the playing field 1 Miami upset UCLA 4945 and knocked th Him to B0WLSC8 Tha Associated Press Oakland Raiders' quarterback Donald Hollas is brought down by Miami Dolphins linebacker Robert Jones left and tackle Daryl Gardener (92) in the second quarter of game in Oakland Calif Charles duo rolls in FatherSon Escapade holds off Precious to win Pirates Cove Classic- Father Sun ChaBeng David Whitehead VERO BEACH Bob and David Charles shared putts on 10 birdies Sunday and tied the event record in the last FatherSon Challenge at and I was there to back him Bob Charles said his son strength with a driver added 40 yards to their game The elder Charles then used the sharp short game that has helped him win 70 titles throughout the world "I wish I had David's length out there on the Senior Tbur I feel like I could be giving the Irwins and Morgans a run for their money I so got to rely on precise iron play and good Charles said Their play on the 400-yard No 14 demonstrated their teamwork Bob tee shot went wide left out of bounds while was on the fairway Bob Charles recovered well on Tum to CHALLENGEC6 VERO BEACH Final multi and prtza money I tha Father Son Challenge at Windsor with Saturday and Sunday'a scores in tha acramMa format Bob CharloaDavid Chartaa 57-62-118 $150000 Crai( StadlarKavln Stadler 6360-123 1100000 Hate IrwlnStava Irwin 5865-124 180000 Raymond FloydRobert Floyd 61-64-125 54863334 Larry NetaonJoah Nelson 6263125 14883334 Loo TVovinoRlefe Trtvlno 6263 125 $4853333 Jerry Pate Wesley Pate 6362-125 54683333 Johnny MillorJahn MKIer 6441-125 54883333 Dave StocktonRon Stockton 6461-125 148B3333 BiHy CasperBobby Casper 6463127 $37000 Charles CoodyKyte Cr ody 6266 125 535500 Tom WelskoofErlc Walskdof 6444128 535500 David GrahamAndrew Graham 5564-129 534000 Al GalbererJohn GelDefer 6567-132 132500 tony JackimWarren Jacklifl 6765-132 $32500 Hubert GraanMyatt Green 6667-133 130000 as the clock struck 2 pm two fish ahead of the nearest competitor But just when it looked like Moore had the win locked up the boat Precious hit a late-inning home run At precisely 2:01 pm Capt Ron Davis on the Precious radioed in that he had a triple on and that another sailfish was in the bait spread The Precious would catch and release all four fish but based on time trailed the Escapade by two fish Tum to CLASSICCS Mike Graham THfSUNE 6POWT5 EDiTOW PORT SALERNO Capt Rob Moore of the boat Escapade and former New York Yankee great Yogi Berra probably don't have much in common However they do agree on this "It ain't over tU over" Moore appeared to have a comfortable lead going into the final 90 minutes of the Pirates Cove Sailfish Classic on Sunday The Escapade had seven sailfish Windsor The Charles team shot 62 Sunday which combined with 57 gave them 119 (or the twonday scramble David a PGA Tbur administrator made birdie putts on holes 4 5 1-2 13 15 and 18 Bob who has 23 Senior Tbur victories made putts cm holes 6 8 9 and 16 "We teamed very well I do all the work and David do all the work" Bob Charles said putted exceptionally well i ti.