) c2 Wednesday, August 6, 2003 The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS (Arruth bid 7 {66 Hew tral gets rejected TuNING IN Television @ Little Leaque Softball World Series pool play, 3 p.m., ESPN2. @ Major League Basebali Royals at White Sox, noon, ESPN. Rangers at Yankees, 5 p.m. ESPN Reds at Dodgers, 8 p.m, ESPNZ Former Carolina Panther Rae Carruth lost a bid Tuesday for anew trial on his 2001 murdeneenspiracy conviction despiie an error by a lower court. A North Carolina state appeals court ruled that although the trial judge shouldn't have al- lowett handwritten notes from the victim to be admitted, the notes didn't prejuSyoury@ dice the jury bet —— cause of the overIn brief whelming evidence against Carruth. Carruth, a first-round draft pick of the Panthers in 1997, is serving prison term of 18 years and 1) months for plotting to kill his girlfriend, Cherica Adams. Carruth was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder, shooting into an occupied vehicle and using agun totry to kill the baby Adams was carrying. Adams was eight months pregnant with Carruth’s child when she was shot while driving. She died a month later. Her scribbled notes given to police detectives were a major part of Carruth's appeal. His lawyers argue the statements, given after surgery and while Adams wastaking pain killers, amount to hearsay Judge John Tyson, writing for the state Court of Appeals, agreed the notes should have been excluded but found they only corroborated othertesti mony and evidence presented. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Clarrett ditches Allen: Not even 4 Hall of Fame running back can catch up with Maurice Clarett these days. Clarett, Ohio State’s enigmatic tailback at the center of investigations, didn’t show upfor an arranged meet ing with newly inducted Hall of Vamer Murcus Allen, Clarett’s high school coach said. Coach Thom McDaniels had helped set up the Sunday evening meeting with Allen, wh» was enshrinedinto the Hall earlier that day. McDaniels said Allen hadset aside an hour shortly after the induction cere mony for the meeting ata downtown hotel. @ Tennis ATP, Tennis Masters Canada,Tl a.m., 5:30 p.m., ESPN2 will not join the team following his arrest last week on sexual battery charges. GOLF Daly's wife indicted: John Daly faces more turmoil off the course, although this time it’s not his own. His wife and two others are charged in a federal indictment alleging they were involved in a drug ring and an illegal gambling operation. Sherrie Miller Daly faces up to 20 years in prison on each of the two countsin theindictment. Prosecutors said the golfer didn't know about his wife's alleged drug activities, which took place between 1996 and 2002. His wife’s legal troubles kept Daly from participating in this week's Champions Challenge competition in Lehi TENNIS atent, coach Bobby Lambsaid. Wide receiver lsaae West, 21, and tight end Willis Sudderth, 20, were charged with grand lar ceny on campus Thursday night, according to a policereport UCF suspension: Central Flor ida running back P..J. Smith masters (40-and-over) road-race circuit Saturday, Simonaitis was the masters runner-up in the Peoples UTAH Sports intrief Beach to Beacon 10 kilometer race in Cape Eliza- beth, Maine Kenyan Aadrew Masai won the division, 59 seconds ahead of Simonaitis’ time of 30 minutes, 3 seconds. Simonaitis finished two spots ahead of Eddy Hellebuyck, the top U.S. masters runner in 2002 he event, considered among the top road races in thenation, ittracts an international field of morethan 5,000 runners. Another Kenyan, Gilbert Okari, won the overall title in 27:27. Simonaitis finished 13th in the overall standings andthe fourth \merican to cross the line. SHOOTING NRA championships: Private investigator Ron Brumitt of lnylorsville took overall honors at the Utah NRA OutdoorPistol Championships heldlast weekend at the Hendricksen PMAA Rangein Parley'’s Canyon. Brumitt had a score of 2,554 points and managed 75 tie-breaking X's out of a possible 2,700-270X, Which also brought him the master class title. He wonall (hhee events, winning the .22 cal- Scare for Federer: Wimbledon champion Roger Federer struggled but won thelast four games to beat Gaston Gaudio of Argentina 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in the first round of the Canada Mas. ters in Montreal. French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero defeated French qualifier Cyril Saulnier 6-4, 6-4. Two-time Grand Slam champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov downed Gregory Carraz of France1-6, 6-2, 6-4. Vince Spadeaof the United States beat RaemonSluiterofthe Netherlands. Schayder snuffed out: T'opseeded Patty SchnyderofSwitzerland waseliminated in the first round, losing to Silvija Talaja of Croatia7-6 (4), 6-2 at the Nordea Nordic Light Open in Espoo, Finland. match in expert class. DeLong took the expert centerfire event with an 815-20X and Cedar City’s Arnie Vitarbo, a 1968 U.S. Olympianin freepistol, wonthe.45 match in that class with an 828-14X. Outdoorwriter Scott Engen of Salt Lake City won the sharpshooterclass with a 2391-41X. Engen’s 839-18X won the .22 match in class, while Salt Lake City police officer Craig Park took the centerfire match with a 787-13X and Dave Lindsey of Ogden took the .45 sharpshooter match with a 801-22X. BASEBALL the cost of uniforms, helmets and shoulder pads is high, a lot of places don’t have the land available to throw down a football field, and there are always gender-equity issues to worry about. Crass 1-A For inspiration, though, the tiny communities that dream of having prep football can look to bleachers. “Tt will be a really great facility for a school our size,” said coach Randy Hunter. “Every- Enterprise. one in town has done their part The small school in Utah’s southwest corner added football less than a decade ago — its first to this community's devotion to varsity season was 1997 — and is on the verge of its first state football championship. Schools such as Dugway and East Carbon have dropped football the past decade, but Enterprise was to build this. It is quite a tribute divisionis still called “1-A football,” it includes the three smallest 2-A schools — Monti- Christian Academy in Davis County will play a junior var- cello, Parowan and Enterprise ~ whose enrollments are 215 students or fewer. The new division is a success on almost every count. “We like it a lot,” said Rich coach Ashley Brown.“In 2-A, we were so beat up by the end of the year, we would struggle to just be competitive in the playoffs.” Monticello went undefeated in 2001 to win thefirst 1-A crown defending champion Rich at No. 3. Monticello and Parowan round out the topfive. But thatis not all Enterprise has to crow about. The Wolves will play at a new football stadium this year on a true North-South field (the old one ran diagonally, like Brighton’s) with a $30,000 concession building and new in this century, and Rich was 13-0 last year to claim thetitle. Whichbrings us to this year. Can Stone posted a 71 and Ute golfer Combined News Service = Coach Rod Murphy picks his team No.1; others give less respect @ Baseball all-staters Trever Smith, Jake Warren are back 6. Milford m Only 5 wins in last 2 seasons, but program is on the upswing @ Three-year starter Damon Carterwill be primary run-stopper 7. Duchesne i Former SUU All-American Jerry Cowan is the new coach 8 Junior RB Landon Despain could lead 1-A in rushing 8. Monument @ Coach Jim Dandy expects 26 boys to play, more than usual Valley = Sophomore OB Sivei Martin is a good one 9. Whitehorse @ Coach Calbert Lamemanreplaces Brett Jacobsen, now the AD Raiders won just one game last year, beating Monument Valley yards and 23 rushing touchdowns last season, and linemen Kody Probst (123 tackles) and Kyle Carter (101 tackles). Other returning starters are line backer Jack Moyle, tight end Russell Banks, lineman Mike run the Schmutz, Cody Phelps Kyle Carter Enterprise RB Enterprise DL year’s state championship. But going undefeated will be difficult, since the Wolves have tough road games at 3-A’s Granite (Hunter’s brother, B.J., is the Farmers’ coach), 2-A power Beaver and 1-A’s secondranked Altamont. “Our main goal is to build on last year,” Randy Huntersaid. “Beating Monticello in the semifinals was a big boost, a defining moment for our The Wolves will have 14° program.” starters back —- eight on defense All-staters returning for Enand six on offense from the terprise include running back team that lost to Rich in last Cody Phelps, who had 1,200 receiver Laramie Woods and defensive back Kyle Woodard. With Hunter in his fourth year,this is the first senior class that will have utilized his “misdirection Wing-T” offense their entire careers. Altamontis regarded highly because all-staters Asa Jessen (linebacker) and Nils Myrin (receiver) are back. Third-ranked Rich will have the pressure that comes with the state’s longest winning streak (13 games), but the Rebels have just five returning starters and are not expected to repeat. Junior running back Sean Weston will be the go-to guy in Brown’s wishbone attack. drew@sltrib.com Pan AMERICAN GAMES No goldagain for U.S. in men’s basketball Semifinal setback: Brazil erases an 11-point lead by the Americans and cruises to a 12-point win ‘THE AssoctiATEDPRESS SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic Once again, there will be no Pan American Games gold medal! for the United States in men’s basketball. Brazil won Tuesday night’s semifinal, pulling away in the fourth quarter for a 9280 victory over the American collegians. The United States has not won the Pan Ams since 1983 — when the team included Michael Jordan, Chris Mullin and Wayman Tisdale. Brazil outscored the Americans 28-17 in the final period, including a 13-0 run in which Marceloscored seven points. The U.S. team of collegians led by as many as 11 points in third quarter, but Brazil answered with a 20-8 spurt to takeits first lead. The lead went back and forth before Brazil put the game away. “We did everything we wanted to do, we just didn’t finish plays at the end,” coach Tom Izzo of Michigan State said. Emeka Okafor of Connecticut led the Americans with 18 points. Chuck Hayes of Kentucky had 15 points and 13 rebounds. The defeat came hours after a long American winning streak ended, moments after a much longer losing streak was snapped. In an early start to the busiest day of the games, the U.S. baseball team was four-hit by Nicaragua’s Olman Rostran andlost3-0, breaking a 25-gamestring of victories this Jon Cavanerra/TheAssociated Press Membersof the U.S. baseball team can't bear to watch in the ninth inning of their 3-0 loss to Nicaragua. The loss ended the Americans’ 25-game winning streak. team win in 32 years over the Cubans at the Pan Ams. Thefencers trailed 40-30 entering the last match, which Dan Kellner of Warren, N.J., won 15-4, setting off a celebration long in the making. Also celebrating were Cuba’s Eric Lopez and Chellsie Memmel of Plano, Texas, in gymnastics. Lopez won all four events he entered Tuesday, giving him six gold medals in these games and 18 for his career. Lopez previously won the all-around title and the team gold, and added wins in pommelhorse, rings, vault and parallel bars. Memmel, 15, of West Allis, Wis., didn’t summer. quite match Lopez, but she became the only Stunningly, victory was there for the U.S. men’s foil squad, which scored the first American with three golds when she won the uneven bars. Memmel also won the all-around and the team event. Teammate Nastia Liukin, 13, of Plano, Texas, won the balance beam, with Memmel getting bronze. Tia Orlando of Macungie, Pa., the last performer, won the floor exercise. Shannon Pluhowskyof Phoenix rolled a 246 to capture the gold medal in women’s singles bowling. She previously won silver in doubles. In women’sfreestyle wrestling, the U.S. team made it 4-for-4. The gold medalists were three wrestlers from Colorado Springs, Colo. — Patricia Miranda at 105% pounds, Tina George at 121, and Sara McMann at 138% —and Toccara Montgomery of Cleveland wonat 1584. Catfish have bad reputation, but are worthit “The fresher the bait, the better. That stinky bait stuff is an urban legend,” Gun- Cari Jensen shot a 77. Enterprise table? GOLF Columbia. Bountiful’s Pete 5.Parowan back two years ago — with a twist. Although the nine-team the first existing school to add the sport in recent memory. Coincidentally, Layton son ranked No.1 in The Salt Lake Tribune’s first 1-A football poll, with Altamontat No. 2 and @ Defending champ lost 12 seniors, is in rebuilding mode @ 5 starters back, including RB Sean Weston, a 185-pound bull its kids.” Class 1-A football was discontinued after the 1996 season because so few schools were fielding teams. It was brought large cats at a variety of locales. Catfish have been labeled as a species attracted to stink baits, but Byron Gunderson of Fish Tech disagrees. Pacific Coast Am: University programmer from Salt Lake City, shot 850-20X to win the .22 4. Monticello m4 of 5 offensive lineman return, half of defense is also back @ QB Mati Torres might be the best in 1-A, but Bucks have holes team the last 10 years or so. But Babe Ruth: The Taylorsville 15-year old Babe Ruth All-Star team went undefeated at the Southwest Regional Tournamentin Visalia, Calif., defeating teams from Arizona, Nevada andCalifornia. T.J. Carrington wasthe tournament's MVPand Steve Unsworth madethe all-tournament team. Taylorsville advances to the Babe Ruth World Series in Williston, N.D., later this month. Women's Am: Having shot a 74, Annie Thurman of Highlandis nowtied for 15th place after one round of the U.S. Women’s Amateur at Gladwyne,Pa. The tournamentis behind schedule, because of rain. 2. Altamont a Expectations jiigh, but Long Horns undecided on starting QB @ Went 5-5 last year; coach says It is ready to overtake Rich the idea of starting a football SOCCER Lamar Hunt Cup: John Spencer scored twogoals and the Colorado Rapids beat the Kansas City Wizards 3-2 in the fourth roundof the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cupin Denver. Colorado advancedto the quarterfinals of the Cup, which is open to all professional and amateur teamsin thenation. Combined News Services 1. Enterprise si Returns 13 seniors from state championship @ Junior quarterback Lance Jones started as a sophomer 3. Rich 1-A varsity football ranks in 2005. Enterprise will start the sea- support. Prep Football ‘Class 1A \preProorsau ramos Several of Utah’s smallest high schools have toyed with next, with hopes of joining the of Utah golfer Luke Swilor shot a 70 andis five strokes off the lead in the Pacific Coast Amateur at West Vancouver,British chat By Jay Daew The Salt Lake Tribune Former great charged: !'ormer in 1Ok road race in Maine Drapers Dennis Simonaitis five years old, but now has a good shot ata state title tennis player Roscoe Tanneris being held without bail ina Florida jail on charges that he wrote a bad check for about $35,000 and failed to pay child Simonaitis takes 2nd place continifed tris success in the On the verge: The Wolves’ football programis only sity schedule this season and Cry for at-tent-ion: ‘'wo Fur man football players have been suspended indefinitely after they were charged with stealing Enterprise a modelfor small schools FisHING NOTEBOOK Tue SALt Lake TRIBUNE Most Utah anglers havelittle respect for catfish, but those who chase the whiskerfish know well the joy of catching andeating the scavengers. Augustis a great time to night fish for derson said. “Pieces of minnows or suck- ers, night crawlers and shrimpall work well. I have always seemed to do better with fresh bait.” Streamside Utah Lake maybe a bit buggy, but the cat fishing can be as fast as rebaiting your hook. Fishing is best in the deep water near the marinas, off Lincoln Beach and near the Spanish Fork River inlet. Channel catfish range up to 30 pounds. Suspend the bait abouta foot off the bottom if you are looking for the channelcatfish, not the less-desirable bullheads. The Bear Riverin northern Utah is an underused catfishery. Willard Baytraditionally gets a large share of catfish chasers, but this has been a hard year to locate catfish because of low water. The Colorado and Green rivers are loaded with catfish, but the size of these waters can be intimidating. Look for deep side pools away from the main flow of the river. Anglers at Lake Powell who use anchovies on the bottom at night are virtually guaranteed enough fish to feed a houseboat full of people. Gunderson said manyof the state’s small streams remain a good bet for an- gling action. He suggests fly-fishing with terrestrial patterns and using a beadhead dropper at places like Currant Creek, the north fork of the Duchesne, the Strawberry River, Fish Creek below Scofield Reservoir, Big Cottonwood Creek and Sheep Creek, a tributary to Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Yellowstone waters still closed Anglers headed for Yellowstone National Park should be aware that the Madison, Firehole and Gibbonrivers and their tributaries remain closed until water temperatures come down from dangerously high levels, Another option is the Lamar River on the northeast side of the park. Unless it is muddied with rain, the Lamar is an excellent cutthroat fishery. Big attractor patterns like stimulators and Chernobylants wil! bring the big cutts up. Carp killers Utah Division of Wildlife Resources officials have given up herding carp in the lower portion ofthe Provo River and are now netting and removing the fish before they become stranded by low water and die. DWAR officials estimate that about 70,000 carp have gathered in the river from Utah Lake. By netting and removing the fish, officials hope to prevent a similar situation to 1992, when 43 tons ofdecaying fish had to be removed by Provo City workers. — Brett Prettyman POOR COP"