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Sports briefs

Compiled from Times wires
© St. Petersburg Times
published October 22, 2002

Felony charges levied in prep football brawl

Two brothers were charged with felony assault Monday after they were accused of participating in a brawl following a youth football game in a Los Angeles suburb.

Joseph Saracho, 32, and Gino Saracho, 25, are accused of kicking a man in the head repeatedly during an Oct. 12 fight between parents at a San Gabriel Valley Junior All-American Football Conference game. Teams from Pico Rivera and Downey had just played.

The victim, Desi Tubbs, was not hospitalized.

The elder Saracho also punched to the ground a 67-year-old Downey assistant coach who was trying to break up the fight, prosecutors said.

HORSES: Breeders' Cup week barely began when horses were withdrawn from some of the eight races on Saturday's card at Arlington Park, Ill. Momentum was pulled from the $4-million Classic because of a soft issue injury in his right foreleg. Reach for the Moon won't run in the Juvenile Fillies for European-based trainer Aidan O'Brien. No reason was given. D'wildcat is questionable for the $1-million Sprint because the horse has a cough and fever. Also in the Sprint, Gygistar was withdrawn because of a deep gash in her left front hoof.

FIGURE SKATING: Kyoko Ina, a three-time Olympian in pairs competition, faces a possible lifetime suspension and a $1-million fine for refusing to take a drug test. A representative of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency came to Ina's home in Greenwich, Conn., unannounced at 10:30 p.m. on July 18. Ina says she was about to go to bed and was unable to provide a urine sample for the test.

COLLEGES: USF goalkeeper Troy Perkins was named Conference USA defensive player of the week. ... Florida goalkeeper Jordan Kellgren was named SEC player of the week. ... Tickets for the USF-UConn women's basketball game Dec. 28 are available at the Sun Dome box office, at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-462-8557. ... Florida's Matt Bonner and Brett Nelson, and Miami's Darius Rice are three of the 30 preseason candidates for the 2002-03 Naismith Award as college basketball's player of the year. ... Fresno State guard Ashley Knowlton is out for the season after tearing ligaments in his left knee. ... In cross country, Tampa junior Elias Gonzales was the top male finisher at Saturday's Sunshine State Conference in St. Petersburg. Tampa sophomore Dee Dee Haefling was the top female finisher. ... Florida junior Aury Cruz was named SEC volleyball player of the week. ... Florida had five players named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Academic All-American team: Nikki Baldwin, Jennifer Brown, Jessica Franklin, Jenilee Garner and Andrea Zimbardi. ... FSU men were in 11th place after the first two rounds of the Tournament of Champions in Knoxville, Tenn., 32 behind leaders Georgia and Tennessee. ... UTEP basketball coach Jason Rabedeaux resigned, saying he has lost the motivation to coach.

TENNIS: Anna Smashnova rallied to beat Meghann Shaughnessy in three sets at the Generali Ladies Open in Linz, Austria. ... Todd Martin beat Jarkko Nieminen in the Stockholm Open in Sweden.

ET CETERA: Figure skating gold medalist Sarah Hughes and pro basketball player Sue Bird were named Sportswomen of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation. ... ABC's preliminary TV ratings for Major League Soccer's championship game Sunday fell 9.1 percent from last year.

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