Dudley leads bass tourney ... and more

KNOXVILLE -- Team Castrol pro David Dudley of Lynchburg, Va., caught a five-bass limit weighing 15 pounds, 12 ounces Friday to capture the lead in the Wal-Mart FLW Tour's $1 million event on Fort Loudoun-Tellico Lakes with a two-day catch of 10 bass weighing 35-14. He now holds a 2-pound lead in the tournament featuring 200 pros and 200 co-anglers representing 35 states, Mexico, Australia and Japan.

"I'm sticking with the same pattern," said Dudley, who has won more than $2,184,000 in FLW Outdoors events. "I'm fishing ledges out deep. I was able to catch them again today."

Dudley moved around a bit during the day, chasing fish as they switched depths with the current. Dudley said his five keepers were the only fish he caught, electing to save his fish for the final two days of competition. Dudley said his fish, caught on a 10-inch Berkley PowerWorm, came early in the day in 10 to 15 feet of water.

"I had a lot of spectators following me today and they have been very nice by staying off of the spots I'm fishing when I leave them, and that means a lot to me," Dudley said.

Brandon Coulter of Knoxville, advanced to the final round of 10 pros in the No. 2 spot with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 33-14.

"It was slow at the start," Coulter said. "I had three squeakers, just 14 inch fish, at 11:45. With just four hours to fish, I was pretty stressed. And then at about the 50th place I stopped, I ran into some five pounders. I caught two of those and then culled out the 14-inchers and stopped fishing at 1 p.m."

Coulter said he ran around the lake a lot during the day to try to find bigger fish.

"On this lake, local knowledge definitely helps," Coulter said. "Typically there's a good bite somewhere on the lake. You've just got to keep moving around and find it."

Coulter said he caught some of his fish on a bait he calls the Callie jig -- a football-head jig he and his daughter Callie tie together.

Rounding out the top five pros who will continue competition Saturday and Sunday are Team National Guard pro Scott Martin of Clewiston, Fla. (10 bass, 32-07); Art Ferguson of St. Clair Shores, Mich. (10 bass, 32-05); and Jerry Green of Del Rio, Texas (10 bass, 31-05).

Lady Vol Kane 13th in javelin

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- University of Tennessee freshman Holly Kane turned in a 13th-place finish in the javelin throw Friday at the USA Junior Track Field Championships at Ohio State's Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

Kane, a native of Knoxville, Tenn., and a product of Karns High School, posted a best toss of 126 feet, six inches on her final attempt. The Lady Vol rookie also had measurements of 120-3 and 115-0 during the competition.