On this day in Mid-Columbia sports history

Posted: 12:00am on May 4, 2011; Modified: 1:55pm on May 4, 2011

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* 2003 -- Jockey Jay Conklin rode Movin Meter to victory in the MNBA Ford Distaff Challenge at Sun Downs race track. It was the final race of the meet.

* 1989 -- Ryan Smith, Darrall Moore and Vincente Batres each scored goals as the Kennewick boys soccer team defeated Pasco 4-3 in Big Nine play.

* 1959 -- Chris Fleischer hurled a one-hitter, striking out 12 batters, to lead the Thrifty Drug team to a 5-0 victory over Auto Supply in a Richland National Little League game. Thrifty catcher Ed Kern blasted a home run over the center-field fence with the sacks empty in the third inning.

* 1958 -- Marion Arnold of Tri-City Country Club beat Dorothy Carrott of Yakima Country Club on the second playoff hole to win the fifth annual Tumbleweed Invitational Tournament at Tri-City Country Club. Both players finished regulation play tied at 169.

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