On this date in Mid-Columbia sports history

Posted: 12:00am on May 5, 2011; Modified: 6:49am on May 5, 2011

On May 5 in ...

* 1982: Cheryl Mains' three-run triple gave Kamiakin the lead for good in a 7-3 softball win over Richland. The Braves also won the nightcap 9-5, as Jolene Dickson had three hits.

* 1965: Gary Schoeppach fired a 76 in Yakima to earn medalist honors, as Columbia Basin College's golf team beat Yakima Valley 13-2 and Highline 11-4.

* 1962: The Tri-City Braves swept the Wenatchee Chiefs 5-3 and 6-1 in front of 1,377 fans at Sanders Field.

* 1952: Helen Hightower was taken to Lourdes Hospital after she drove her Powder Puff Derby car into the fence on the south turn at Tri-City Speedway. She was released from the hospital the next day.

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