On this date in Mid-Columbia sports history

Posted: 12:00am on May 7, 2011; Modified: 11:49am on May 7, 2011

On May 7 in ...

* 2004 -- Britany Stumetz and Jenny McCourtie each hit three-run doubles as Columbia Basin College's softball team defeated Wenatchee Valley 11-4 to salvage an NWAACC East doubleheader split.

* 1997 -- Kamiakin graduate Scott Johnson, playing for Arizona State University, fired a 68 to win medalist honors at the Pac-10 Conference men's golf championships in Eugene, Ore.

* 1982 -- Richland and Kennewick shared the Big Nine Southern Division baseball title after splitting a doubleheader. Each team finished the regular season 13-3, and were 2-2 against each other.

* 1962 -- Herald staff writer Tom Burnside announced that Murl Stephens (men) and Willa Krogman (women) were the Tri-City Herald's bowlers of the year.

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