Corey Peabody in the Beacon Plumbing was the top qualifier Friday at the Columbia Cup unlimited hydroplane race in the Tri-Cities.
Peabody qualifed at 162.191 mph in a close field. Seven miles per hour separated the top qualifier from the bottom one.
Dylan Runne in the Miss HomeStreet was the No. 2 qualifier at 161.646 and Dustin Echols in the Flav-R-Pac (Bucket List Racing’s new sponsor was third at 161.28.
Rookie Bobby King qualified as a a driver in the Graham Trucking. His dad Jimmy King drives the U-3 Miss Ace Hardware, the only piston-powered boat in the field. Another rookie, Brent Hall, tried to qualify but his boat (the second boat on the Bucket List team) had mechanical issues.
Minors
• Hogan Windish’s two-run homer in the sixth held up as the winning runs as the visiting Everett AquaSox beat the Vancouver Canadiens 3-2.
Golf
• Tyson Shelley of Salt Lake City won a two-hole playoff to clinch the 56th Pacific Coast Amateur Championship in West Vancouver, B.C.
From sports-information reports.
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