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ON THIS DATE
Dec. 21
1947 – The Pittsburgh Steelers play their first postseason game, a 21-0 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Eastern Division playoffs.
1957 – Pitt’s Don Hennon scores a school-record 45 points, on 20-for-42 shooting, as the Panthers beat Duke 87-84 in double overtime.
1981 – Doug Schloerner’s 15-foot jump shot with one second remaining in the seventh overtime gives Cincinnati a 75-73 victory over Bradley. The seven overtimes set an NCAA record.
1990 – Two years removed from a 115-point season, Rob Brown is traded by the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Hartford Whalers in exchange for winger Scott Young.
1995 – Monessen High School’s Gina Naccarato scores 35 points in the Greyhounds’ 106-12 victory at Jefferson-Morgan to break, by one point, the WPIAL career scoring record of 2,658 points set by Aliquippa’s Carrie Bordas.
1995 – McGuffey’s Scott Ramsey scores 29 points, including the 1,000th of his career, as the Highlanderes edge West Allegheny, 53-51.
1998 — Former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman John Banaszak is hired as head football coach at Washington & Jefferson. Banaszak spent the past four seasons as the Presidents’ defensive coordinator.
2005 – Washington linebacker Kyle Winters is named to the Associated Press Class AA all-state first team.
2007 – McKenna Lampe scores 31 points and becomes the sixth West Greene girls basketball player to reach 1,000 career points as the Pioneers defeat Jefferson-Morgan 75-17 in the Section 2-A opener.