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ON THIS DATE
Nov. 14
1952 – Larry Krutko scores three touchdowns and adds four extra points as Cumberland Township High School crushes Wilmerding 40-14 to remain undefeated and earn a spot in the WPIAL Class B football championship game. Krutko scores on runs of 45, 15 and 14 yards for the Mikes (10-0).
1970 – Forty-three members of the Marshall football team die when their chartered plane crashes in Kenova, W.Va.
1975 – Ted Giles falls on a fumble in the end zone for a third-quarter touchdown and Jim Pritts adds a fourth-quarter scoring run as Beth-Center defeats Beaver 13-0 in the WPIAL Class AA semifinals at Bethel Park. It’s Beth-Center’s 16th consecutive victory.
1978 – Penn State, the nation’s only undefeated major college football team, is ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press poll for the first time in school history.
1981 – Chartiers-Houston outlasts visiting Mercer 24-23 in three overtimes in the first round of the WPIAL Class A football playoffs. Mercer misses an extra-point kick in the third OT. Chartiers-Houston quarterback Kurt Kesneck throws for two touchdowns, runs for another score, kicks a 30-yard field goal and boots three extra points.
1986 – Mike Sanders catches an eight-yard touchdown pass from Doug Clish and returns a punt 62 yards for another score as Beth-Center defeats Ellwood City 19-7 in the WPIAL Class AA semifinals at Ambridge High School.
1989 – Jeff Lignelli, Kevin Schaeffer and Rick Ferrari each score a goal as Peters Township blanks Quaker Valley 3-0 in the PIAA boys soccer semifinals at Mt. Lebanon.
1992 – In its first WPIAL football playoff appearance, West Greene wins 35-34 in double overtime at Serra Catholic. The winning points come on a two-point conversion run by Rodney Wilson.
1997 – R.B. Hursh’s 32-yard field goal in the mud with 15 seconds left capped a Fort Cherry rally and gave the Rangers a 25-24 upset over two-time defending WPIAL and PIAA champion Farrell in the WPIAL Class A semifinals at Rochester High School.
1998 – John Luckhardt coaches his final football game for Washington & Jefferson, a 61-0 rout of Thiel. In 17 seasons with the Presidents, Luckhardt leads W&J to a 137-37-2 record and 11 NCAA Division III playoff appearances, including two trips to the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl.
2001 – The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Alexi Kovalev has his second hat trick in as many nights to rally the Penguins to a 3-3 tie against the New York Islanders at Mellon Arena.
Nov. 15
1958 – California Teachers concludes the football season with the only perfect record in Pennsylvania after defeating Washington & Jefferson 41-6 at College Field.
1958 – Angelo Ferrari and Ron Cindrich each return interceptions for touchdowns as Avella defeats West Greene 33-13 in the Washington-Greene Conference championship game that matched undefeated teams. The loss ends West Greene’s 15-game winning streak.
1975 – Tony Dorsett of Pittsburgh rushes for 303 yards and scores a touchdown in a 34-20 victory over Notre Dame at Pitt Stadium.
1986 – California holds Laurel to minus-18 yards in overtime and Tom Glawinski scores the game-winning touchdown on a two-yard run as the Trojans advance to the WPIAL Class A finals with a 20-14 victory at Mt. Lebanon.
1988 – Bill Rizzo scores the deciding goal late in the third quarter and Peters Township defeats Oley Valley 2-1 in the PIAA Class AA boys soccer semifinals at Middleburg.
2003 – Quincy Wilson rushes for 208 yards and four touchdowns as West Virginia defeats visiting Pitt 52-31 in the Backyard Brawl.
2003 – Eric Daniels scores on runs of 17 and 25 yards as Waynesburg College pulls away late for a 34-20 victory over Westminster, giving the Yellow Jackets their first outright Presidents’ Athletic Conference football championship.
2004 – Barry Bonds wins his record seventh NL MVP award, becoming the oldest player to win the MVP of a major North American professional league. The 40-year-old is the only baseball player with more than three MVP awards and the only one to win more than two in a row.