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ON THIS DATE
Oct. 8
1932 – Rab Currie of Monessen runs 45 yards with a lateral to the Penn State one-yard line late in the fourth quarter, setting up Waynesburg College’s game-winning touchdown as the Yellow Jackets defeat host Penn State 7-6. It’s the second win in two years for Waynesburg over Penn State.
1969 – Fort Cherry High School’s golf team becomes the first undefeated and untied sports team in school history as it finishes the regular season with a win over Avella. The Rangers’ Brad Danjou shoots 72 and sets a course record for Meadowbrook Golf Club with a 32 on the back nine.
1970 – The Trinity Area School Board promotes Gaynor Stoner to head varsity boys basketball coach. Stoner had been the Hillers’ assistant coach for one year.
1976 – Craig Conklin scores on a 48-yard run on the game’s opening possession and undefeated Waynesburg thwarts two second-half scoring threats from visiting Chartiers-Houston to blank the Bucs, 8-0.
1979 – Franco Harris scores on a 17-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, and Rocky Bleier rambles 70 yards for a score in the fourth quarter as the Pittsburgh Steelers take sole possession of first place in the AFC Central Division with a 51-35 victory at Cleveland.
1982 – The Hartford Whalers’ Blaine Stoughton is suspended for eight games by the NHL for cross-checking the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Paul Baxter in the face.
1999 – Fort Cherry High School’s Mike Vernillo becomes the WPIAL’s all-time rushing leader by gaining 195 yards, including touchdowns of 10 and 48 yards, in the Rangers’ 43-6 win at Cornell. Vernillo finishes the game with 6,616 career yards to pass Penn Trafford’s Matt Gavrish.
2001 – Burgettstown’s David Vallina makes a six-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff to defeat Upper St. Clair’s Mark Cimarolli and win his second straight WPIAL golf championship at Cedarbrook Golf Course.