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ON THIS DATE
Oct. 22
1965 – Mike Lynch catches a five-yard touchdown pass from his brother Joe Lynch with 5:26 remaining to break a tie and give undefeated Trinity High School a 20-14 victory over host Washington.
1975 – The World Football League folds during the 12th week of its second season. Though the league signed established NFL stars such as Larry Csonka, Paul Warfield and Jim Nance, the WFL had $10 million in reported losses and averaged only 13,370 fans per game during its second season.
1976 – Burgettstown High School moves into first place in the Black Hills Conference football standings with a 15-13 win at Northgate. Brian Pavan catches a touchdown pass from Harry Pappas, Chuck Amos kicks a field goal and Bill Tunno scores on a TD run for Burgettstown’s points.
1979 – Avella hires Jay Hockenbrock as its head wrestling coach, replacing Bill Black.
1981 – Trinity soccer player Mike Ault – Pennsylavnia’s single-season leader in goals – scores twice to improve his state record count to 63 as the Hillers rout Bethel Park, 4-0. Goalkeeper Dale Cushman stops all 19 Bethel Park shots.
1992 – Jean Pronovost, Rick Kehoe and former coach Bob Johnson are inducted as the charter members of the Pittsburgh Penguins Hall of Fame.
1993 – Chris Hega throws a 13-yard touchdown pass to Lee Castana with 1:55 remaining to give Charleroi a 28-21 upset of visiting East Allegheny, the top-ranked team in Class AA.
1998 – Led by medalist Scott Vallina, who shot 74, Burgettstown wins the WPIAL Division II team golf championship contested on the gold course at Lindenwood Golf Club.
2003 – Quincy Wilson rushes for 178 yards and Rasheed Marshall throws a 93-yard touchdown pass to Travis Garvin as West Virginia upsets No. 3-ranked Virginia Tech, 28-7.
2012 – Josh Kruczek’s goal in the 59th minute gives 13th-seeded Canon-McMillan a 1-0 victory over fourth-seeded Central Catholic in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAA boys soccer playoffs at Peters Township.
Oct. 23
1914 – Washington & Jefferson College’s football team upsets Yale, 16-7, at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Conn.
1952 – Quarterback Merle Ayers scores touchdowns on runs of six and five yards in the final five minutes as undefeated McDonald High School rallies to defeat host Hickory 13-6.
1958 – Danny Murtaugh, who piloted the Pittsburgh Pirates to a second-place finish, is named the National League Manager of the Year by the Associated Press.
1976 – Pitt’s Tony Dorsett rushes for 180 yards in a 45-0 rout over Navy to become the top career rusher in NCAA history with 5,206 yards.
1981 – Mon Valley Catholic’s Jon Green becomes the WPIAL’s all-time rushing leader and only the second player to surpass 4,000 career yards. Green rushes for a school-record 328 yards and five touchdowns on only 13 carries in the Spartans’ 41-0 win at West Greene. Green scores on runs of 69, 34, 68, eight and 54 yards to raise his career total to 4,211 yards. He breaks the WPIAL record of 4,075 yards by Chartiers-Houston’s Jerry Patterson.
1987 – Rich Lorenzo intercepts a pass by Greg Steeber and returns it 39 yards for a touchdown with only 47 seconds remaining, giving Ringgold a 9-3 victory over host Belle Vernon and a berth in the WPIAL football playoffs.
1989 – Ringgold’s Jason Ruttenberg scores on a third-quarter penalty kick to give the Rams a 1-0 victory over Trinity and the Section 2 boys soccer championship.
1993 – Robert Walker rushes for 168 yards and undefeated West Virginia amasses 574 total yards in a 42-21 victory over host Pitt.
2003 – Robert Heller scores four touchdowns four different ways – a 37-yard interception return, 60-yard punt return, 76-yard kickoff return and 50-yard run – as Ringgold clinches a WPIAL Class AAAA playoff berth with a 59-34 win at Albert Gallatin.
2007 – Waynesburg junior Rachel Rohanna shoots a second-round 70 at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York to win the PIAA Class AA Girls Golf Championship with a two-day total of 139. Rohanna is the lone golfer in the girls field to shoot under par in the wind-swept second round.
2009 – Washington’s Marquis Brown returns a controversial fumble 66 yards for a touchdown with 1:08 remaining and adds a two-point conversion run as the Prexies defeat Charleroi, 20-18.
2009 – Peters Township gets victories from its top two singles players, Julie Stroyne and Caroline Nixon, and the doubles team of Eleni Coleman and Elizabeth Palko, to defeat Upper St. Clair 3-2 and win the WPIAL Class AAA girls team tennis championship.
2012 – Peters Township’s Tommy Nettles shoots a final round of 70 and finishes in second place in the PIAA Class AAA Golf Championships at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York. Nettles finishes one shot behind winner Craig Hornberger of Manheim Township.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Thursday’s Results
Class 4A Section 2
Canon-McMillan def. Bethel Park 24-26, 25-16, 25-21, 16-25, 15-11
C-M: Gianna Reamer 24 kills, 8 digs; Natalie Carr 15 kills, 7 digs, 3 aces; Abby Tucker 7 kills; Josie Carter 15 assists, 10 digs; Kaylee Knobel 17 assists, 5 digs; Olivia Gross 9 assists, 7 digs; Ava Matuscin 7 digs; Andie Giles 14 digs; Julia Murdy 6 digs.
Canon-McMillan is 9-1 in section
Class 3A Section 2
Trinity def, Moon 6-25, 18-25, 25-15, 25-22, 15-11
Trinity: Rayne Elling 10 kills, 11 digs; Maddy Roberts 17 assists, 3.5 blocks, 8 kills; Sydney Allen 25 digs, 8 kills, 2 aces; Samantha Horne 3 blocks; Rylee Elling 3 blocks, 1 ace; Sarah Hartmann 17 digs; Agatha Niccolai 6 kills, 2.5 blocks
Trinity is 8-4 in section, 10-5 overall
Moon is 8-4 in section