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ON THIS DATE
Oct. 29
1972 – Buffalo’s O.J. Simpson rushes for 189 yards and scores on a 96-yard run – the longest allowed in Pittsburgh history – but the Steelers defeat the Bills, 38-21, at War Memorial Stadium.
1976 – Chuck Amos’ 28-yard field goal in the third quarter gives Black Hills Conference leader Burgettstown a 3-0 win at West Allegheny.
1982 – Matt Carlisle rushes for 140 yards and Joe Phillips gains 107, including a game-winning 12-yard run in the fourth quarter, as playoff-bound Fort Cherry defeats Quigley, 20-16.
1983 – Bill Watson scores four touchdowns and Mapletown clinches its first WPIAL football playoff berth with a 34-0 victory over Mon Valley Catholic at Donora’s Legion Field. Watson rushes for 184 yards on 13 carries and scores on runs of 72, 6, 11 and 68 yards.
1986 – Peters Township outshoots Sewickley Academy, 21-5, and the Indians’ Al Lopus scores the match’s only goal late in the first half as PT wins the WPIAL Class AA soccer championship. A free kick from 45 yards by PT’s Bill Donohue was misplayed by the Sewickley goalkeeper and Lopus kicked in the rebound.
1999 – Lanfer Simpson rushes for 138 yards and two touchdowns, and Lee Fritz runs for a score and passes for another, as visiting Waynesburg wins the Three Rivers Conference championship with a 25-7 victory over host Washington.
2000 – Frank Sworden resigns after 22 years as head football coach at McGuffey High School. Sworden had a 122-98-6 career record and the Highlanders won the 1994 WPIAL Class AAA championship.
2003 – Goalkeeper Jordan Marks makes three diving saves before teammate Nick Cattaneo scores on a penalty kick to give Peters Township a 2-1 victory in a shootout and the WPIAL Class AAA boys soccer championship.
2004 – Doug Rheam scores on an 80-yard TD run in the third quarter and Canon-McMillan gets the first WPIAL football playoff win in school history, defeating visiting Belle Vernon 22-0 in a Class AAA first-round game.
2004 – Rochester defeats Chartiers-Houston, 27-7, in the first round of the WPIAL Class A football playoffs, ending John Haught’s 29-year run as the Bucs’ head coach.
2011 – Joe Paterno breaks Eddie Robinson’s record for career victories by a Division I coach with No. 409 in Penn State’s sloppy 10-7 win over Illinois.
Oct. 30
1954 – Chuck Williams scores on two short runs and Waynesburg College gets its first-ever football win over Washington & Jefferson, 40-12.
1959 – Johnny Ozimek’s 36-yard interception return on the final play of the game gives Burgettstown High School a 19-13 victory over Cumberland Township.
1963 – Sandy Koufax of Los Angeles becomes the second player to win the Cy Young and MVP in the same year. Koufax beats out Pittsburgh’s Dick Groat for the MVP award.
1965 – California overcomes two 14-point deficits to beat host Clarion 34-33 and take sole possession of first place in the PSAC West Division. Billy Lee’s 11-yard touchdown pass late in the game is the key play for the Vulcans.
1975 – North Allegheny defeats Trinity on penalty kicks to win the WPIAL soccer championship at Pitt Stadium. The game was tied 3-3 after regulation and four five-minute overtimes. Rich Roccon scores two goals for Trinity.
1975 – Bob Prince is fired after 28 years as the play-by-play broadcaster of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1980 – Jim Edwards of Charleroi rushes for 133 yards on 20 carries and scores three touchdowns as the Cougars clinch the Century Conference championship with a 35-0 win over visiting Burgettstown.
1986 – Al Lopus kicks in a rebound shot late in the first half, and then the Peters Township defense takes over as the Indians defeat Sewickley Academy 1-0 to win the WPIAL Class AA boys soccer championship at Mt. Lebanon.
1992 – Brett Katarsky breaks open a close game with a 36-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and Carmichaels wins its first Tri-County South Conference title since 1980 by defeating visiting Mapletown, 18-0.
1998 – Lee Fritz’s interception in the end zone in the closing seconds preserves Waynesburg High School’s 19-14 victory over visiting Washington before a standing-room-only crowd. The win completes Waynesburg’s first undefeated season since 1966 and clinches the Three Rivers Conference championship.
1998 – Rocky Doman scores on a 10-yard run on Carmichaels’ first play in overtime, and Scott Krajnak intercepts a Jefferson-Morgan pass on the game’s final play as the Mikes rally for a 28-20 victory and win the Tri-County South Conference championship.
2004 – Chris Edwards passes for a career-best 319 yards and five touchdowns as Washington & Jefferson wrestles the Presidents’ Athletic Conference football championship away from Waynesburg, 35-30, at Cameron Stadium. Waynesburg’s Jeff Dumm completes 33 of 42 passes for 356 yards and three scores.
2004 – Dana College’s Tom Lensch sets an all-division college record by attempting 101 passes in a 60-35 loss to Hastings College. Lensch completes 56 passes for a school-record 507 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions.
2011 – Ben Roethlisberger completes 36 of 50 passes for 365 yards and two touchdowns as the Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the New England Patriots 25-17 at Heinz Field.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
THURSDAY’S RESULT
Class 4A Quarterfinals
Penn-Trafford def. Canon-McMillan 16-25, 25-22, 22-25, 26-24, 11-15
C-M: Gianna Reamer 23 kills, 3 blocks, 5 digs; Natalie Carr 19 kills 12 digs; Abby Tucker 10 kills, 2 blocks; Kaylee Knobel 6 assists; Josie Carter 27 assists, 5 digs; Olivia Gross 19 assists, 7 digs; Andie Giles 8 digs; Julia Murdy 14 digs; Ava Matuscin 5 digs.
Canon-McMillan is 12-6