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March 1

1943 – Guard Bob Sprowls scores 12 points to lead Claysville to a 34-29 victory over Section 15 champion East Bethlehem in a WPIAL Class B basketball playoff game at Wash High.

1956 – McDonald High School gets 26 points from Milt Powell and advances to the WPIAL Class B playoffs with a 63-55 victory over Centerville in a game played in Donora.

1961 – Ned Twyman scores 31 points and unranked Duquesne upsets No. 2-ranked St. Bonaventure 79-74 in overtime.

1971 – Mark Taylor and Fred Sams of Washington’s Section 12-B championship team receive the most votes for the Observer-Reporter’s All-District Boys Basketball team.

1973 – Ulice Payne scores 18 points as Ringgold rolls to a 66-39 victory over Valley in the WPIAL Class A quarterfinals at the Civic Arena. Scott Nedrow scores 16 points and Joe Montana has 14 for the Rams.

1975 – Though it has only two individual champions, West Greene ends Waynesburg’s 18-year run as Section 11-B wrestling champion at the section tournament. The Pioneers’ winners are Jim Browell (91 pounds) and Curt Hughes (132).

1981 – Washington County schools sweep the titles in the WPIAL wrestling team tournament finals. Chartiers-Houston beats Mt. Lebanon 30-22 in Class AAA. The Bucs get the clincher when 185-pounder Frank Vulcano pins Jim Andrianosin in 1:32. Washington edges Waynesburg 27-24 for the Class AA championship when heavyweight Orlando Williams pins the Raiders’ Mark Moore.

1986 – The Washington boys overcome an eight-point second-quarter deficit and blitz Rochester in the second half for a 75-55 victory in the WPIAL Class AA quarterfinals at the CCBC Dome. Sean McKenzie makes 12 of 15 shots and scores 25 points for Wash High (22-1).

1988 – Kerry Marisa scores 25 points and Waynesburg defeats Blackhawk 77-70 in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAA playoffs. Blackhawk had been to the WPIAL finals each of the last two seasons.

1994 – NBA referee Steve Javie ejects Portland radio analyst Mike Rice in the third quarter of the Pacers’ 106-94 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.

1995 – Laura Marquis’ basket at the buzzer off an inbounds pass gives visiting Waynesburg College a 68-66 victory over Salisbury State in the first round of the NCAA Division III women’s basketball tournament. Laura Baker-Kerr scores 27 points for the Yellow Jackets.

2013 – South Fayette’s Morgan Fink wins the 100 breaststroke and is part of the Lions’ gold medal-winning 400 freestyle relay team at the WPIAL Class AA Swimming Championships.