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Early agate

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une 12

1964 – The Meadows draws a record crowd of 9,462, including golf legend Arnold Palmer, for opening night in its second year. The total purse for the nine-race card is $29,375.

1968 – Jeff Cree pitches a two-hit shutout as Waynesburg defeats Kiski, 3-0, at Forbes Field to advance to the WPIAL baseball championship game against Ellwood City.

1970 – Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitches a 2-0 no-hitter in the first game of a doubleheader against the host San Diego Padres. Ellis walks eight and hits a batter, and Willie Stargell hit two homers.

1980 – Mike Easler hits for the cycle – he homers off Doug Bair in his final at-bat – and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 10-6, at Riverfront Stadium.

1990 – Bob Johnson is hired as head coach and Scotty Bowman is named director of development and recruitment by the Pittsburgh Penguins.

1995 – Ron Faust, head basketball coach at Washington High School, is hired as the Prexies’ athletic director, replacing Bob Wagner, who retired after 27 years as the school’s athletic director.

2009 – Pittsburgh’s Max Talbot scores two second-period goals as the Penguins beat the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in Game 7 and win the Stanley Cup at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena. Pittsburgh’s Evgeni Malkin, the playoff scoring leader with 36 points, earns the Conn Smythe Trophy as the postseason MVP.

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