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ON THIS DATE
May 9
1951 – Harry Diehl of Mt. Morris High School sets a meet record by winning the mile run in 4:48.6 at the Greene County Track Meet in Carmichaels. Cumberland Township dominates the field events to win the team title.
1954 – Washington & Jefferson College head football coach Joe McMullen resigns after two seasons to become the coach at Akron University.
1961 – Washington wins the mile relay – the final running event of the competition – to win the team title in the County Coaches Track Meet at Wash High Stadium. The Little Presidents’ Ted Vactor (120-yard high hurdles and 180 low hurdles) is the meet’s only double winner.
1962 – Canon-McMillan has five individual winners and wins the team title at the Washington County Coaches Track Meet at Wash High Stadium. Washington’s Bob Stock sets a meet record of 22-3 1/2 while winning the long jump. Stock also wins the high jump and is the meet’s only double winner.
1967 – John Buchanan of Washington wins the 2-mile race and breaks the meet record by more than eight seconds in helping the Little Presidents win the team title at the Washington County Coaches Track Meet.
1977 – Washington’s Tom Wise wins the 100-, 200- and 440-yard dashes, the latter in a meet record 49.7 seconds, as the Little Prexies win the team title at the Washington County Coaches Track Meet.
1988 – Dave Senay wins the discus and Chris Brown finishes first in the 1,600 meters to lead Washington High School to the team title at the Washington County Coaches Boys Track Meet.
1989 – Bentworth’s Perry DiNardo throws a no-hitter as the Bearcats’ baseball team beats Mon Valley Catholic 6-0 in Section 19-AA. DiNardo strikes out six and walks six. The Bearcats’ Jeff Babirad goes 3-for-3 with two triples.
2013 – The Washington boys track team wins its second consecutive WPIAL Class AA championship.
2017 – Jefferson-Morgan’s baseball team holds on for an 11-10 victory over visiting Greensburg Central Catholic to give veteran coach John Curtis his 350th career victory. The win also clinches at least a share of the Section 2-A title for the Rockets.