On this date
Sept. 11
1953 – Dom Sacco scoops up a Canonsburg fumble on a punt and returns it eight yards for the game’s only score as visiting Washington High School wins its season-opening football game, 6-0.
1959 – The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4, putting and end to reliever Roy Face’s 22-game winning streak. It was his only loss of the season as he finished with an 18-1 record.
1959 – Larry Deco scores on touchdown runs of 10 and 28 yards as Avella defeats Canon-McMillan, 27-6. The game was the first in the history of the new school in Canonsburg.
1965 – Tom Wise scores on first-half runs of 54 and 52 yards, and Fred Barry rushes for 154 yards on 12 carries, as Washington defeats Bellaire (Ohio), 13-0, in a season-opening football game.
1966 – Larry Mathis throws three touchdown passes to Chris Potts, including a game-winning 38-yarder in the fourth quarter, as Washington rallied for a 28-26 victory over Bellaire (Ohio) in the Prexies’ season opener. Jim McDaniels stole a Bellaire pitchout and returned it 60 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter as Wash High overcame a 26-8 third-quarter deficit.
1970 – Ray Dallatore throws three touchdown passes and brother Don rushes for 116 yards and one score as Trinity defeats Wash High, 34-13.
1971 – Doug Kotar, a sophomore from Muse, returns the opening kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown on his first varsity play, and Kentucky adds two field goals to defeat Clemson, 13-10.
1975 – Peters Township’s Brian Sullivan repeats as the winner at the County Coaches Cross Country Championships but Ringgold edges the Indians by one point to win the team title.
1976 – Tony Dorsett torments Notre Dame again by rushing for 181 yards and Pitt turns two second-quarter interceptions into touchdowns as the Panthers beat the Fighting Irish, 31-10, in South Bend, Ind.
1994 – Dave Eichelberger ends a 13-year victory drought by winning the Quicksilver Classic on the PGA Senior Tour. Eichelberger defeats runner-up Ray Floyd by two strokes.