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Feb. 12

1959 – Merwin Holland scores 42 points on 21 field goals as Midway High School defeats East Washington, 63-59, in overtime.

1963 – West Greene’s Rick Sonneborn scores 42 points as the Pioneers outlast Jefferson-Morgan 72-71 in a double-overtime basketball game.

1969 – Ray Greene’s 41 points power California State to a 105-96 victory over Point Park.

1972 – The Soviet Union ice hockey team wins the gold medal with a 5-2 victory over Czechoslovakia at the Winter Olympics. The United States is awarded the silver because it had beaten and tied Czechoslovakia.

1973 – Waynesburg High School’s wrestling team wins its 50th consecutive match, defeating Trinity 26-22 when heavyweight Mike George wins the final bout by fall.

1980 – Doug Silbaugh scores 24 points to lead Immaculate Conception to a 55-51 win over Washington in the third meeting of the season between the boys basketball teams. The win clinches a WPIAL Class AA playoff spot for the Comets.

1985 – Pittsburgh’s Mario Lemieux becomes the first rookie to be named most valuable player at the NHL All-Star game. The 19-year-old center scores two goals, including the game-winner, and has an assist to lead the Wales Conference to a 6-4 win over the Campbell Conference.

1986 – Chartiers-Houston’s Tim Oakley scores 13 points, including his 1,00th career point, in the Bucs’ 68-50 win over Avella.

1988 – Wade Timmerson scores 44 points, is credited with 15 assists and leads Fort Cherry to an 85-76 victory over Avella in Section 15-AA-A.

2010 – Canon-McMillan advances to the PIAA Class AAA Wrestling Team Tournament semifinals with a 31-30 victory over District 4 champion Shikellamy.

2010 – Gilbert Brown and Ashton Gibbs make two free throws in the final 30 seconds and No. 25 Pitt outlasts No. 5 West Virginia 98-95 in triple overtime. Gibbs and Brad Wannamaker each score 24 points for Pitt. WVU’s De’Sean Butler has a game-high 32 points and 11 rebounds.