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ON THIS DATE
Feb. 20
1887 – The International Association, the first minor league baseball association, is organized in Pittsburgh.
1959 – Woody Gordon scores 21 points and Washington defeats Rostraver 68-58 in the first round of the WPIAL Class A basketball playoffs at the Pitt Field House.
1970 – Mark Bellich scores 24 points and California wins the Section 15-B title with a 67-59 win over Beth-Center.
1970 – Bob Clites scores 29 points as Mapletown High School wins the Section 20-B basketball title for the second consecutive year by beating Albert Gallatin, 68-46.
1972 – Larry Brown of the Denver Rockets set ABA records for assists in a game (23), half (18) and quarter (10) during a 146-123 win over the Pittsburgh Condors at Denver.
1973 – Skip Patterson makes two free throws with four seconds remaining to give Canon-McMillan a 53-51 victory over visiting Sto-Rox and clinch the Big Macs’ first section basketball championship.
1974 – Key falls by Angelo Marino (98 pounds) and Dale Deliere (185) spark Canon-McMillan to a 29-24 upset of undefeated Carlynton, the WPIAL’s top-ranked wrestling team.
1980 – Ray Natili scores 30 points, Rick Cain has 13 and Imamculate Conception wins its first basketball championship when it defeats Washington 69-56 in a one-game playoff for the Section 9-AA title at the Trinity gym. It is the fourth meeting between the Comets and Little Presidents and each game is played on a different court in the city.
1980 – Rob McClanahan scores two goals and Dave Christian assists on three scores as the United States hockey team defeats West Germany 4-2 at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. The win advances the U.S. to the medal round against the Soviet Union.
1988 – Pitt edges Georgetown 70-65 in a Big East game at the Civic Arena that is ended with four seconds remaining and after a brawl that is started when the Hoyas’ Perry McDonald forearms Jerome Lane in the back of the head following a missed free throw.
1988 – Waynesburg Collegte’s basketball team ends the regular season with a 107-98 win over visiting Pitt-Bradford. After losing their opener, the Yellow Jackets win 27 straight regular-season games.
1991 – Canon-McMillan and Bentworth win WPIAL team wrestling championships. Canon-McMillan beats Connellsville in the Class AAA final, 26-21. Bentworth edges rival Chartiers-Houston, 34-30, to win the Class AA title.
1990 – Jefferson-Morgan wins its second straight WPIAL Class AA wrestling team championship with a 29-24 victory over West Allegheny. Heavyweight Chris D’Antonio clinches the victory with a 15-2 major decision over Mike Hayes.
1991 – Myron Brown scores 46 points, including a game-winning basket with seven seconds left in the third overtime, as Slippery Rock edges California 115-113 at Hamer Hall.
2004 – Vanessa Davison scores a game-high 20 points and Washington’s girls basketball team defeats Shady Side Academy 63-49 in the WPIAL Class AA quarterfinals at Ringgold.
2007 – Peters Township hires Nick Milchovich as its head football coach. Milchovich was formerly the head coach at Charleroi.
2010 – Craig Wolcott scores Peters Township’s final six points, including a go-ahead basket, as the Indians upset seventh-seeded Butler in the first round of the WPIAL Class AAAA playoffs at Chartiers Valley.
2011 – Twenty-year-old Trevor Bayne becomes the youngest driver to win the Daytona 500.
Feb. 21
1951 – Mark Workman makes 20 of 40 shots and scores 48 points to lead West Virginia to a 76-60 basketball victory over visiting Washington & Jefferson. Andy Mestrovic scores 16 points to pace the Presidents, who lead 35-34 at halftime. It’s the last game between the schools until 2005.
1956 – Washington High School wins the outright Section 4 basketball championship by defeating Trinity 68-40 while Mt. Lebanon was upsetting second-place Dormont 74-51. Bill Pryor sparked the Prexies against the Hillers by scoring 18 points.
1959 – California State Teachers College, behind 34 points from Roger Hotz and 32 by Ken Rager, outlasts Clarion 103-96 in three overtimes.
1959 – Washington & Jefferson sets its single-game scoring record with a 116-60 victory over Waynesburg. Larry Romboski leads the Presidents with 27 points.
1959 – After Charleroi holds the ball for more than two minutes, Jim Chacko makes two free throws with five seconds left to give the Cougars a 45-43 victory over Monessen in game for the Section 5 championship before 3,270 at the Pitt Field House.
1972 – Utah center Zelmo Beatty scores 63 points as the Stars defeat the visiting Pittsburgh Condors 149-140 in an ABA game.
1976 – Fort Cherry wins its first section wrestling team title at the Section 10-AA tournament in Avella. The Rangers’ Bob McCaffrey (145 pounds), Joe Zombeck (167) and heavyweight Ray Kemp win their weight classes.
1986 – Rogers Waters, Brian Blasinsky and John Tekavec combine for 55 points as Carmichaels outlasts Chartiers-Houston 61-59 in double overtime in the first round of the WPIAL Class AA basketball playoffs at Charleroi.
1991 – Mario Lemieux has his second consecutive four-point game and the Pittsburgh Penguins win their ninth straight home game, 11-4, over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
2004 – Charleroi heavyweight John Maraldo becomes the first 8th-seeded wrestler to win a WPIAL championship by decisioning Chartiers-Houston’s Elliott Bates 2-1 in the Class AA finals.
2010 – Ashton Gibbs scores 21 points and Gilbert Brown has 16, leading Pitt to a 70-65 upset of No. 3-ranked Villanova.