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ON THIS DATE
Jan. 14
1955 – Jim Walters of Carmichaels sets the WPIAL basketball single-game scoring record with 60 points in an 80-53 victory over West Bethlehem. Walters makes 27 field goals and six of eight free throws. He breaks the WPIAL record of 54 points set by Rochester’s Barney Gable in the 1953-54 season. It’s the second time in a week that West Bethlehem allows an opponent to score at least 53 points.
1955 – Jamie Kimbrough makes a free throw with one second remaining to give Washington a 62-61 vicrtory over visiting McKeesport.
1958 – Waynesburg High School’s wrestling team runs its winning streak to 20 consecutive matches with a 27-12 victory over Trinity. The only pin of the match is by Waynesburg’s John Ketchem at 154 pounds.
1970 – Wil Robinson scores 17 points as West Virginia wins at Pitt, 67-66. After Pitt is called for a technical foul in the second half, a fan throws a dead fish onto the court. Pitt coach Buzz Ridl grabs the PA microphone and urges fans to refrain from such actions.
1973 – The Miami Dolphins, who went 14-0 in the regular season and won two playoff games, beat the Washington Redskins, 14-7, in the Super Bowl to become the only undefeated team in NFL history.
1985 – Washington High School running back Brian Davis is named Offensive Player of the Year by Parade Magazine on its All-America football team.
1986 – Billy Coyle scores a career-high 31 points and Canon-McMillan defeats visiting Mt. Lebanon 63-53 to move into first place in Section 5-AAAA.
1993 – Burgettstown girls basketball player Carrie Zickefoose reaches two milestones in the Blue Devils’ 65-39 win over Bentworth. Zickefoose scores 26 points, including her 1,000th career point during the third quarter, and grabs her 1,000th career rebound in the fourth quarter.
1996 – Byron “Bam” Morris scores on a one-yard run with 1:34 remaining and a last-second Indianapolis pass into the end zone falls incomplete as the Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Colts, 20-16, in the AFC Championship game.
2010 – Anna Shashura and Megan Sowers each score 15 points as Beth-Center hands Washington its first girls basketball section loss in three years, 47-32.