Nov 3, 2021 4 min read

ON THIS DATE

Nov. 4

1922 – Herb Kopf catches a conversion pass from Hal Brenkert in the fourth quarter to give Washington & Jefferson a 14-13 victory over Lafayette in a game played before more than 50,000 at the Polo Grounds in New York. W&J overcomes a 13-0 deficit in the third quarter. Both teams entered with 17-game winning streaks.

1960 – Waynesburg High School ins its third consecutive Southwestern Class A football conference championship by defeating visiting California, 35-7. The Raiders’ John Rafail returns a quick kick 43 yards for a score and throws a touchdown pass to Bob Milliken.

1960 – John Zaby scores on runs of 25 and 2 yards to give Mapletown a 26-6 victory over visiting McGuffey, capping the Maples’ first seven-win season.

1960 – Moses Bailey rushes for 152 yards and three touchdown on only 11 carries as Trinity ends its season with a 28-20 victory over visiting Canon-McMillan.

1966 – Bill Taczak, Mark Spezza and John Sweder each score touchdowns on short runs as Avella defeats Carnegie 18-6 to finish the regular season with a 9-0 record.

1967 – The Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers play to a 1-1 tie in the first game between the Pennsylvania rivals at the Civic Arena. Attendance is only 4,179.

1971 – Jack McMahon is fired as head coach of the Pittsburgh Condors of the American Basketball Association and replaced by general manager Mark Binstein.

1976 – The Pittsburgh Pirates trade catcher Manny Sanguillen and $100,000 to the Oakland A’s in exchange for their manager Chuck Tanner.

1983 – Fullback Paul Rock and quarterback Vito Bovalina run for touchdowns as Burgettstown upsets previously undefeated Washington 12-0 on a mud-covered field at Hill Memorial Stadium.

1986 – Only 17 days before the start of the season, California University hires Jim Boone as its head men’s basketball coach. Boone, who was an assistant at Baptist College in Charleston, S.C., replaces Tim Loomis, who resigned to become an assistant at Penn State.

1990 – Fullback Don Meier runs for 205 yards – the second-highest individual rushing effort in school hsitory – as California University defeats Lock Haven, 49-0.

1994 – Trinity clinches its first WPIAL Class AAAA football playoff berth by defeating Canon-McMillan, 21-0, in the regular-season finale. Sam Morgan rushes for 216 yards, and the Hillers hold C-M to minus-38 yards on the ground.

1994 – Derek Beltz gains 122 yards to become Peters Township’s first 1,000-yard rusher since 1976 as the Indians clinch a WPIAL Class AAA playoff berth with a 38-0 win over host South Park.

2000 – R.J. Bowers rushes for 128 yards to become the first player in NCAA history to gain 7,000 yards in his career as Grove City beats Carnegie Mellon, 14-10. Bowers, with 7,127 yards, also increases his all-division record for career touchdowns to 90.

2000 – West Virginia football coach Don Nehlen, following a 31-27 home loss to Syracuse, announces the current season will be his last with the Mountaineers. Nehlen’s 21-year stay at West Virginia produces a 202-128-8 record.

2003 – Behind a strong defensive performance and a goal by Chelsea Ashe with 4:17 remaining, Peters Township defeats WPIAL champion Penn Trafford 1-0 in the first round of the PIAA Class AAA soccer playoffs.

2011 – Sahi McKenzie rushes for 170 yards, Eric Ellis has 3 1/2 quarterback sacks and Washington gets its first football playoff win in six years, a 30-14 victory over Mount Pleasant in a WPIAL Class AA first-round game.

2011 – Quaretrback Tanner Garry has career highs of 29 carries and 198 rushing yards to go with two touchdowns as Fort Cherry defeats host Beth-Center 33-14 in the WPIAL Class A playoffs.

2011 – Ringgold generates only five first downs but they are enough as the Rams rely on their defense and defeat Highlands 14-10 in the Class AAA playoffs. Quad Law runs for a touchdown and throws a 69-yard scoring pass to Fred Johnson.