Feb 10, 2022 2 min read

ON THIS DATE

Feb. 11

1946 – Steve Stepanian resigns as coach of four sports at Charleroi High School. Stepanian’s football teams had a 145-59-30 record and won the WPIAL championship in 1936. His basketball teams were 203-65 and won the 1940 WPIAL title.

1964 – Bentleyville-Ellsworth clinches its third straight Section 18 basketball title by defeating Carmichaels 98-57. Frank Smith scores 16 points for the winners.

1969 – John Billetz scores 22 points and Mapletown improves to 11-0 in Section 19 basketball with a 54-46 victory over Fairchance-Georges.

1972 – Washington becomes the first area boys basketball team to clinch a spot in the WPIAL playoffs by winning the Section 20-B title with a 61-48 victory over host South Park. Ernie McNeely sparks Wash High with a game-high 17 points. It’s Washington’s second section championship in as many seasons under head coach John Unice.

1974 – John Bacha, who directed Peters Township to its first WPIAL football playoff appearance in 1972, resigns to become head coach at Southmoreland.

1979 – Sam Clancy scores 23 points and grabs 11 rebounds as Pitt upsets third-ranked Duke, 71-59, at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

1982 – Behind 38 points by Renee Rockridge, Charleroi’s girls basketball team moves into first place in Section 11-AA with a 66-63 victory at Albert Gallatin

1990 – Mike Tyson loses for the first time when James “Buster” Douglas knocks him out in the 10th round and captures the heavyweight championship in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history.

1990 – Waynesburg College’s Vance Walker scores 43 points but the Yellow Jackets lose at Daemen, 105-101.

1992 – The Atlanta Falcons trade backup quarterback Brett Favre to the Green Bay Packers for a first-round draft pick.

2000 – The Penguins’ Martin Straka scores twice in 7 seconds in the first period of a 2-2 tie between Pittsburgh and Edmonton. The NHL record for quickest goals is 5 seconds.

2001 – The implosion of Three Rivers Stadium, home to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pirates for 30 years, takes only 19 seconds and leaves a pile of rubble and memories.

2012 – Canon-McMillan’s wrestling team wins its first PIAA Class AAA Team Tournament title by defeating District 10 champion Erie McDowell 35-20 at the Giant Center in Hershey.