Jul 8, 2022 2 min read

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July 9

1964 – Tom Davies submits his resignation as Trinity High School’s basketball coach to become an assistant at Bloomsburg State College.

1967 – Willie Stargell leads off the bottom of the ninth inning with a solo home run off Cincinnati’s Jim Maloney that gives the Pirates a 2-1 win. Stargell’s homer clears the right-field roof at Forbes Field. It’s only the 11th ball hit over the stands since they were erected in 1925.

1976 – Houston’s Larry Dierker pitches a no-hitter as the Astros beat Montreal, 6-0. Dierker strikes out eight and walks four.

1978 – Jane Blalock shoots a final round of even-par 72 and wins the $75,000 Wheeling LPGA Golf Classic by seven strokes over runner-up Kathy Martin.

July 10

1934 – Carl Hubbell strikes out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin in succession, but the American League comes back to win the All-Star game 9-7 at the Polo Grounds.

1936 – Chuck Klein hits four home runs to power the Philadelphia Phillies to a 9-6 victory in 10 innings over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field. Klein almost homered in the second inning when he sent Pirates outfielder Paul Waner to the wall in right to haul in a long fly ball.

1960 – Lee Petty wins the 100-mile NASCAR race at Heidelberg Raceway with his son, Richard, finishing as the runner-up.

1972 – Former Trinity coach Ron Junko is hired as head wrestling coach at McGuffey High School.

1986 – Dave Cook resigns as Canon-McMillan’s wrestling coach to become an insurance agent. Cooke coached C-M for six seasons and led the Big Macs to the WPIAL team tournament finals each of the last four seasons with two championships. Canon-McMillan had a 101-17-1 record in dual meets under Cook.

1999 – Team USA wins the Women’s World Cup over China in sudden death. The Americans win 5-4 in penalty kicks, with defender Brandi Chastain kicking in the game winner.