Oct 14, 2022 5 min read

ON THIS DATE

Oct. 15

1925 – The Pittsburgh Pirates score three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to beat Walter Johnson and the Washington Senators, 9-7, and win the World Series. Kiki Cuyler’s bases-loaded double in the eighth provides the winning margin.

1954 – Heavy rain from Hurricane Hazel causes the postponement of all area high school football games.

1970 – Professional basketball returns to Pittsburgh as 3,616 show up the Civic Arena to watch the Pittsburgh Condors of the ABA defeat the New York Nets, 105-102. Charlie Williams scores 29 points for the Condors.

1971 – Visiting California High School outscores Beth-Center 24-0 in the fourth quarter and rallies for a 39-30 victory in a Century Conference football game. The Trojans’ final two scores are touchdown passes of 28 and 13 yards from Wally Wright to Terry Luko.

1976 – Gary Kusich rushes for 152 yards and three touchdowns, Rob Bogo has 128 yards and two TDs, and Jim Floyd runs for 102 yards and returns an interception for a score as Avella improves to 6-0 with a 39-22 victory at Bentworth. It’s only the second loss for the Bearcats.

1976 – Harry Pappas completes nine of 19 passes for 130 yards and four touchdowns as Burgettstown takes control of the Black Hills Conference playoff race with a 37-27 victory at Fort Cherry.

1988 – Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins scores eight points — two goals and six assists — in a 9-2 win over the St. Louis Blues at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh.

1988 – With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Kirk Gibson hit a two-run, pinch homer to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4 victory over Oakland in Game 1 of the World Series. Gibson, who did not start because of a strained left knee, limped around the bases as the Dodgers won one of the most dramatic games in series history.

1994 – In a game that had almost every kind of scoring play imaginable, Pitt rallies from a 31-6 deficit to take a 41-40 lead in the final minute over visiting West Virginia. However, WVU’s Zach Abraham gets behind the Pitt secondary and catches a 60-yard touchdown pass from Chad Johnston with 15 seconds remaining as the Mountaineers win, 47-41.

2004 – Tim Betts kicks a 26-yard field goal as time expires to give Chartiers-Houston a 10-7 victory over host Beth-Center and keep the Bucs’ playoff hopes alive.

2007 – Canon-McMillan’s Julian Rankin and Trinity’s Chelsea Sumney earn close wins in the boys and girls races, respectively, at the Washington County Coaches Cross Country Championships at Mingo Park.

2012 – Marco Bennett of Burgettstown trails the race leader by almost a quarter-mile by charges back to win the boys race in the Washington County Coaches Cross Country Invitational at Mingo Park. Ringgold’s Kirsten McMichael wins the girls race.

Oct. 16

1909 – The Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series as rookie Babe Adams registers his third victory by beating the Detroit Tigers 8-0 in the seventh game.

1952 – Jimmy Haught scores on a 69-yard touchdown run and undefeated Cumberland Township High School ends Jefferson’s 19-game winning streak with a 20-0 victory before a standing-room-only crowd in Jefferson.

1953 – Bob Patmon runs for a touchdown and catches a 38-yard scoring pass from Bob Senay as Canonsburg High School wins for the fifth time in six outings, 20-0, at New Brighton.

1958 – West Greene, trailing after three quarters, rallies for 20 fourth-quarter points and defeats host Ellsworth 32-13 to remain undefeated. Jerry Yost passes for four touchdowns as West Greene extends its winning streak to 14 games.

1959 – Albert Gallatin’s football team ends Waynesburg’s 15-game regular-season winning streak by edging the Raiders 12-7.

1970 – Chas Thomas scores on two short touchdown runs as Chartiers-Houston tops host Bentworth, 20-6, in a battle of undefeated teams.

1973 – The Pittsburgh Pirates trade second baseman Dave Cash to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for left-handed pitcher Ken Brett.

1978 – Bill Fleissner, an assistant under Doug Masciola for the past five years, is hired as head basketball coach at Washington High School.

1979 – Dave Parker and Willie Stargell drive in a pair of runs in the seventh inning, and John Candelaria and Kent Tekulve combine on a seven-hit shutout as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Baltimore Orioles 4-0 in Game 6 to even the World Series at 3-3.

1981 – Quarterback Kurt Kesneck scores on a 63-yard run in the second quarter and Chartiers-Houston’s defense makes it stand up as the Bucs blank South Fayette 7-0. C-H remains undefeated and in a tie with Cornell for first place in the West Hills Conference.

1992 – Tracy Rush scores on two short touchdown runs and throws a 26-yard halfback pass to Chad Lechner for another score as Carmichaels stays undefeated in Tri-County South Conference play with a 26-20 win over Monessen.

1999 – Blissful Hall, with driver Ron Pierce, becomes the ninth horse to win pacing’s Triple Crown with a victory in The Messenger held at The Meadows.

2009 – After a game-changing roughing-the-punter penalty against Jeannette, Washington scores 18 points in the final 9:38 for a stunning 24-16 victory at soggy Wash High Stadium. Quarterback Marquis Brown has three short touchdown runs, including a game-winning one-yard sneak with 40 seconds remaining.

2009 – Kyle Colborn kicks a 19-yard field goal as time expires, giving Beth-Center a 3-0 victory over visiting California.

HOLE-IN-ONE

Greg Ceccatti of Pittsburgh had a hole-in-one Friday at Lindenwood Golf Club. Ceccatti aced the 215-yard No. 4 hole on the Gold Course by using a PXG 19-degree hybrid. His playing partner was Dave Driscoll.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Thursday’s Results

Class 3A Section 2

Trinity def. South Fayette 25-18, 25-23, 19-25, 14-25, 15-12

Trinity: Rayne Elling 11 kills, 30 digs; Maddy Roberts 8 kills, 3 aces, 10 digs; Sydney Allen 7 kills, 18 digs; Agatha Niccolai 6 kills; Sarah Hartmann 11 digs.

Trinity is 7-3 in section, 9-4 overall

South Fayette is 7-4 in section