May 4, 2023 2 min read

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May 5

1959 – Washington High School wins the team title at the Washington County Coaches Track Meet held in Canonsburg. Donora’s Ray Shearer wins the javelin, shot put and discus.

1964 – Tom Stock and Norris Vactor set meet records to help Washington to the team title at the Washington County Coaches Association track meet. Stock wins the 440-yard dash in 50.3, and Vactor and Trinity’s Britt Holt each set the mark in the pole vault by clearing 12-4.

1968 – Waynesburg’s Karl King pitches a no-hitter as the Raiders win at Beth-Center 5-0. King strikes out seven and helps his cause with two singles.

1973 – Secretariat, ridden by Ron Turcotte, wins the Kentucky Derby with a record time of 1:59.2, beating Sham by 2 1/2 lengths.

1975 – Sprinter Steve Hull wins three events, leading Wash High to its 11th Washington County Coaches Association track championship in 14 years. Hull wins the 100- and 220-yard dashes and sets the meet record in the 400 with a time of 49.9.

1979 – Trinity’s Elaine Sobansky wins both the shot put and discus at the Baldwin Invitational. Sobansky sets meet and stadium records in the shot put with a throw of 47-6 3/4.

1980 – Washington’s Derek Hull wins three individual events — the 120 and 330 hurdles and 220 dash — and runs the anchor leg for the winning mile relay team as the Prexies gain the team title at the County Coaches Track Meet.

1980 – National League president Chub Feeney suspends Pittsburgh’s Bill Madlock for 15 days and fines him $5,000 for shoving his glove in the face of home plate umpire Gerry Crawford.