Oct 15, 2023 3 min read

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.

2013 – Canon-McMillan’s Lauren Waller shoots a round of 4-over par 76 to finish in first place in the PIAA Class AAA West Region girls golf tournament held at Tom’s Run Golf Course in Blairsville.