Oct 16, 2023 3 min read

ON THIS DATE

Oct. 17

1925 – During the third quarter of the scoreless Carnegie Tech-Washington & Jefferson football game at College Field, a section of the East stands collapses, leaving several spectators injured. The game is not resumed and counted as a tie.

1970 – Pitt, trailing 35-8 at halftime, rallies for four second-half touchdowns, the last a five-yard pass from Dave Havern to Bill Pilconis with 55 seconds remaining, to defeat West Virginia, 36-35, at Pitt Stadium. It’s the biggest comeback in the history of the Backyard Brawl.

1971 – Steve Blass pitches a four-hitter and Roberto Clemente homers as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the host Baltimore Orioles, 2-1, in Game 7 to win the World Series.

1978 – Trinity High School’s Matty Engle sets the WPIAL single-season goals record in the Hillers’ 7-1 soccer victory over Mt. Lebanon. Engle scores four goals to give him 33 on the season and break the record of 29 set in 1975 by North Allegheny’s Dave Smith.

1979 – Willie Stargell hits a two-run homer in the sixth inning and four Pittsburgh pitchers combine on a four-hitter as the Pirates defeat the host Baltimore Orioles, 4-1, in Game 7 of the World Series.

1980 – Dickie Krause throws touchdown passes to John Townsend, on a trick play in the third quarter, and to Joe Durco in the fourth quarter to give Carmichaels a 21-14 victory over German, ending the Uhlans’ 21-game unbeaten streak in the Tri-County South Conference.

1981 – Bryan Thomas runs for 217 yards and Dan Marino passes for 251 as Pitt rolls to a 42-14 win over 10th-ranked Florida State at Pitt Stadium. The win improves Pitt’s record to 5-0.

1986 – Quarterback Mario Bongiorni throws a nine-yard touchdown pass to tight end Ron Brown with 55 seconds remaining to give Burgettstown a 20-13 victory over visiting Charleroi in a Century Conference game. The win keeps Burgettstown undefeated at 8-0.

1988 – Peters Township hires Rick Bell as its boys varsity basketball coach. Bell had been the Indians’ junior varsity coach.

1998 – Ryan Mytrysak throws three touchdown passes in the final 11 minutes, including a game-winner of 39 yards to Jason Bainer with 45 seconds left, as Waynesburg College rallies for a 33-26 win over Grove City, preventing the Wolverines from clinching the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship.

2005 – Trinity sweeps the Washington County Coaches Cross Country Meet at Mingo Park. The Hillers’ Tyler Lyon runs away from the field to win the boys race in 16:56, and Trinity’s Chelsea Sumney holds off charges by her sister Shauna and Peters Township’s Christine Beazley to win the girls race in 20:28.

2011 – Ringgold freshman Kirsten McMichael wins the girls division of the Washington County Coaches Cross Country Meet. McMichael’s time of 20:07 is 10 seconds off the Ringgold record for the Mingo Park course. Trinity’s Josh Urso wins the boys race for the second consecutive year, edging teammate Don Zimak by 21 seconds.