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West Penn Conference
The West Penn Conference (WPC) was an College athletics, intercollegiate athletic conference that operated from 1958 to 1969. Its members were located in Western Pennsylvania and included the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as Carnegie Mellon University) in Pittsburgh, Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, Beaver Falls, Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania, Grove City, Saint Francis University (Pennsylvania), Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania, Loretto, Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Latrobe, Waynesburg College (now known as Waynesburg University) in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, Waynesburg, and Westminster College (Pennsylvania), Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, New Wilmington. Football champions * 1958 – * 1959 – * 1960 – * 1961 – 1961 Westminster Titans football team, Westminster (PA) * 1962 – * 1963 – and * 1964 – 1964 Westminster Titans football t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania is a region in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West ... encompassing the western half of the state. Pittsburgh is the region's principal city, with a Greater Pittsburgh, metropolitan area population of about 2.4 million people, and serves as its economic and cultural center. Erie, Pennsylvania, Erie, Altoona, Pennsylvania, Altoona, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Johnstown are its other metropolitan centers. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Western Pennsylvania's had a population of 3,753,944. Although the Commonwealth does not designate Western Pennsylvania as an official region of the state, it has retained a distinct identity since the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania because of its geographic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Uniontown is the largest city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The population was 9,984 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, southeast of Pittsburgh. History southeast of Uniontown is Fort Necessity, built by George Washington during the French and Indian War (part of the international Seven Years' War) as well as the site of the Battle of Jumonville Glen, where the North American branch of the war began. Uniontown lies within the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains at an elevation of 999 feet (304 meters) above sea level. The city rests at the base of Chestnut Ridge, the westernmost ridge of the Appalachian Mountains. Founded in 1776, Uniontown was known as "the Town of Union" by Henry Beeson, a Quaker born in Virginia in 1743 who had settled in the area in 1768, buying tracts of land and running a sawmill. On July 4 (coincidentally, the same day the United States Declaration of Independence was adopte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Defunct College Football Conferences
This is a list of defunct college football conferences in the United States and a defunct university football conference in Canada. Not all of the conferences listed here are truly defunct. Some simply stopped sponsoring football and continue under their current names, where others changed their names after changes in membership. United States *Conferences whose charter no longer functions, listed by year of dissolution. ** indicates a former NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, Division I FBS/I–A or NCAA Division I, University Division conference ** indicates a former NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, Division I FCS/I–AA conference ** indicates a former NCAA Division II, Division II/College Division conference ** indicates a former NCAA Division III, Division III conference **██ indicates a former National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, NAIA conference **† indicates a former conference, of any level, that technically still exists but unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Connellsville is a City (Pennsylvania), city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, southeast of Pittsburgh and away via the Youghiogheny River, a tributary of the Monongahela River. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 7,031 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History During the French and Indian War, a British army commanded by General Edward Braddock approached Fort Duquesne and crossed the Youghiogheny River at Stewart's Crossing, which is situated in the middle of what is now the city of Connellsville. Connellsville was officially founded as a township (Pennsylvania), township in 1793 then as a borough (Pennsylvania), borough on March 1, 1806, by Zachariah Connell, a militia captain during the American Revolution. In February 1909, balloting in New Haven and Connellsville resulted in these two boroughs joining and becoming the first city in Fayette County on May 12, 1911. Due to the city's location in the center of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Courier (Connelsville)
The ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review'', also known as "the Trib", is the second-largest daily newspaper serving the Greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area of Western Pennsylvania. It transitioned to an all-digital format on December 1, 2016, but remains the second-largest daily in Pennsylvania, with nearly one million unique page views monthly. Founded on August 22, 1811, as the ''Greensburg Gazette'' and consolidated with several papers into the ''Greensburg Tribune-Review'' in 1889, the paper circulated only in the eastern suburban counties of Westmoreland and parts of Indiana and Fayette until May 1992, when it began serving all of the Greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area after a strike at the two Pittsburgh dailies, the ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' and ''The Pittsburgh Press'', deprived the city of a newspaper for several months. The Tribune-Review Publishing Company was owned by Richard Mellon Scaife, an heir to the Mellon banking, oil, and aluminum fortune, until his death in Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monongahela, Pennsylvania
Monongahela, referred to locally as Mon City, is a Local government in Pennsylvania#Third class cities, third class city in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,149 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, about south of Pittsburgh proper. The city of Monongahela sits at a location where several locally important Pennsylvania State Route System, Pennsylvania state routes meet: a Concurrency (road), concurrency between Pennsylvania routes Pennsylvania Route 88, 88, Pennsylvania Route 136, 136, and Pennsylvania Route 837, 837 makes up most of the length of the city's Main Street, and the city's Park Avenue carries Pennsylvania Route 481, Pennsylvania route 481 to its northern terminus at Main Street. Monongahela is one of just two cities in Washington County, and is the second smallest city in Pennsylvania (after Parker, Pennsylvania, Parker). The town is served by the Ringgold School District. History Monongahela was fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Waynesburg Yellow Jackets Football Team
The 1966 Waynesburg Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented Waynesburg College as a member of the West Penn Conference (WPC) during the 1966 NAIA football season. In their first year under head coach Carl DePasqua, the Yellow Jackets compiled a perfect 11–0 record (2–0 against conference opponents) and won the WPC championship. They advanced to the NAIA playoffs where they defeated in the semifinals and in the Champion Bowl to win the NAIA national championship. During the regular season, the Yellow Jackets ranked among the best teams in small college football, averaging 149.4 yards in total defense and 40.2 yards in rushing defense. Running back Rich Dahar was named to the Associated Press 1966 All-Pennsylvania football team. Dahar rushed for 233 yards, rand for three touchdowns, and passed for another in the Champion Bowl. Fullback Rich Ripepi was another key player. Three Waynesburg players went on to play in the NFL: end Don Herrm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Castle, Pennsylvania
New Castle is a city in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. Located along the Shenango River at the mouth of Neshannock Creek, it is northwest of Pittsburgh near the Pennsylvania–Ohio border, approximately southeast of Youngstown, Ohio. The city had a population of 21,926 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The commercial center of a fertile agricultural region, New Castle is included in the northwestern fringes of the Greater Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh metropolitan area. History 18th century In 1798, John Carlysle Stewart, a civil engineer, traveled to western Pennsylvania to resurvey the "donation lands", which had been reserved for veterans of the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War. He discovered that the original survey had neglected to stake out approximately at the confluence of the Shenango River and Neshannock Creek, at that time a part of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. The Indian town of Kuskus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Castle News
The ''New Castle News'' is a six-day (Monday through Saturday) daily newspaper published in New Castle, Pennsylvania, and covering Lawrence County. It is owned by CNHI. The ''News'' also publishes an 8,700-circulation weekly newspaper in nearby Ellwood City, Pennsylvania Ellwood City is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough primarily in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. With a small district extending into Beaver County, Pennsylvania, Beaver County, it lies along the Connoquenessing Creek just east of i ..., called ''South County News''. History "The Weekly News was started in the spring of 1879. The Daily City News was started in the fall of 1880. W.J. BANNON, now dead, has the honor of starting these papers. He and Mr. J.T. GLEASON borrowed the money to buy the type from Geo. E. TREADWELL. Mr. GLEASON retired from the paper because there was not money enough in the enterprise to support both him ad Mr. BANNON. Mr. BANNON had associated with him in the Daily ente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Westminster Titans Football Team
The 1964 Westminster Titans football team was an American football team that represented Westminster College as a member of the West Penn Conference (WPC) during the 1964 NAIA football season. In their 13th season under head coach Harold Burry, the Titans compiled a perfect 8–0 record, won the WPC championship, held seven opponents to seven or fewer points, and outscored all opponents by a total of 249 to 45. They were ranked No. 6 in the final NAIA poll. It was Westminster's first undefeated season since 1956 and its seventh consecutive WPC championship. The team played its home games at Westminster College Memorial Field in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. Schedule Statistics The team was strong in both rushing offense and rushing defense, outgaining opponents by a total of 1,591 to 405 in rushing yardage across all eight games. Opponents averaged only 1.5 yards per rushing carry. The margin in total offense was 2,626 yards to 1,037 yards. Halfback Gib Armstrong led the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Westminster Titans Football Team
The 1961 West Penn Conference football season was the season of college football played by the six member schools of the West Penn Conference (WPC) as part of the 1961 college football season. The 1961 Westminster Titans football team compiled a 6–2 record (4–1 against conference opponents) and won the conference championship. Teams Westminster The 1961 Westminster Titans football team represented Westminster College of New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. In their tenth year under head coach Harold Burry, the team compiled a 6–2 record (4–1 against WPC opponents) and won the WPC championship. Grove City The 1961 Grove City Wolverines football team represented Grove City College of Grove City, Pennsylvania. In their sixth year under head coach Jack Behringer, the team compiled a 5–4 record (2–0 against WPC opponents) and finished in second place in the WPC. Waynesburg The 1961 Waynesburg Yellow Jackets football team represented Waynesburg University of Waynes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kittanning, Pennsylvania
Kittanning ( ) is a borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is situated northeast of Pittsburgh, along the east bank of the Allegheny River. The population was 3,921 at the 2020 census. The name is derived from ''Kithanink'', which means 'on the main river' in Lenape or the Delaware language, from ''kit-'' 'big' + ''hane'' 'mountain river' + -''ink'' (suffix used in place names). "The main river" is a Lenape term for the Allegheny and Ohio combined, which they considered as all one river. The borough and its bridge have been used as a setting for several recent films. History The borough is located on the east bank of the Allegheny River, founded on the site of the eighteenth-century Lenape (Delaware) village of Kittanning at the western end of the Kittanning Path, an ancient Native American path. In 1756, the village was destroyed by John Armstrong Sr. at the Battle of Kittanning during the French and Indian War. During the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
