Darrell Sapp, Post-Gazette NFL Hall of Famer Dick Butkus speaks to Montour players at the first practice of the 2005 season.

1. In a made-for-TV-move, Montour lets Dick Butkus take over as head football coach for one season. Butkus, an NFL Hall of Famer, coaches the team for a weekly ESPN reality show and has a 1-6 record before leaving after the seventh game of the season. He claims the reason for his departure is he fulfilled his contract for the reality show.

2. The WPIAL Class AA boys' tennis champion wears a ponytail and pink Nikes. Quaker Valley's Annie Houghton makes history, becoming the first girl to win a WPIAL boys' tennis title. She won the championship easily, losing only seven games in four matches.

3. The Schenley boys' basketball team makes a memorable run through the PIAA playoffs, before losing to Lower Merion, 60-58, in the title game. Schenley was trying to become the first City League team in 28 years to win a championship in the PIAA's largest classification.

4. Upper St. Clair's Jim Render becomes the first WPIAL football coach to win 300 games when his team defeats Baldwin, 48-0, in a first-round playoff game. Render is only the fourth coach in state history to win 300.

5. Him again. Beaver Falls basketball player Lance Jeter, known for his late-game heroics, does it in a few more games to lead the Tigers into the PIAA Class AA championship game for the second year in a row.

6. It's almost a clean sweep for the WPIAL as McKeesport, Franklin Regional and South Park win PIAA football championships in Hershey. It's only the second time the WPIAL has won three titles since the PIAA playoffs started in 1988.

7. The Pitt football team likes its own back yard. The Panthers sign 10 WPIAL players, the most in 18 years.

8. It's a new man at the top as Tim O'Malley becomes executive director of the WPIAL, taking over for retired Larry Hanley. O'Malley was formerly the athletic director at Butler High School and WPIAL president.

9. Pine-Richland baseball pitcher John Karr finishes off a wonderful career by throwing a one-hitter in the PIAA Class AAA championship game against Sun Valley. Karr finishes this season 14-0 and his career 27-1.

10. Center's Allyn Laughlin wins the PIAA Class AA shot put championship with a meet-record throw of 50 feet, 10 3/4 inches. It is the best throw in any meet in Pennsylvania history, shattering the mark of 50-1 1/4, set 26 years ago by Trinity's Elaine Sobansky.

11. The Riverside baseball team defeats Montoursville, 7-4, to become the second WPIAL team to win consecutive PIAA titles.

12. The Pine-Richland girls' soccer team pulls off a huge upset by defeating Owen J. Roberts, 1-0, to win the PIAA Class AAA championship. Owen J. Roberts was ranked No. 1 in the country.

13. Mount Pleasant's Donnie Ament and Connellsville's Ashtin Primus finish their wrestling careers with a PIAA-record 179 victories each.

14. Mt. Lebanon's hockey team becomes the second Pennsylvania team to win a state title with a perfect record. It finished 26-0, defeating Cardinal O'Hara, 5-2, in the final.

15. The Shaler girls' softball team wins its second PIAA title in three years with a 3-0 victory against Hatboro-Horsham. Shaler becomes the second WPIAL school to win two PIAA softball titles.