Gun Show coming up

NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. — The Gun Show will be held at the Hancock County Senior Center, 647 Gas Valley Road, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

Admission is $5 and children 12 and under are free. Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

The Chester-Newell Sportsmen Club turkey shoots will resume April 6 and April 13. The Ohio River Catfish Tournaments start May 10.

Potters to play in All-Star Game

GNADENHUTTEN — East Liverpool’s Cohen Pease and Kenzie Headley have been chosen to play in the District 5 Basketball Coaches Association East-West All-Star Game on Sunday at Indian Valley High School.

The girls game will tip at 2 p.m. with the boys to follow at 4 p.m. Admission is $10.

Penguins crushed in Tampa

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nikita Kucherov had a goal and two assists to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning over the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-1 on Tuesday night.

Anthony Cirelli scored twice in the first period, Brandon Hagel and Ryan McDonagh both had a goal and an assist. Brayden Point also scored for Tampa Bay. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 14 saves.

Tristan Jarry started in net for the Penguins but was pulled 16 minutes into the first period after allowing four goals on seven shots. Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 18 shots in relief. Bryan Rust scored for Pittsburgh.

The Lightning scored four goals in the first period in the span of 3:47 to race out to the lead and never looked back.

Takeaways

Penguins: C Evgeni Malkin was a late scratch with an undisclosed upper-body injury. … Sidney Crosby extended his point streak to eight games with an assist and needs one more point to set an NHL record for 20-consecutive seasons averaging a point-per-game.

Lightning: Cirelli appeared in his 500th career regular-season game. … Kucherov reached the 100-point plateau for the fifth time in his career. … D Erik Cernak left in the first period and did not return with an undisclosed injury.

Key moment

Kucherov appeared to be injured when he was run into the side of the net by Ryan Graves and immediately headed down the tunnel. While Kucherov missed the start of the ensuing power-play chance, he returned to the ice and scored Tampa Bay’s fifth goal of the night with 8 seconds left on the man advantage.

Key stat

Kucherov is the 10th player in NHL history to record three-consecutive seasons with at least 70 assists, joining Connor McDavid as the only other active player to accomplish the feat.

Up next

On Thursday, the Penguins play at Buffalo while the Lightning host Utah.

Sanders wants intersquad scrimmages

With Football Bowl Subdivision programs planning for a 105-man roster limit this fall, American Football Coaches Association executive director Craig Bohl said he sees the day coming when the NCAA allows NFL-style intersquad practices and scrimmages.

“If a couple programs choose to explore this, I think it’s going to be something that could have some real legs to it,” Bohl told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Colorado coach Deion Sanders recently suggested a school be allowed to host a team from another school for a few days of joint practices before they play an exhibition game, possibly as a replacement for the traditional intrasquad spring game. Syracuse coach Fran Brown, in response to Sanders, said in a social media post he would be willing to take his team to Colorado for a three-day visit.

Asked if Colorado had requested a waiver that would allow for it, CU athletics spokesman Steve Hulbert texted to the AP, “We are working with the NCAA and the Big 12 Conference. There are currently no updates.”

Bohl said “there is quite a bit of appetite” among coaches to hold intersquad practices and scrimmages, even still this spring. The impetus is the 105-man roster limit, which likely will become official next month with the expected final approval of the House vs. NCAA antitrust lawsuit settlement.

The average FBS roster was 128 players last year, and coaches are looking for ways to mitigate wear and tear on their reduced number of players, Bohl said. Intersquad practices between teams that are from different conferences and won’t play each other during the season would help accomplish that. The issue especially resonates with teams contending for the season-extending College Football Playoff.

One concern, Bohl said, is that participation in intersquad practices would put players on display for personnel directors for the other team, which, in turn, could lead to tampering.

“Do I really want to expose my guys?” Bohl said a coach asked him. “They’re going to have their general manager out there taking notes on what kind of ability a certain player has. How you get that worked out, I don’t know.”

Nebraska coach Matt Rhule said he canceled the Cornhuskers’ traditional televised spring game, in part, because of the risk of other teams scouting his players and possibly attempting to poach them through the transfer portal.

Rhule, who participated in intersquad practices when he was coach of the Carolina Panthers, said he would be in favor of the Huskers practicing a few days with another team. He said he had doubts a rule change is in the offing.

“If anybody can do it, coach Sanders can,” he said, adding Syracuse’s Brown also can be convincing. “If that happened, I would certainly look into all that has to offer.”

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AP Sports Writer Pat Graham contributed to this report.

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AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football